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Old 08-14-2011, 06:27 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by TedJ View Post
I believe that minidisc was the last format that Sony released that was actually trying to solve a problem, that being digital recording without the limitations of the then nascent optical recordables, rather than locking the consumer into their ecosystem. I have several friends in journalism who were upset when Sony finally drew the curtain on the format a couple of years ago.

Sony forcing owners of their early digital audio players to transcode their MP3s to ATRAC, Memory Stick and UMD were simply attempts to screw the consumer.
...so, I actually meant UMD (the PSP-discs) when I wrote Minidisc. You're right - Minidisc was actually pretty cool. I missed most of it because I was really too young to have a use for it, but I remember pretty high praise for its recording capabilities.

Note to self: double-fact-check rants before posting.
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