GreenZoner egypt: EndOfTheLine

Sony says sayonara to MiniDisc, will sell its last players in March

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" />                                   <div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Sony says sayonara to MiniDisc, will sell its last players in March" data-src-height="372" data-src-width="600" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/sonymdend.jpg" /></div>We were told back in September  that Sony was halting production on its disc-loading Walkman music  players, but devices have now reached the end of the production line,  with the last MiniDisc  players set be shipped out this March. The optical player managed to  claw out a 20-year life for itself, despite the menace of media-free  music (and video) players like the iPod,  which began to severely cut away at sales around 2000. This final date  signifies that Sony has wrapped up production of its final MD component  stereo<span>, although according to </span><em>Asahi</em><span>, the likes of Onkyo  will continue to make similar optical hardware. Well, at least  frustration for Sony's proprietary media storage lives on in the </span>PS Vita<span>.</span><br />           </div></div>