Most optical discs are a standard 12cm in diameter, are round, and besides some potential manufacturing incompatibilities with certain optical drives, are expected to load and be recognized in most ...

The Mini-Disc never caught on in the U.S. But during the 1990s, the format did in its native Japan, where MD isn’t yet dead. Launching in 1991, MD was the coolest format. It was like a compact disc, ...

Apple iPod chief Tony Fadell has develop a collapsable hardware solution that would allow his company to reduce shipping and packaging costs by selling software on smaller discs which could then be ...

Sony are set to stop production of Mini-Disc stereos next month, reports say. According to Nikkei, the company will “wind down” the format in March, while continuing to sell Mini-Disc cartridges for ...

Sony has packed a lot more into its mini-disc digital music players. The Japanese electronics giant has developed a new format which can store up to 45 hours of music on a single disc, as well as ...

Entertainment Media Expo Booth 302, — August 23, 2005 –Advanced Media, Inc., is pleased to announce brisk sales of its 8cm mini-DVD discs. The discs have been a strong addition to the popular RIDATA™ ...

February 2025 will see the end of three formats that Sony played a key role in developing. The company will then cease production of recordable Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes. It may ...

Reader Lynn did the bad thing. She writes: I accidentally inserted a mini disc into my MacBook’s media slot. I can’t remove it. What should I do? If, like your MacBook, you had the ability to go back ...

The final Sony Mini Disc players are to go on sale in March after the company halted production on the format it invented twenty years ago Reaction to the news that Sony's last ever MiniDisc players ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of Blu-ray discs next month. In a statement shared by the company, it ...