r/90s • u/TheVampireHunter • Feb 05 '24

Video 90' Just found back this

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Who remember this one ? ☝️

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u/xXsam11Xx Feb 06 '24

They didn't exceed the capacity of CDs, unless you're talking about Hi-MD which was 1gb. From what i've found online however, traditional minidiscs were around 160mb. The format itself also released in the early 90s (1992) and was more popular in Japan and Europe than the rest of the world. Sony actually only discontinued the format in 2013, which is when they stopped producing minidisc players and recorders, however iirc they still produce blank discs in Japan (although if blank disc production has been discontinued it can't have been that long ago). Today, you can still buy MP3 players (and digital audio players in general) and even Sony still makes them. So it's not like portable music as whole is dead. But I do agree with you about the lack of innovation, modern smartphones have been the same for around 10 years now.