iodata says they will start making blurays drives again

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Billycar11
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iodata says they will start making blurays drives again

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https://www.iodata.jp/news/2026/press/pr010.htm

We will see what comes of this no guarantee they will do UHD but at least blurays drives for regular Blu-ray will be available
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Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again

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From this 4K looking promising?
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Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again

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Question is which drives will they use? LG and Pioneer has stopped production. Panasonic / Matshita? But there're no 4k (flashable) drives. :?:
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zittrig wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 11, 2026 5:39 pm
 Question is which drives will they use? LG and Pioneer has stopped production. Panasonic / Matshita? But there're no 4k (flashable) drives. :?:
I'm assuming completely different io data drives
They did used to rebrand a pioneer 209/212
But they are showing slims so idk
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Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again

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not looking good
they were selling them on amazon and now they are out of stock and website says this
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I-O Data EX-BD03K: https://www.amazon.com.be/I-EX-BD03K-BL ... B017D7H0FK
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johannu wrote: ↑
Wed May 06, 2026 9:36 am
 I-O Data EX-BD03K: https://www.amazon.com.be/I-EX-BD03K-BL ... B017D7H0FK
io data says its discontinued
https://www.iodata.jp/product/storage/blu-ray/ex-bd03/
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