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 ...

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 ...

Sony will send out its final shipment of MiniDisc players in March. The Japanese electronics firm announced that it was ceasing production on disc-based media players last September, and is now ...

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 ...

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 quietly announced the release of the last stereo system that will ever feature its MiniDisc format, effectively killing the format. Frankly, we were surprised to hear the 20-plus year old disc ...

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 the long history of recorded media, Sony’s MiniDisc format barely registers as a blip on the timeline. In hindsight, it was doomed from the start—forced to compete with immensely popular CDs and an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just because the Western world has poo poo’d the MiniDisc doesn’t mean Japan is ready to let the dream die quite yet. Sharp has release a new MD player, the MD-DS55 Auvi, in four new colors — ...