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We’re starting as always today with a ton of new Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD movie reviews by The Digital Bits team. I’ll list them all here tomorrow, but in the meantime you can find them easily on our Reviews page at this link.

More new disc reviews are definitely forthcoming, including some big titles, so be sure to keep checking back for them.

Now then, there’s an important bit of soon-to-break news that I wanted to share with you all today…

It looks like the Sony Corporation is going to make some kind of official statement this week regarding their position on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD optical disc players going forward. And frankly, my expectation is that they are indeed going to announce that they plan to no longer make them.

There are a number of possible reasons for this. As we all know, optical disc physical media is now a niche format and not the mainstream way most people are consuming their entertainment. The desktop and laptop computer business has long since opted to stop including optical disc drives in their hardware offerings. And we know that Sony has revealed they’re no longer going to distribute their PlayStation game titles on optical discs. That strongly suggests the forthcoming PlayStation 6 may not include an optical disc drive.

Why would Sony make such a decision? Keep in mind, the parts supply chain for manufacturing optical disc drives is getting more fragile and less profitable, which only encourages suppliers to pivot to more profitable manufacturing. [Read on here...]