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 ...

Don’t throw those MiniDiscs away just yet - there might be a revival on the horizon It was once considered the cutting edge of audio technology and an essential piece of kit for journalists. However, ...

Sony has announced that it is stopping production of Minidisc recorders and players after 21 years. Most 20 year old audio enthusiasts would be surprised to hear that they were born after the arrival ...

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 ...

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 decades, the MiniDisc is finally on the way out: The BBC reports ...

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 ...

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, ...

As of next month, the Sony MiniDisc will be no more. A report by Asahi (via Engadget) says that Sony has stopped producing the portable audio players, which were meant to be a replacement for the ...

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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 ...