Sony has discontinued the production of select Blu-ray recording and optical recording discs as its first step towards exiting the optical disc business as demand falls. The Tagajyo factory in Miyagi, Japan is the last remaining factory capable of producing 128 GB BDXL Blu-ray recordable discs. Sony is seeking voluntary, early retirement from 250 of 670 employees at the plant.
The audio is noticeably worse on streaming as well. They seem to put very little effort into improving streaming audio formats. DD+ Atmos is nice® but it’s still based on AC-3.