[Schlaefer]

> This was the end of my relationship with Sony.

One day I couldn't transfer my legally, newly bought Sony Music CD to my Sony MD player for mobile use (on my also expensive car and mobile MD players) because of DRM.

That's when I decided I don't care anymore. What's the point if after all that money Napster and the newly released iPod provide a better experience.

[acomjean]

I have a 5 disc cd /md shelf radio. You could copy cds to mds with a few button presses. I used that a lot at the turn of the century.

I tried the mds a year ago and they work (the cd mechanisms is jammed) now the stereo is mainly used through the aux jack.

I will agree MD would have made an excellent computer disc format had Sony allowed it. (They had something called MD Data but it was terrible). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc