Sony quietly announced the release of the last stereo system that will ever feature its MiniDisc format, effectively killing the format. Frankly, we were surprised to hear the 20-plus year old disc ...

How long until we start using compact discs (CDs) as coasters and frisbees? Their glamour has faded to the extent that some leave them lying about, unsleeved, gathering dust. When the CD hit the ...

Ok, when you uncompress an mp3, do you go back to its original digital format? No loss? And then burning that wav to cd, you have yourself a digital copy of the original? So then if I went from cd ...

It’s time to bid a nostalgic farewell to Sony‘s MiniDisc format — those of you who remember it at all, anyway. After upwards of two decades, the MiniDisc is finally on the way out: The BBC reports ...

The January 1993 issue of What Hi-Fi? proves to be a fascinating insight into the world of home entertainment, both then and now. Not only does it enthuse about an exciting new medium for music ...

I took my LaCie external Firewire CD-RW drive to pieces today to see if i could disable the noisy fan and noticed, along with the normal IDE and analog audio ports on the back of the drive (it's an ...

Trinitron. Betamax. Walkman. CD. MiniDisc. PlayStation. Blu-ray. All of those things have come from Sony. Only one of them remains at all relevant. (I’ll give you a hint: It’s not the MiniDisc.) ...