Mini-discs vs MP3
I've just been given by Mrs fob a Mini-disc recorder/player and I am so impressed by the quality of the sound. I have no experience of MP3 to compare, however.
In a straight one-to-one recording of a full size CD it is absolutely brilliant. At a compression of x4, that is 5 hours on one Mini-disc, it is far better than tape cassette and perfecty acceptable for evryday use.
However, my local Virgin Mega-Store has abandoned min-discs and has sent back all their commercial pre-recorded discs to Head Office in Milton Keynes.
So what do we think? Is there a plot to kill off the mini-disc techonology and if so why? I can't see that 5 hours on a mini-disc costing about 80 pence can be bad. It is a small fraction of the cost of MP3 with solid state memory.