![]() In 2004, Sony introduced HiMD, which is capable of storing up to 45 hours of music on one HiMD (1GB) disc (lowest quality setting, obviously). ![]() The discs themselves were incredibly resilient (you can play tennis with those things), and could store up to 80 minutes of music in the early days, in 2000 expanded to 160 minutes (LP2) and 320 minutes (LP4) with the introduction of MDLP (MiniDisc Long Play). Then MiniDisc came – completely digital, recordable, supported editing of audio on-the-go, track/album information, linear PCM recording, and most importantly: anti-skip thanks to its buffer technology. CDs were not recordable at the time, the portable audio market was still dominated by cassette tapes, and portable CD players didn’t yet have anti-skip technology – and were pricey too. MiniDisc, introduced in 1992, was far superior to anything else on the market. A what?įor those that are unfamiliar with the MiniDisc format, let me give you a quick overview of the history of the MiniDisc in four words: superior, expensive, mismanaged, doomed. Imagine my surprise when I was browsing the web this morning, looking for news, and stumbled upon a supposedly new model of the Aspire One – with a Vmedia drive. As you’ll hear in the latest OSNews podcast (recorded yesterday, published later today), we had a discussion about Sony and some of its failed attempts at capturing mind share with proprietary technologies, among which the excellent but mismanaged MiniDisc technology.
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