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Minidisc, anyone? I still do not really understand why this wasnt more successful (at least by the time CDs existed/were used)
by entropie 8y ago
Minidisc, anyone?
I still do not really understand why this wasnt more successful (at least by the time CDs existed/were used)
- smacktoward 8y agoWhy MiniDisc wasn't more successful, or why Iomega wasn't more successful? For Iomega, it was because of terrible quality control, leading to fiascos like the Zip drive "click of death" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death#Iomega_Zip_drives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death#Iomega_Zip_driv...). A storage vendor whose products develop a reputation for frequent, catastrophic data loss isn't going to stick around long. For MiniDisc, it was because MD didn't offer a clear leap up from what you could get from compact discs, and because Sony couldn't help but be Sony and go off and develop their own system while everyone else in the industry was using a different one (DCC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette).
- _Codemonkeyism 8y agoFor the majority of people this is obviously true, but my MD was so much better than my Discman. I could record MDs and it was rock stable, while the Discman (even the later models with buffer) would jump all the time. Would have loved to own DAT, but was too expensive.
- cm2187 8y agoFor zip drives, also because it became cheaper and faster to burn a CD, then came usb keys.
- _Codemonkeyism 8y agoStill have my minidisc somewhere, loved it. Though I think my latest was from Sharp and I could record, not from Sony.