Physical Media Notes

Optical Discs (LD, CD, DVD, BD, etc.):

• Death of Optical Discs
  • Best Buy Is Ditching DVDs: I Get It, but Dammit, I'll Miss Them (MSN 2024)
  • Best Buy Just Made a Bittersweet Announcement. It’s Truly the End of an Era. (MSN 2024)
  • Best Buy to stop selling DVDs and Blu-Rays as of next year (CBC 2023)
  • The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray players (Ars 2024)
  • “They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases [Mar 2025]
  • Panasonic to End Production of Blu-Ray Discs for Recording | Nippon.com [2023]
• Information about different Optical Disc formats:
  • LaserDisc - Wikipedia
  • Super Audio CD - Wikipedia
• SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc) Info:
  • What is SACD (Super Audio CD)? [Computer Hope]
  • Sony Blu-Ray Players used for SACD ripping | QuadraphonicQuad Home Audio Forum
  • How to Play SACD Files on a PC? - Audio MAV
  • GitHub - sacd-ripper/sacd-ripper: SACD ripping software using a PS3
• Optical Disc Technical Specs:
  • How DVD Menu Code/Software works
• List of manufactures for optical discs:
  • List of DVD manufacturers - Wikipedia
  • List of optical disc manufacturers - Wikipedia
  • List of Blu-ray player manufacturers - Wikipedia

Historic Media

• Welcome to the Museum of Obsolete Media

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