Early last year, one of the leaders in 4K Blu-ray player manufacturing, Oppo, announced its exit from the Blu-ray player market. It said that it would gradually stop manufacturing 4K UHD players after 14 years of intensive involvement and would no longer release Samsung new also confirmed that it would withdraw from the Blu-ray player market and stop updating its own Blu-ray player product line. products. Recently, South Korean manufacturer Just like Oppo, it will gradually stop manufacturing Blu-ray products including 1080P Blu-ray player and 4K UHD Blu-ray player.
The Samsung UBD-K8500 released in 2017 may be the last Blu-ray player in the United States. According to media reports, Samsung's announcement may be due to the fact that existing 4K players are not available for mainstream formats such as Dolby Vision. However, users of related products need not worry. Like OPPO, Samsung is still responsible for Blu-ray products introduced before the product was discontinued. Related maintenance and after-sales support will still be available.
The reason why many manufacturers have repeatedly abandoned the Blu-ray player market in a short period of time is mainly related to the rapid development of today's network streaming services. The demand for special audio and video content, such as 4K UHD, is decreasing. It is worth noting that Sony announced that it will launch the M2 player that supports Dolby Vision during the CES conference in 2019. Panasonic also recently launched the high-end DP-UB9000 player in Europe and Australia. Although many manufacturers are leaving this market, there are still some good products available.
