Sony finally discontinuing the MiniDisc after more than 20 years

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1. February 1, 2013 12:58 PM
   

   Littleczr said:

   I remember those from the 90s. Who even used these things in 2013?

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2. February 1, 2013 1:19 PM
   

   fimbles said:

   +1 to the " Never knew these things were still being used" group.

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3. February 1, 2013 1:30 PM
   MilwaukeeMike said:

   I had a friend with one of these back in 1999, and they were really cool for the time. You could record your own songs to the disc from your CDs and use it as a discman with your own mixed discs. What made it so much better than a discman was it was half the size and could literally shake it and it wouldn't skip (any old farts here remember seeing people running while holding their discman level in their hand?). that made it awesome for running/working out.

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4. February 1, 2013 2:31 PM
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   Jos said:

   I loved my MiniDisc back in the day. It was really well built, very portable, easy to use, transfers were relatively fast and audio quality was good. Much better than the early MP3 players and MP3 disc players of the time. I used mine day in and day out for almost a couple of years... and then the iPod came along.

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5. February 1, 2013 2:54 PM
   

   Skidmarksdeluxe said:

   I loved my MiniDisc back in the day. It was really well built, very portable, easy to use, transfers were relatively fast and audio quality was good. Much better than the early MP3 players and MP3 disc players of the time. I used mine day in and day out for almost a couple of years... and then the iPod came along.

   How long is "Almost a couple of years"?

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6. February 1, 2013 5:25 PM
   

   VitalyT said:

   I still have them, just as a piece of history, although they still play well

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7. February 3, 2013 8:45 AM
   

   kissx said:

   I have 2 mini disc players. they been in my basemant museum since 2004.

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8. February 3, 2013 10:16 AM
   SalaSSin said:

   I know several pianists and other musicians that still actively use minidisc, as it's very compact, and has a very crisp recording sound, which is absolutely necessary for classical music.

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9. February 3, 2013 11:44 AM
   killeriii said:

   I have 2 mini disc players. they been in my basemant museum since 2004.

   lol, same.

   Still work great too.

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10. February 4, 2013 2:33 AM
    

    Arris said:

    Mines met with an accident and by that time mp3 players were doing well so made the switch (to a sony first). Was a great unit and a big upgrade from the high end cassette walkman I had at uni. Like most other posters I'm surprised it's continued the line this long.

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11. February 4, 2013 10:03 AM
    PinothyJ said:

    One of THE greatest if not greatest post-rock record label gets its name from the humble MiniDisc -- n5md, as it used to be just MDs -- so I guess I have a lot to thank Sony over for the format...

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