Originally Posted by J T:
I'm pretty sure that I've said it here before, but things in chunky(ish) caddy style housings are just so much more pleasing to behold. You can handle them any way you like (unlike CDs) have them loose in a bag or storage compartment, pile them up on the desk - and of course the lovely positive tactile feeling of pushing it into the slot and hearing the mechanical parts engage. Dropping a disc in a tray just doesn't have that same feel to it.
You cannot beat the sound of a floppy being inserted into DF0: on an A500 - that loud (ish) CLUNK is so nostalgic
Originally Posted by J T:
I'm particularly fond of minidiscs for that reason, plus at the time they felt so modern (not that I'd ever want to use them now). I guess the closest approximation for me nowadays are the CF cards we use in our camera, cos they're a bit chunkier than an SD and click into place nicely.
I've always been convinced that MiniDisc was the media of the gods! It was just so reliable and so versatile (as an audio format)
Originally Posted by J T:
(not that I'd ever want to use them now)
Why not? I still use MiniDisc (I have 2 MiniDisc recorders and 3 MiniDisc Hi-Fi Seperates)