Reliable sources within Sony that have given me consistent and 100% accurate information in the past, recent documents that have been passed along my way, and the blatant obviousness of Sony's direction from not only the recent webcast along with their Annual Report for 2005 and other various public presentations have given a clear indication as to what's going to occur to the format. Right now there's a very slim chance that Hi-MD may even see a third generation, and if it were, it would probably be the definitive last. I'm not so sure anymore that the Connect Player will even support MD. There's something else on the horizon now, a unified approach. I can't say any more than this, but it will boil down to one of these scenarios, trust me: (I) Minidisc is no longer developed, focus on other products and introduce similar functionality. (II) Put a radical spin on MD (Video, DVR, etc) and see what happens.More information can be read over here
Sony's minidisc is dead
Posted on Tuesday, October 04 2005 @ 2:10 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckRumours have arisen that Sony has stopped development of the minidisc (MD) format and that it won't launch any new MD products anymore:
