[ARSCLIST] Minidisc - zombie format?

To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Minidisc - zombie format?
From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:26:51 -0400
Comments: To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <ARSCLIST@loc.gov>
List-archive: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=ARSCLIST>
List-help: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=ARSCLIST>, <mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV?body=INFO ARSCLIST>
List-owner: <mailto:ARSCLIST-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
List-subscribe: <mailto:ARSCLIST-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
List-unsubscribe: <mailto:ARSCLIST-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
Message-id: <001001c8fc76$b2bb02c0$6a01a8c0@TOMOFFICE>
References: <3E4ED5DFB91E1743934243083EF3578B032C4807@emailman.soli.net>
Reply-to: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>

Now that flash recorders and iPods are ubiquitous, is the MD format dead? Is Sony trying some scheme to keep dead man walking like they did with Beta or are they letting it die? Is there any reason anyone would choose to enter the MD format at this point, vs a flash recorder?

-- Tom Fine

Follow-Ups:
- [ARSCLIST] High quality Monster interconnect cables for sale
  - From: Tom Fine

References:
- [ARSCLIST] Upcoming SOLINET classes: Preserving Oral Histories and Audiovisual Preservation on a Shoestring Budget
  - From: McClurken, Kara

Prev by Date: [ARSCLIST] Call for Papers 2009
Next by Date: [ARSCLIST] High quality Monster interconnect cables for sale
Previous by thread: [ARSCLIST] Upcoming SOLINET classes: Preserving Oral Histories and Audiovisual Preservation on a Shoestring Budget
Next by thread: [ARSCLIST] High quality Monster interconnect cables for sale
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread

[Table of Contents]

[ARSCLIST] Minidisc - zombie format?

[Subject index] [Index for current month] [Table of Contents]