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I thought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc like that. But, too little too late for too much money. But conceptuall
by LargoLasskhyfv 4mo ago
I thought https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc like that. But, too little too late for too much money.
But conceptually, haptically, optically...phenomenally!
- bartread 4mo agoYeah, it's funny they never really took off as a data storage format the way zip disks and CDs did. To me a MiniDisc would have been far better than a Zip disk but I never encountered MiniDisc used in that context. Certainly, whereas all the machines in the computer lab during my masters had Zip drives and floppy drives, making Zip the logical choice for my home PC, I don't ever remember seeing a PC with a built-in MiniDisc drive anywhere at all - not even in computer shops. Shame really. I'm sure they probably existed but maybe rarely enough that they'd classify as oddware? (HT to LGR for that piece of terminology.)
- al_borland 4mo agoI was a big MiniDisc fan. They were like digital cassette tapes. I could record from the radio, trim out the DJ, re-order the tracks, and give them titles. Looking back, it was all a bit tedious to do on the player/recorder itself, but paired with modern software and a reader for the PC, I'm sure it would be outstanding.
- felooboolooomba 4mo agoI was a fan until I learned that I couldn't copy the audio I recorded, as an audio file from it. Sony intentionally prevented you from doing to to "prevent potential copyright infringement".
- al_borland 4mo agoThey had TOSLINK support. So it doesn't seem like they'd be stopping anything, they'd just make it slow.