Minidisc should have taken off
it was better than CD or tape when CDs and tapes ruled the market.

I like the idea of a VHS dubbing kit - I imagine it was just a male/female rf cable, maybe a scart cable, and a bit of paper. What an awesome scam.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:07, 2 replies)

minidisc did kinda take off
Just not in the domestic market. when Sony failed there they marketed it as a professional system.... and it ended up getting used in radio stations up and down the country. it meant you could have broadcast quality location audio without having to take out a massive reel to reel recorder, and you could edit it on the machine itself quite easily - handy if you cant get to a studio. Pretty much the same thing happend with Betamax.... youd think Sony would have learned.
(Sexual Chocolate!, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 5:09, closed)

Minidisc was a a stopgap before MP3 etc.
It was not a suitable replacement for CD, since it employed a lossy compression format which altered the sound of the music (though I did prefer ATRAC to MP3). I'll agree it was much better than tapes though, and the only choice for anything like CD quality sound in a portable player.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 12:12, closed)