Uncover eight intriguing facts about the nostalgic MiniDisc player that highlight its unique place in tech history.

However, MD Data — the non-audio data format that Sony derived from its MiniDisc platform — seems to be flirting with extinction. A quick Google search didn’t immediately reveal any non-Sony ...

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Sony announced that the company is officially halting the production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media as well as MiniDV cassettes. It's another step in the slow decline of ...

In addition to Blu-ray, Sony’s announcement also affects the MiniDisc — the compact disc format Sony made in 1992 as an alternative to more fragile cassettes and unwieldy CDs. This might make ...

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any ...

HHB and JVC are the only options on Amazon. However, MD Data — the non-audio data format that Sony derived from its MiniDisc platform — seems to be flirting with extinction. A quick Google ...

Sony ends It's BD production. It's not looking good for the future of physical media. It's a shame; I was hoping to pick up a player and a bunch of used discs after ...

Another blow to the physical format, and this is one of the hardest for collectors to swallow. After laying off hundreds of people from the physical format department in the summer of last year ...

In deciding the Oscar Best Picture winners from 1927-2023, let’s say you relied on the contemporary ratings of films on Letterboxd instead of the Academy vote totals of the time. Sometimes, you’d get ...