Sonicalflair Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) http://i.gizmodo.com/5152684/portable-medi...-charles-darwin"Always around and never forgotten"One can see this image as the Minidisc being front and centre!I wonder why they chose that model... Edited February 13, 2009 by Sonicalflair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian10161 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Because it's a sexy model Nice find. I don't like the first comment though :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 There will always be comments by those who don't appreciate or use the strengths of a particular technology and/or device. MiniDisc's is editing, recording from multiple sources, remotes, sound, removable batteries and media, etc. Lots of these are overlooked in favour of sheer storage capacity, video, colour display... often because this is the main draw to these users.Each and every one of those devices has advantages the other doesn't have (as well as disadvantages). I don't regard it as good evolution if my needs are not being met by a device efficiently. There are reasons why dedicated devices like electronic dictionaries, dedicated calculators, wristwatches and so forth still sell well; they do their main tasks with great efficiency and meet the needs of their users better than devices with all-in-one-itis.Now, it's quite possible many people probably favour converged devices as 'good enough' most of the time, but if your needs deviate slightly from that, or you have particular usability criteria, highly converged products like those to the right can be less-than-ideal in several areas.Personally I find non-removable storage and batteries the hallmarks of a disposable society. I also find the modern non-use of remotes in favour of look-at-it-to-change-a-track devices is going backwards, among so many other design compromises in today's highly-converged devices. Those negative MiniDisc comments...some of them are justified, others are just 'cause some don't genuinely find value in the format, and others are totally ignorant. I'd like to think lots are DRM-related.All good fun to see how others comment on MiniDisc on non-MiniDisc related sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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