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jeromenerftoday at 2:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

Case in point: minidisc :)

Recording was the killer feature for me. I recorded thousands of hours of band rehearsals with their stereo omni mics and the media quality.


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burningChrometoday at 5:41 PM

The crazy thing is these came out in 92' and they didn't stop production until 2013 so you can still find these players. I just found out Sony stopped production of the minidiscs just last year which is crazy. A 20 year run for the player and 30+ years for the minidiscs.

If you can find a player, you can still get the discs on Amazon which is awesome considering how disposable tech has become.

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tobyhinloopentoday at 3:14 PM

Gotta love the LP4 mode. So much music on a single disk! Remember the cool rectangular batteries? Why aren't these gumstick batteries more used in modern devices!?