It's the end of an era for Sony's MiniDisc Walkman player, an era you may not have realized was underway. It doesn't matter now anyway, because Sony is reportedly stopping shipments of its ...

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 ...

Anyone around in the '80s will remember people walking around with giant boom boxes on their shoulders blasting music to everyone in a massive radius. But there was also a much more discrete way to ...

Sony has finally decided to press "stop" on the production of its Walkman cassette player, acknowledging its irrelevance in a changing market. Though the company has sold 200 million of the iconic ...

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #N109), Jan. 7, 2004 -Taking the MiniDisc™ a big step forward, Sony today announced its new Hi-MD™ Walkman® digital music players. With Hi-MD technology, users can record up to 45 ...

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 ...

The first Sony Walkman went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, introducing both a new concept in music and a device that would become an icon of modern pop culture -- a personal, portable stereo.

Hardly a year after the cassette-playing Walkman was finally consigned to oblivion, news has broken out that the same fate will be shared by the MiniDisc. In case the MiniDisc never made a difference ...

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 ...