Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : keima
From : Oli
Date : Wed Feb 09 2022 15:05:57

keima wrote (2022-02-09):

 k> Yup, mini disc was huge here in Japan during the 90s. It is a great format
 k> and was the logical next step after cassette, or atleast it was here.

IMHO it wasn't that great. Worse sound quality than CD or DAT (because it was lossy). The stupid copy-protection  and the NetMD / USB transfer limitations were insane. It was only a bridge technology and was killed by MP3 and flash memory. Until then cassette tapes and Discman were often good enough.

The MiniDisc discs were cute though and in the early 90s the MiniDisc had a couple of advantages over other formats (for mobile use).

https://shanedowling.com/consuming-content-like-its-the-90s.html

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