Why did mini discs fail to take off...was it the absurdly thin case that made writing a track list a

why, when you have to f.-k about fast forwarding and rewinding with tapes..didnt the near cd quality recording of the mini disc instantly take over.

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In my ill-infromed opinion it is all Sony%26#39;s fault. Unlike the CD format that that every manufacturer could use Sony kept a tight reign on Minidisc technology. The idea of the small Minisc when compared to a large CD for a portable music device should have been a winner, more so when you consider that many Minidisc players had the facility to directly record music from an audio source such as a home stereo without the need for a PC and at a time when recordable CD%26#39;s were relatively expensive.

Compared to the tape Walkmans the Minidisc was lightyears ahead and for a couple of years it looked like it would be a big hit, but then the price of personal CD players plumetted as obscure manufactures from the east started to make them by the millions. At this time everybody had bought thier music collection on CD and MP3 was a format known only to geeks.

Then, not so long ago, came the MP3 revolution. Everything you could ever want became available to download for a small fee (As honest citizens we would never pirate copyrighted materiel, would we? ;) ) Again the new generation of Minidisc players and drives allowed you to take advantage of this and create compilations on your PC. Again it should have been a winner. But again competiton came from the east in the form of cheaper solid state MP3 players. The death knell was sounding for Minidisc and the final attempt to turn it into a "status symbol" quality brand was killed without mercy by Apple%26#39;s Ipod. i had one it was good at the time ,but with cds u could make a mix cd in minutes for next to nothing...than mp3%26#39;s came a long..mini disc%26#39;s did not have a hope in hell I eventually bought a mini-disc player and the idea is great and definitely an advantage over tapes but it was a mission to put music onto it.

You had to install the software, convert music you wanted to put onto it and you could only play it on the player you had.

You still had to buy CD%26#39;s with the music and then rip it from there. Buying the original minidisc was expensive and then couldn%26#39;t be used in your car, PC, etc so who would want to buy that.

All in all, a good idea but MP3 players are essentially as portable and cheap but just far easier to load with music. my friend has one of those he likes it

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