LG will no longer be making any new Blu-ray or UHD players, marking yet another blow to the home video scene. The post LG discontinues Blu-ray and UHD players in latest hit to market appeared first on JoBlo.

The list of manufacturers of UHD Blu-ray players continues to shrink. LG is exiting the market: The manufacturer has already removed the German product pages, while the US pages explicitly state "discontinued".

Most other electronics-makers had already pulled the plug on Blu-ray players, but LG held on longer than most.

LG tells FlatpanelsHD it could produce more units if demand increases, although it hasn’t developed a new Blu-ray player since 2018.

This move is part of a larger trend in the electronics industry, as LG is not the first big brand to stop making UHD Blu-ray players; Oppo left the market in 2018, and Samsung followed in 2019. With the rise of streaming,

According to a report from FlatpanelsHD , LG has officially ended production of all its Blu-ray players, including its UBK80 and UBK90 UHD Blu-ray models. While existing stock will still be available for purchase,

Sony recently wound down blu-ray production, and now top competitor LG is following suit. No more disks, no more players. For major manufacturers, the format (if not optical media entirely) will soon be history.

It has been a tricky year for 4K Blu-ray. We have lost track of how many nails have been hammered into its coffin, though there have been a few rays of light to signal hope for the format, such as a promising message regarding sales from a major high street retailer.