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iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 11:22 pm
by Billycar11
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
Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 2:10 am
by OneDay
From this 4K looking promising?
Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 5:39 pm
by zittrig
Question is which drives will they use? LG and Pioneer has stopped production. Panasonic / Matshita? But there're no 4k (flashable) drives.

Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 8:36 pm
by Billycar11
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
Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Tue May 05, 2026 3:12 am
by Billycar11
not looking good
they were selling them on amazon and now they are out of stock and website says this

Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 9:36 am
by johannu
Re: iodata says they will start making blurays drives again
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 12:08 pm
by Billycar11