FORUM: MiniDisc VS MP3 Reviews

I have read the helpful online reviews here and have decided that MP3s are the way to go. I am stumped, however, as to which model. Personally, I am a technophobe, but am looking to purchase a decent MP3 player as a Christmas present. Has anyone had any experience of the Sony NWHD3? If so, any feedback would be greatly appreciated, particularly ...  Read the complete review

As a follow up to the excellent article posted by EazyDude, here's some more recent analysis based on how the formats compare a year on. Im currently deciding which to go for ;) MP3s 1) MP3s are not as good as CD quality sound -- choose your bit rate, 192kb just as good as CD 2) Most MP3s are not legal copies, but ...  Read the complete review

I have been playing with both formats, using one of the Sony net based minidisc recorders. I think is is the 707 bought about 9 months ago from duty free in Stansted. I am very impressed by minidisc. The sound is great, and the discs have stood up to fairly frequent use. The big disadvantage is that the minidisc player is an electromechanical ...  Read the complete review

I don?t own a Minidisk player, I never have and I never will. When the format was released, it was hailed as the digital substitute for the cassette tape, but I didn?t buy that argument one bit. There?s little more satisfying to the egotist than being proven right, but now that sales in Minidisk players are falling I am being proven correct. ...  Read the complete review

after readings these reviews about MP3 being better, i felt i had to step in and voice my opinion (which is my first). ill state the facts: MiniDisc Cost - £100 - 240 youll get a decent redorder and player for about £150 Cost of media - £1 or less for a disc that can hold up to 320 minutes of music on using LP4 mode. thats about 5 ...  Read the complete review

Mp3 at 128kb/s on a 128mb RCA RD1070 Lyra MP3 player--33 songs, 5 corrupt. MDLP at LP2 Stereo (132kb/s) recording mode with Sony MZN505S MD walkman--37 songs, no corruption. I can't believe that this debate is even on! It's pretty obvious that MDs are the future, Sony Net MD's at least! With MDLP stereo recording mode, ...  Read the complete review

Mini Discs are obviously better than MP3 players. In 10 years CD players will be gone. Mini disc players will have replaced them. MP3s you can only listen to on your portable MP3 player or with a car kit. Mini discs have players you can install in your cars or MD stereos are also out. Mini Discs=wave of the future. MP3=15 minutes of fame, ...  Read the complete review

As many have said before me, comparing MP3 directly to MiniDisc isn't fair. Both are different mediums and formats and directly reviewing each's merits and downfalls isn't possible. Now, comparing the players directly is possible and on we go with my stab at this... I have owned both an MP3 player (of sorts) and ...  Read the complete review

I offer the following for the possibility that it might help those who love music and who are new to mp3's ... Question your assumptions: A number of posts, including one found currently on this site, contain a flat statement such as "CD sound is better than mp3". Well, maybe not ... In June/2000, a German ...  Read the complete review

... that is the question really. Bear with me on this one, as this is going to be a long haul really. ------ |MP3s| ------ What are MP3s? -------------- There are numerous sites out there to give you good details on what they are, including: http://www.howstuffworks.com/mp3.htm But quite simply ...  Read the complete review

I would join this debate in the corner of the MP3 player. This is because I have a nice little MP3 player which cost be about £70 two years ago. I love my MP3 player and apart from my family I don't know another person who owns one (and who says that the Highlands are behind the times!!). It is a very basic player and only holds ...  Read the complete review

This really isn't much of a dicussion its more of information for anyone fooled by the power of MP3 anymore with technology as advanced as it is now Mp3's are amazing but limited those who have pc's are at least one step ahead but what happens when you want to take it a step further and listen to them away from your computer you have 2 ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion there is no contest between the Minidisc and Mp3s. I mean, for one, with Mp3s, it costs loads to buy new memory and it doesnt carry that many songs, even though I suppose you could just keep them on your PC and just change the songs over when you want. The only thing Mp3 player does have over MD is the great qaulity. But ...  Read the complete review

Minidiscs are at the moment a more mature technology then MP3 and that perhaps is why they are better. MP3's are great but don't get me wrong I think that their appeal is limited. The main problem I have with them is the fact that when you get bored of listening to the same thing in the middle of a day you have limited options as ...  Read the complete review

Why debate over MP3 against MiniDisc. In my view they are differnt formats designed for different ways of accessing music. I've had a minidisc deck for about 2 1/2 years now and soon bought a portable player as well. The reason I have one is so I can have very good quailty recordings of music compilations. You know in the old days you ...  Read the complete review

MiniDisc versus MP3 - which is right for you? After reading my article, I hope that you will be able to decide. SONY, the undisputed electronics king of the world, created the little beauty we now know as MiniDisc. The origins of MP3 however, are not really known. This is possibly one of the reasons why MiniDisc is so popular. An ...  Read the complete review

We all think we know who's going to win don't we? Well we're all very very stupid. Someone else cleverly pointed out in their op that I have just finished reading (thankyou for that wossername) that these two thingiwotsits, (MiniDisc and Mp3) are not really fighting each other very much. Why aren't they? Because ...  Read the complete review

MP3 vs Minidisc? There's clearly no competition here - Minidisc absolutely romps home as the winner here. Here's why: MP3 developed as a media format offering good quality, compressed music files. However, the actual usage of these files was generally via file-sharing programs over the Internet, causing massive problems with the ...  Read the complete review

In the Blue Corner... Minidiscs. And in the Red Corner... MP3's. But, an MP3 is a file format, MiniDiscs are a storage medium! So, this is going to be a general article about all the different storage mediums. 1. MP3's An MP3 file is a compressed audio file. Unlike CD's, tapes and MiniDisc's they are not ...  Read the complete review

The past few years have seen the start of a revolution in the entire music industry. Both minidiscs and mp3 players have their own advantages and disadvantages and which you personally prefer is down to your own preference. So, the mp3 player...For the uninitiated, an mp3 is a format of saving music to a computer or portable device in a ...  Read the complete review