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For those who use CDs for music, which writable CD type do you use, and why?

Main differences:

  • CD-R can only be written once
  • CD-RW is more expensive
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[โ€“] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, so I somehow missed the whole minidisc era. I imagine probably because it was shortlived, or just impractical for me at the time. However I find them incredibly fascinating, especially portable minidisc players. I've low key been on the lookout for one while thrifting, so I have an excuse to dive in.

[โ€“] gregorum@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

they were super-cool, and, yeah, it was very short-lived. i had a net-MD player, a small, portable MD player that ran on a single AA battery and lasted ages. it could also record on-device and also played mp3s. i loved that fucking thing!

MDs were better than CD-RWs because they were 1/2 the size and came in a case while being almost skip-proof.