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Not to forget: copying anything to minidisc was slow(!) In the end, the final nail in the coffin of more mechanical storage of audio was rights protection and
by DocTomoe 6y ago
Not to forget: copying anything to minidisc was slow(!)
In the end, the final nail in the coffin of more mechanical storage of audio was rights protection and management, which is what killed R-DAT.
- throwanem 6y agoAnalog copying, those were the days. Specifically, the days of not being able to use my computer or my minidisc player for a solid hour, lest stray noises from apps or excess CPU usage goof up the audio going from one to the other. And then there was the separate joy of twiddling the little wired remote to title the newly written tracks... NetMD solved this, allowing for digital copying and titling via USB, but it came along so late (2001) as to make no meaningful difference - especially in the face of the iPod, which had its advent in the same year.