Image: Roy Plomley relaxes on his desert island for an Arena Special in 1981. Desert Island Discs was devised by Roy Plomley, who presented the first edition on 29 January 1942. It was recorded ...

The studios and its accountants didn’t want consumers to have the ability to make perfect digital copies of copyrighted content that could end up being sold on an unauthorized basis. As a result, ...

Related: Why you shouldn’t throw out those DVDs and Blu-rays] Blu-ray discs are read using a 405 nanometer laser diode that, while often referred to as “blue,” technically falls in a shorter ...

The Australian musician told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that his wife and family ... I just shut the office, and I haven't gone, I just locked it up," he said. "I was just repelled by ...

Now that the company is ceasing production of Blu-ray discs and isn’t working on a substitute, people have to wonder whether an absolute shift to digital media and video games is inevitable. Automaton ...

Sony is discontinuing production of Blu-Ray discs after 18 years. Justin Sullivan/Getty Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and ...

Sony has announced that it will cease its production of all models of its Blu-ray disc media, recordable MiniDiscs, recordable MD Data, and Mini DV Cassettes in February 2025. The company added ...