Sony Optiarc To Cease Operations

Well this is disappointing news.  Optiarc makes some of the best quality DVD/Blu-ray burners on the market.  I might just buy a couple and store them on a shelf for the future.
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34069

bummer...I noticed the article said "slowing notebook sales" and the loss amount for the company in 2011..and I sure would like to see how that breaks down internationally... get some idea which countries are slowing the most.
Guess it's a moot point for Sony, but it would be interesting to see anyway...
Poor Sony...I feel bad about what's going on in the movie theatre biz too...as I just read something about the possibility that about 1/2 the theatres in the U.S. will close in about a year or sooner...due to everyone in hollywood distribution going to digital.  Those little theatres in the small towns can't afford the $75-85,000 digital projectors I guess ?? Seems like that isn't a giant expense but the margins must be real tight for some of those theatres.
So if the theatres go away, that eventually means LESS distribution ( and less money for the distributers ).
This weird computer and digital revolution sure seems to be like a giant dinosaur running amok ... trashing places like Kodak ( who invented the stupid digital stuff...how ironic )...wonder where all this will lead us ??

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