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MiniDisc never really challenged formats like CD, cassette, and vinyl as a medium for audio sales. Though some artists and labels released pre-recorded MiniDiscs, ...
Sony’s record label was fearful of piracy, and so the MiniDisc was hostile to consumer recording: digital recordings of CDs were locked-down with proto-DRM that restricted the format to just one ...
Last Sony MiniDisc players will ship in March. T3. Smarter living since 1996. US Edition ... and there weren't many pre-recorded MiniDiscs to buy because none of the record labels gave a damn. As ...
The neatly handwritten labels, the durability and, perhaps most importantly, the concealability of a MiniDisc can't be beaten. A burnt CDR with a giant TDK logo and felt-tip writing scrawled on it ...
Sony first introduced the MiniDisc in 1992 as a portable, ostensibly stylish, and durable alternative to CD players. With its writeable disc and plastic shell, it looked like a combination of a ...
Also, record labels never really took to the MiniDisc, ... I actually own a MiniDisc player, an MZ-R90 from 1999, along with a few discs that I bought at a Sony outlet store.
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 ...