ToyfareMark
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Post by ToyfareMark on Feb 4, 2013 18:50:50 GMT -5
www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/04/sony-discontinues-the-minidisc-formatIf we're being totally honest, today's news comes as a bit of a shock. Not because Sony has decided to stop producing MiniDisc devices after March 2013, but rather, it's the idea anyone is still using a MiniDisc. According to BBC News, Sony will manufacture the final MiniDisc stereo systems next month.
The MiniDisc, like so many forgotten media formats, had a hard time catching on globally. Back in 1992, the MiniDisc seemed like a promising way to record audio with long-lasting clarity, in comparison to the ever-degrading cassette tape. Still, the rise of the CD-R -- and ultimately, MP3 -- would overshadow Sony's little plastic-shielded disc everywhere but Japan.I can't believe this was still around. Then again, they did just discontinue the cassette WalkMan.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Feb 4, 2013 20:21:09 GMT -5
I will say this, although I don't use it myself, I know plenty of journalists who swear by it for recording interviews and concerts. The niches this is going to affect is going to affect them huge.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 20:29:32 GMT -5
So MiniDisc was basically the grandfather of the UMD?
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Feb 4, 2013 20:47:34 GMT -5
So MiniDisc was basically the grandfather of the UMD? yup and just a useful |
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Feb 4, 2013 21:16:36 GMT -5
Wait, THOSE THINGS STILL EXIST?!
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Feb 4, 2013 22:03:12 GMT -5
So MiniDisc was basically the grandfather of the UMD? yup and just a useful It was a hell of a lot more useful actually. |
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Glitch
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Post by Glitch on Feb 4, 2013 22:49:36 GMT -5
I had a friend who got one from relatives in Japan.
I remember seeing them used by a lot by characters in anime and manga.
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Post by xCompackx on Feb 5, 2013 0:00:37 GMT -5
So MiniDisc was basically the grandfather of the UMD? I've never used a MiniDisc, but it's kinda sad how it looks to be way better than UMDs. |
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Feb 5, 2013 6:36:45 GMT -5
Man, I remember Mini-Discs! My dad had a load of them, used to listen to The Transplants on them all the time!
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 5, 2013 7:12:11 GMT -5
I had one, it was ok, capacity kinda of sucked. Then again, iPod isn't so shit hot for capacity either.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Feb 5, 2013 11:04:22 GMT -5
I remember getting a MiniDisc player back in the day and thought it was the greatest thing ever, because you could record and re-record on it just like on a CD... but if you didn't like a track, you could remove it, replace it with something else.. and keep everything else the way it was. My friends and I swore it was the wave of the future, and soon everyone would have a Minidisc player.
Then the Ipod came out a year later.....
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Post by Baixo Astral on Feb 5, 2013 13:13:38 GMT -5
My friend at college had a minidisc player, and he had a helluva time getting anything to actually play. I think he resorted to live recording people's CDs, actually. Also, he was allergic to eggs. Hi Mark!
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