THE VIDEO SHELF · minidisc history
MiniDisc - An Appreciation
Techmoan's 45-minute retrospective on Sony's MiniDisc, covering the first and last machines, ATRAC, MD-LP, Net-MD and HiMD. It argues the format deserves more credit than its US failure narrative suggests.
Why HN readers recommended it
The standard recommendation for MiniDisc history, especially as a non-American counterpoint to the failed-format story.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Techmoan
- Topic
- minidisc history
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
It was a massive success everywhere except the USA. But because the USA defines history, it was a "failure". Wonderful video about the format: [VIDEO]
LeoPanthera on Hacker News · 2019-04
In Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?> There is still something so cool about MiniDisc though Agree. I really wanted one for years, I even had some blank discs to fidget with, but when I could finally afford one the iPod had come out and I bought that instead. Part of …
sorenjan on Hacker News · 2020-03
In Dumping MiniDisc MediaAs a younger person who missed out, I recently enjoyed this mini-documentary— especially the surprisingly lengthy history of the many devices for a supposedly "failed" format: [VIDEO]
mikepurvis on Hacker News · 2020-10
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