• Gizmodo
  • bestmodo
  • lifehacker
  • kotaku
  • Profile logout login

#minidisc

Gizmodo

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #dealzmodo,
  • #rumors,
  • #broken,
  • #iphoneapps,
  • #apple,
  • etc.

New York, 3:58 AM
Tue Dec 1
61 posts in the last 24 hours

FR | IT | DE | SP | JP | AU | BR

Gizmodo Team

Tip your editors:
tips@gizmodo.com

Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | Email | Twitter

Editor:
Jason Chen
Email | AIM | Twitter

Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
Email | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
Email | AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
Email | AIM | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
Email | AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
Email | Twitter
Sean Fallon
Email | Twitter
Jack Loftus
Email | Twitter
John Herrman
Email | Twitter
Dan Nosowitz
Email
Chris Mascari
Email
Danny Allen
Email | Twitter
Rosa Golijan
Email | Twitter
Chris Jacob
Email

Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner

Interns:
Don Nguyen
Email
Kyle VanHemert
Email

Comment Intern:
Nick Ellenoff | Email

Heroes and Friends

Comment Account Questions:
Comments@gizmodo.com

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
9515 Subscribers
Gizmodo
  • posts about #minidisc more →

    How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats

    Portable Media Players: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin

    Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse

    Sony Announces MZ-RH1 Hi-MD Walkman

    The MiniDisc That Wouldn't Die (Literally)
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Gilbert Capulong Gilbert Capulong
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Correction, weve been making music longer than we have been recording history.
     Reply
    Gilbert Capulong was starred Gilbert Capulong was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @Gilbert Capulong: The key word here is "writing". As long as human beings have been around, chances are good we've been making music in some fashion, but it wasn't being written.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of 10:02am 10:02am
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Is vinyl "truly lossless"? The musical data is still going through format conversion from its original master...
     Reply
    10:02am was starred 10:02am was unstarred
    Image of ARP ARP
    04/17/09

    @10:02am: It's also "lossy" from a physical perspective. The grooves get worn down and lose their fidelity. I know, I have New Order- Substance record that skates because I played it until it was smooth.
     Reply
    ARP was starred ARP was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @ARP: Anyone who loves their LP's will invest in a laser turntable to ensure that the only factor for wear is age, not running the record.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Plus magnetic tape is still an analog format.
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: At least in the form it is used in most audio tape systems.
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Great article, but it seems to blur the line between media and format. "Magnetic tape", for instance, is a media, while MP3 is a format. You could technically put MP3 data on magnetic tape - it would just be horribly inefficient.
     Reply
    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    don't we also have a broadcast sent into outter space? i know it's not a recording per se, but it seems pretty permanet as it is gonna travel forever. when did we start doing that?
     Reply
    Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Please make sure to keep those 1877 wax recording cylinders away from this guy:
     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid was starred GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDav...: That was exactly the first thing I thought of when I saw this article crop up. :) Bravo sir, you're really on the ball!
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDav...: This is why androids should not be allowed to touch our stuff. Frakkin' androids.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Jamie Collins Jamie Collins
    02/12/09

    In reply to Portable Media Players: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
    Is that an iPhone or an iPod Touch?


    Shame on Giz if it's a phone.

     Reply
    Jamie Collins was starred Jamie Collins was unstarred
    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    02/13/09

    @Jamie Collins: The evolutionary path of two district species intersect. You sure know your Darwinism Giz *thumbs up*
     Reply
    okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) was starred okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) was unstarred
    Image of Epoch Epoch
    02/12/09

    In reply to Portable Media Players: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
    just how many fully evolved forms of technology are combined to make the iphone?


    and yeah, i remember the rio, the "diamond" changed the way i looked at music.

     Reply
    Epoch was starred Epoch was unstarred
    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    sony had to offload their surplus of MD's somehow...
     Reply
    discounteggroll was starred discounteggroll was unstarred
    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Aaaah MiniDisc, great with recording...but also a major pain in the ass.
     Reply
    Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    the only way this thing could be successful is if there were some sort of user-fee tacked on whenever you bought one, in addition to the price, and every time you used it, your credit card was charged an additional user fee, and all data stored on it used some sort of DRM that required a subscription fee to allow access, and any time you looked at it, your eyeballs popped out of your head, and in order to put them back in your face you had to pay the company some sort of eyeball replacement fee. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine this thing catching on.
     Reply
    frigg was starred frigg was unstarred
    Image of MartinLeGood MartinLeGood
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Ok, this idea is stupid. But there is a lot to improve on flsh drives
     Reply
    MartinLeGood was starred MartinLeGood was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    @martinS60: No, my friend. Any drive made out of a fish is perfect.
     Reply
    frigg was starred frigg was unstarred
    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Indeed.


    Covered with feces.


    Go bury it under a tree.

     Reply
    strider_mt2k was starred strider_mt2k was unstarred
    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Wow, this thing makes about as much sense as purposefully getting yourself infected with herpes to see what it's like. Probably make you about as popular, too.
     Reply
    Serolf Divad was starred Serolf Divad was unstarred
    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    AWW! But it's so tiny and CUTE!!! ^_^
     Reply
    ZaxxonQ.com was starred ZaxxonQ.com was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gizmodo account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.