Uncover eight intriguing facts about the nostalgic MiniDisc player that highlight its unique place in tech history.

Sony announced that the company is officially halting the production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media as well as MiniDV cassettes. It's another step in the slow decline of ...

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any ...

Sony is officially ending production of recordable Blu-rays. In an announcement from Japan spotted by Tom’s Hardware, Sony Storage Media Solutions said it will stop manufacturing the discs in February ...

Another blow to the physical format, and this is one of the hardest for collectors to swallow. After laying off hundreds of people from the physical format department in the summer of last year ...

However, MD Data — the non-audio data format that Sony derived from its MiniDisc platform — seems to be flirting with extinction. A quick Google search didn’t immediately reveal any non-Sony ...

Sony ends It's BD production. It's not looking good for the future of physical media. It's a shame; I was hoping to pick up a player and a bunch of used discs after ...