Yeah, and you no doubt were also crowing about the death of CD and before that vinyl.
Oh, but wait. CD isn't dead and vinyl is actually coming BACK.
Minidisc competed with CD, not with downloads. Downloads won't replace discs because the majority of human beings derive gratification from owning THINGS that they can hold in their hands. We accumulate stuff in our lives not because we have to but because we enjoy it.
A hard disk with GB's of MP3 might appeal to geeks (among which I count myself), but it does not appeal to the majority of people (and for those that might be tempted, the day that that hard drive bricks itself and takes the entire MP3/DVD collection with it is the day they will go running back to their book cases and the shiny discs).
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We Enlightened Ones Saw The Death Of MiniDisc
Yeah, and you no doubt were also crowing about the death of CD and before that vinyl.
Oh, but wait. CD isn't dead and vinyl is actually coming BACK.
Minidisc competed with CD, not with downloads. Downloads won't replace discs because the majority of human beings derive gratification from owning THINGS that they can hold in their hands. We accumulate stuff in our lives not because we have to but because we enjoy it.
A hard disk with GB's of MP3 might appeal to geeks (among which I count myself), but it does not appeal to the majority of people (and for those that might be tempted, the day that that hard drive bricks itself and takes the entire MP3/DVD collection with it is the day they will go running back to their book cases and the shiny discs).