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LG discontinues all UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players (www.flatpanelshd.com)
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[–] eru777@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The format was made in such a way that you needed very specific specs to watch on PC. They killed the format themselves.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the thing Sony does best.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Blu-ray wasn't designed by Sony, they just participated in the licensing pool. Sony designed UMD, those tiny disks used by PlayStation Portable.