The short-lived storage format that tried to replace CDs (and nearly succeeded) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...