Obsolete SonyStill looks like it's from the future.
Briala@obsoletesony It's easy to overlook the fact that Sony created an affordable consumer MO disk format that was more successful than any other. Just a shame the silo-ization inside Sony meant it was never the contender for replacing the ubiquitous floppy disk that it should have been.
Jo the Neenish Tart@static @obsoletesony I still have my MiniDisc recorder. Makes me so nostalgic for the early 2000s
@neenish_tart @obsoletesony I have both portable recorders I bought over the years. Dad used to have a deck, but it died.
MD was very nearly the perfect audio format: most of the best parts of CD and most of the best bits of cassette.
@static @obsoletesony Also how cool was the video for Freestyler by Bomfunk MCs
@neenish_tart @obsoletesony And they had a small appearance in The Matrix as data discs. Oh what could've been...
Claude@static In Last Action Hero, it's what Jack Slater uses to listen to music in his car. And in Strange Days, MDs are the physical format used for recording people's memories. @neenish_tart @obsoletesony