A lovable, if obsolete, format.

On the face of it, Minidisc was the perfect format to replace the seriously obsolete Compact Cassette. It had most of the advantages of a non-linear optical format, with the convenience of a small ...

CAN a MiniDisc Walkman rival the iPod? Sony thinks so. After exploiting some intriguing physics to boost the storage capacity of the languishing MiniDisc audio format more than fivefold, the company ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of MINIDISC (Photo by Gems/Redferns) It’s time to bid a nostalgic farewell to Sony‘s MiniDisc format — those of you who remember it at all, anyway. After upwards of two ...

Step away from your favourite streaming service, push the cumbersome and costly vinyl revival to one side, and forget your feelings for the comeback of CDs (and cassette tapes?) for one moment, ...

Get out your calendars—Sony will be making its final MiniDisc stereo system in March, marking an end to the 20-year-old media format. MiniDisc was launched in 1992, but never saw widespread success ...

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Sony has lifted the curtain on its 2005 line of MiniDisc Walkman players. The new lineup will include the Psyc Net MD as well as several high capacity Hi-MD players. With Hi-MD technology, users can ...

If you’re irritated by the poor recording quality of cassettes while pirating Baby Got Backoff the radio, or just don’t like the shiny form factor of the Compact Disc, then the Sony MZ1 portable ...

I took my LaCie external Firewire CD-RW drive to pieces today to see if i could disable the noisy fan and noticed, along with the normal IDE and analog audio ports on the back of the drive (it's an ...