In Japan, where you can rent CDs, Minidiscs boomed in popularity for a little while, since people liked to record rented CDs onto Minidisc. They took off in Europe for a little while too, but in ...

In 1992, when the quirky new music format was introduced, Sony could do no wrong in consumer electronics In 1992, when the quirky new music format was introduced, Sony could do no wrong in consumer ...

The MiniDisc recorder was in my pants. This was how you bootlegged a concert in 1998—you'd come into the hall with no bag, ready for the pat-down, with a stereo microphone wired up your arms and ...

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 ...

Thanks to enthusiasts at minidisc.wiki, you can still add songs to a MiniDisc from a modern computer using its web app. Which means we live in a world where a Pixel 9 Pro can talk to a MiniDisc player ...

Sony has announced that it will stop making its MiniDisc players in March 2013. The Japanese electronics giant will cease production of the MiniDisc player next month, but it has said it will continue ...

I've got some friends who are into recording live shows and do so with minidisc recorders (on a side note, this is done with permission of the bands they are recording, sometimes they get soundboard ...

Sony MiniDisc players have finally reached the end of the production line, with the last devices set to ship in March. Back in September, Sony revealed that it would be halting the production of the ...

Nah, we're not even going to suggest that Sony's MZ-DH10P Hi-MD MiniDisc player (the one with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera and native support for playback of MP3s) and the iPod (or any other hard ...

Back at the very end of the last century, my brother fell in love with a Japanese woman. They began planning a life together—getting married, starting a family—and it quickly became clear that he ...

I'm looking to get some type of portable music device for college. I'm not the sort who listens to music enough to buy an expensive MP3 player, as nice as it would be. I've seen minidisc players ...