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Re:The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format (2020) by gertrunde on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:37AM (#27482448)
It was heavily used in radio as well, almost ubiquitous for recording outside interviews etc for later broadcast.
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Re:The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format (2020) by jackvalentine on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:54AM (#27482539)
And commercial exhibition, every large theatre/cinema/auditorium/performance space I worked in up until 2008 when I changed track had a rack mounted MD player hooked up to the automation to do announcements.
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Re:The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format (2020) by imperistan on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:58AM (#27485318)
True. I’m Dutch and have encountered mini discs only in my radio work in the early 2000’s
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