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| April 2025 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
Intel shut down the Intel SGX verification server and revoked support for old CPU models, effectively ending Ultra HD Blu-ray disc playback on Windows PC platforms without using disc ripping methods.
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| February 2023 |
Optical disc manufacturers
Panasonic (Matsushita) ceased production of Blu-ray discs for recording, marking the end of their optical disc manufacturing in this segment.
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| January 2022 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
Intel deprecated SGX support for Rocket Lake and Alder Lake generation desktop processors, which impacted Ultra HD Blu-ray playback capabilities.
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| 2019 |
Optical disc manufacturers
Anwell Technologies became defunct, marking the end of the company's operations in the optical disc manufacturing industry.
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| 2019 |
Optical disc manufacturers
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media/Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation sold Verbatim to CMC Magnetics.
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| 2018 |
Optical disc manufacturers
Moser Baer went bankrupt and became defunct, with all of its assets being liquidated.
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| 2018 |
Blu-ray Disc recordable
Launch of quadruple-layer BD-R XL with 128 GB capacity, which only exists as a write-once variant.
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| 2018 |
Blu-ray
A 'Blu-ray renaissance' began, with boutique Blu-ray labels gaining popularity among collectors and physical media enthusiasts.
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| January 23 2018 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
The BDA spec v3.2 gained optional support for HDR10+ and SL-HDR2 (Advanced HDR by Technicolor), though no players or discs with SL-HDR2 were actually produced.
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| December 2017 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
The BDA completed the specification for an 8K Blu-ray format for use in Japan, though a spokesperson suggested its release was unlikely due to low sales of 8K resolution televisions.
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| December 2017 |
Blu-ray
The specification for an 8K Blu-ray format was completed, specifically designed for Japanese public broadcasters like NHK for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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| 2016 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
Intel introduced Software Guard Extensions (SGX) in Skylake generation Core processors, enabling Ultra HD Blu-ray playback support on PCs.
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| 2016 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
AACS 2.1 DRM revision implemented, with early releases including movies like Stand by Me, Fury, The Patriot, and Zombieland.
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| February 14 2016 |
Ultra HD Blu-ray
The BDA released Ultra HD Blu-ray with mandatory support for HDR10 Media Profile video and optional support for Dolby Vision.
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| January 2016 |
Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and players became available in the first quarter, offering an enhanced variant compatible with 4K resolution and storage capacity up to 100 GB.
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| 2015 |
Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray specification introduced, supporting 4K UHD video with up to 60 progressive frames per second, high dynamic range (HDR), and 10-bit color depth using Rec. 2020 color space.
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| August 9 2011 |
Blu-ray
PlayStation 3 software update version 3.70 enabled playing DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio while playing 3D Blu-ray.
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| 2010 |
Blu-ray Disc recordable
Introduction of BD-R XL, BD-RE XL (triple-layer) Blu-ray discs with 100 GB storage capacity.
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| December 2010 |
Blu-ray
By the end of the year, 28.5 million Blu-ray Disc playback devices were sold in the United States, demonstrating substantial market adoption.
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| September 21 2010 |
Blu-ray
Sony added Blu-ray 3D support to its PlayStation 3 console via a firmware upgrade.
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| April 21 2010 |
Blu-ray
PlayStation 3 gained 3D gaming capability through a software update.
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