Anyone ever use or still using MiniDisc?

[Woody Sound]

I think it was an underutilized technology.

[pcjazz]

I think it was an underutilized technology.

Have a Sony, used it quite heavily for a time. Too much compression and less convenient than rechargeable mp3 recorders (or cellphones/tablets).

[Alter]

Had one when they were a thing. Most of the discs are not working. Which is a shame, cause I was in Berklee at the time and had some great music on them.

[garybaldy]

I haven't yet reached that level of technology.

[teeps]

As far as I recall the mp3 format was developed for the mini disc. So that part of the technology is still alive

[pingu]

As far as I recall the mp3 format was developed for the mini disc. So that part of the technology is still alive

No it was Sony ATRAC data compression
a really good system ,
I used Mini Disc
systems a lot in the 90s ….

[teeps]

I was wrong, then. Thanks for correcting.

[starjasmine]

Yeah, I still have my MDR walkman but I never use it. It was/is a great format, but I know of no efficient way to get the data from a minidisc into a format that a computer can use. I used to just play the minidiscs into an audio interface to digitize them into a lossless format in real time, then I could erase the disc and use it again.

Now I have a zoom H4n that records straight to mp3 that I can transfer to the laptop via USB in practically no time, but mp3 is not lossless and the H4n is a bit of an antique nowadays. Looks like there are many lossless handheld digital recorders on the market at <$200 USD.

[Freddy23]

I sure did. I had two decks in my home and one in my car. They replaced cassette decks, a technology I never warmed up to due to reliability and tape skewing issues. I couldn’t shift to minidiscs fast enough. Especially since you no longer had long fast-forward and rewind times.

Then, shortly after, CDs became recordable and that was the end of Minidiscs.