A direct access storage device that is written and read by light. The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable media, optical discs superseded the earlier magnetic disk cartridges ...

Data is stored in binary form on secondary storage devices ... represents a binary '0'. Optical media also come in different types: Solid state devices require little power, making them ideal ...

Optical storage was a popular and widespread solution, even becoming standard in laptops where device space is seriously ...

Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.

However, reports in the Japanese media suggest the industrial giant will “gradually cease production of optical disc storage media,” including Blu-Ray products. Regardless, for now ...

Unfortunately, it will also mark the end of optical media storage for the company; as Sony said (machine translation), there won’t be a successor model to the Blu-ray. This end-of-production ...

In context: While cloud storage and streaming have become the preferred way of consuming content for many, there remains a devoted crowd for whom optical media is irreplaceable. Sony used to be a ...