On the face of it, Minidisc was the perfect format to replace the seriously obsolete Compact Cassette. It had most of the advantages of a non-linear optical format, with the convenience of a small ...

What' s the best Sony Walkman? Perhaps one of the following models. Check out this history of the once-popular consumer ...

In Japan, where you can rent CDs, Minidiscs boomed in popularity for a little while, since people liked to record rented CDs onto Minidisc. They took off in Europe for a little while too, but in ...

Sony is bringing MiniDisc back from the grave, soil between its toes and a blade between its teeth. The MZ-RH1 (pictured, attached to a heart monitor) is set for release this month. You might have ...

As of next month, the Sony MiniDisc will be no more. A report by Asahi (via Engadget) says that Sony has stopped producing the portable audio players, which were meant to be a replacement for the ...

Serious Radiohead fans just got a gift—one that they never expected and that the band never meant to give them. Eighteen hours of previously unreleased Radiohead tracks began circulating on the web ...

CAN a MiniDisc Walkman rival the iPod? Sony thinks so. After exploiting some intriguing physics to boost the storage capacity of the languishing MiniDisc audio format more than fivefold, the company ...

Step away from your favourite streaming service, push the cumbersome and costly vinyl revival to one side, and forget your feelings for the comeback of CDs (and cassette tapes?) for one moment, ...

Sony’s new MZ-RH1 MiniDisc Walkman will feature, for the first time, Mac support, the company acknowledged Thursday. Sony has unveiled the MZ-RH1, a portable player/recorder that Sony is positioning ...

I've got some friends who are into recording live shows and do so with minidisc recorders (on a side note, this is done with permission of the bands they are recording, sometimes they get soundboard ...