Samsung officially stopped producing Blu-ray players?

Due to the rapid growth of digital media and Internet platforms, the market for Blu-ray optical discs is dying, which is something everyone can easily recognize, and dynamic. Samsung's recent status as a 'knife' contributed to the 'dying' process of Blu-ray ending faster.

Recently, Samsung representatives officially announced to Forbes that the Korean manufacturer has completed the goals set out in the production of new Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD players. In addition, the well-known technology news website CNET has confirmed that Samsung is temporarily halting production of some 1080p Blu-ray players.

"Initially, Samsung will no longer introduce new 4K or Blu-ray 4K-ray players in the US market," a Samsung spokesman told CNET.

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Technically, it does not exclude the possibility that Samsung can continue to produce current Blu-ray players for months or years to come. Currently the company still has a lot of samples being sold. According to a spokesman from Samsung, we simply understand that the new Blu-ray player models will no longer be developed and launched by the manufacturer, at least in the US market. What about the situation for other major markets, we will still have to wait for Samsung to confirm through clearer announcements.

However, considering the actual situation, it is likely that the statement of Samsung may also imply that they have plans to gradually phase out the Blu-ray business, like Oppo did in April last year. .

Although in the past, in 2016, Samsung was very excited about the prospects of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray models in defeating competitors quickly. But the victory is still meaningful when the Blu-ray market still has no prosperity, leading many companies to abandon the business that used to be a 'golden egg'. this time Recent research on the actual Blu-ray market situation of research firm Nielsen has shown that Blu-ray and DVD players are one of the fastest-growing, near-obsolete technologies. as if it can't be "saved".

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According to Nielsen's second quarter report, a number of time-consuming and widely used technology devices around the world, such as DVD / Blu-ray, are currently in decline degradation of the product life cycle when digital transceiver devices are booming. In addition, the report said that only about 66% of US TV households own DVD / Blu-ray players, while last year's figure was up to 72%. Not only that, statistics also show that an average adult in the United States only spends about 5 minutes a day using Blu-ray or DVD players, a figure that is too small.

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On the other hand, the rapid development of online streaming services has also helped users to benefit greatly, such as exploiting and using 4K streams to become less expensive. Apple and Google both sell 4K movies at the same price as 1080p HD, and will support upgrading your HD movies to 4K for free. Amazon has also greatly reduced their service prices year by year, and the excellent online content delivery devices are also selling better than ever. Those are the reasons for Blu-ray's gradual disappearance.

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Many people can argue that Blu-ray discs still give them the best entertainment experience at the moment, with very realistic picture and sound quality. But convenience is something that Blu-ray can hardly compete with other digital platforms, and in the context of the increasing world of mobility and convenience today, Blu-ray The ray gradually went into oblivion, not something too difficult to understand.

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