Pioneer has reportedly pulled out of the optical drive business, including Blu-ray and DVD recorders, after 30 years of manufacturing such drives. Moving forward, the company will focus on electronics for cars such as navigation systems.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Pioneer-reportedly-pulls-out-of-Blu-ray-drive-business.1009797.0.html
The accuracy of the last paragraph, which stated that "LG remains one of the last manufacturers of Blu-ray recorders", was pretty severely undercut when I scrolled down and saw one of the "Related Articles" waa "LG exits Blu-ray player market," dated 12/12/2024.
Blu Ray player is one thing, and a recorder is an entirely different thing.
unfortunate. pioneer was the last drives that where of any quality. (btw the link to the wh14ns40 drive is broken lol)