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Post by salopstick on Jan 31, 2021 19:13:09 GMT
MiniDisc.... Perhaps the most misunderstood technology of the early 00s? Those who didn't have it, probably don't get it... Those who do, know just how good it was. I had a Sony player that ran off a single AA battery for fucking ages. I've considered buying a decent second hand player again as recently as last year. They're not expensive but getting the replacement MiniDiscs is tricky. I knew one guy who was my best mate at the time, sadly not now. Who had the first of everything tech wise. He got a Sony minidisc and thought they were ace. He couldn’t convince anyone else to have one, I’m not sure why. I never had one. What were the pros and cons? As I recall there was a very limited catalogue of songs/albums? Sony as usual priced it too high. None of the record labels were majorly interested and it was the start of Napster and MP3.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 31, 2021 19:13:55 GMT
I knew one guy who was my best mate at the time, sadly not now. Who had the first of everything tech wise. He got a Sony minidisc and thought they were ace. He couldn’t convince anyone else to have one, I’m not sure why. I never had one. What were the pros and cons? As I recall there was a very limited catalogue of songs/albums? Sony as usual priced it too high. None of the record labels were majorly interested and it was the start of Napster and MP3. Well I couldn’t ask for a more comprehensive answer than that👍🏻
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Post by salopstick on Jan 31, 2021 19:23:12 GMT
Sony as usual priced it too high. None of the record labels were majorly interested and it was the start of Napster and MP3. Well I couldn’t ask for a more comprehensive answer than that👍🏻 Google is your friend
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Post by metalhead on Feb 1, 2021 0:50:18 GMT
MiniDisc.... Perhaps the most misunderstood technology of the early 00s? Those who didn't have it, probably don't get it... Those who do, know just how good it was. I had a Sony player that ran off a single AA battery for fucking ages. I've considered buying a decent second hand player again as recently as last year. They're not expensive but getting the replacement MiniDiscs is tricky. I knew one guy who was my best mate at the time, sadly not now. Who had the first of everything tech wise. He got a Sony minidisc and thought they were ace. He couldn’t convince anyone else to have one, I’m not sure why. I never had one. What were the pros and cons? As I recall there was a very limited catalogue of songs/albums? The commercial element never really took off, partly because they just didn't take off in America. The back catalogue was indeed limited. They were a bigger phenomenon over here. What made them special is the fact you could rip a CD to a MiniDisc in pretty much lossless quality (to the ear) in about 10 mins and not have to balls around with CDs anymore. The discs are reusable so you could wipe and reuse them as many times as you wanted (within the physical limitations). They were floppy media which means they aren't susceptible to scratches like CDs. The fact they are floppy also meant they didn't skip like CDs either, so became a popular choice amongst runners. They run on a fraction of the power that a portable CD player does. Throw in the fact they are damned small... About half the size of an old school floppy disc. They remain a misunderstood technology. They exposed the fragility of CD media and really should have been the death knell paving the way for new high capacity floppy media but it just didn't happen. My old man took his MiniDisc player to Iraq where it was affectionately called "the magic MiniDisc" by his mates. It was able to play Mp3s and he had hundreds on several MiniDiscs rather than just one per disc CD rips... And this was before the iPod and MP3 players had really become cost friendly.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 1, 2021 0:54:42 GMT
I knew one guy who was my best mate at the time, sadly not now. Who had the first of everything tech wise. He got a Sony minidisc and thought they were ace. He couldn’t convince anyone else to have one, I’m not sure why. I never had one. What were the pros and cons? As I recall there was a very limited catalogue of songs/albums? Sony as usual priced it too high. None of the record labels were majorly interested and it was the start of Napster and MP3. Like all optical media, MiniDisc would always have lost out in the end to MP3 players and Spotify. What is frustrating is the fact Sony demonstrated the benefits of high capacity floppy media. It was just a flash in the pan but compared to some of the other technologies that have come and gone, MiniDisc was one of the best.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 9, 2021 8:51:09 GMT
Teletext.... just saying.
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Post by metalhead on Aug 29, 2022 11:15:32 GMT
Thought I would rehydrate this thread. Was reminded yesterday of...shite compilation CDs usually released (roughly) around Christmas time or fathers day. Always given shit names and always the same songs on all of them. No disrespect to the songs at all, but just unnecessary repetition. "Just in time for Christmas 2004, it's Guitar Heroes Volume 4, featuring such classics as We Will Rock You, Ace of Spades and Smoke on the Water".' "It's 2005 and treat your dad this fathers day to this unmissable hard rock compilation. NOW THIS IS ROCK, featuring Motorhead, Deep Purple and Queen" Fucking loads of them. That said for every 20 that were shit, you would find 1 that is quality. For me it was this... And yes, it contained Ace of Spades (the one Motorhead song that I actually fucking hate) www.discogs.com/release/2542678-Various-The-Best-Heavy-Metal-Album-In-The-WorldEverI heard some great bands for the first time on that CD. Skid Row, Queensryche, Uriah Heep. I played it till it became unplayable and the disk wore out.
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