The MiniDisc – or 'MD' for short – was a bold leap: a 64mm magneto-optical disc encased in a protective caddy. Capable of ...

MiniDisc combined the digital benefits of a CD with mix tape abilities of a cassette in a durable pocket-friendly package. Time is running out to enjoy MiniDisc as Sony has stopped producing disk ...

But a CD can hold 650 MB of digital audio, while an MD only holds 140 MB. So just how does Sony manage to squeeze all that music on to a MiniDisc? By using ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding).

Retail advertising of headphone MP3-CD players and MiniDisc players grew dramatically in the first three quarters of last year as retailers and suppliers leveraged the growing popularity and awareness ...

Launched in 1984, the Sony Walkman D-50 was the company’s first portable CD player. It offered a number of “firsts ... Sony released the first MiniDisc player, the Sony Walkman MZ-1, in December 1992.

Yes, yes it did. Despite Sony's firm belief that MiniDisc - a format offering the quality of a CD with the recordable functionality of a casette - would be the Next Big Thing™, it was ...

MiniDisc was launched in 1992, but never saw widespread success outside of Japan. Its rise in the West was stymied by the existing popularity of the CD and the growth of the MP3 format and its ...

It was late 1992 when the first the MiniDisc player was introduced into the US. It arrived as a fully functional mobile format, ready to drive the final nail into the coffin of the cassette tape and ...

The first surprise is that the MiniDisc was in fact a two-in-one system ... discs used etched pits and lands in a similar way to the CD. Remembering the technical buzz around the system back ...

BR><BR><BR>My mind is pointing more at the MZ-N707 of the MD players, and a slightly more expensive MP3 CD player. However, can you let me know what is good for MP3 CD players out there?