New replacement MD cases
After a gap of something like twenty years (probably) - a company has started manufacturing new replacement cases for pre-recorded Minidiscs. More proof, if any were needed, that this 1990s format is currently enjoying a minor renaissance.
Given my previous MD content, I thought it’d be appropriate to spread the word about these, even though it’s perhaps not the most enthralling of topics.
Being under ten minutes, this video forgoes the usual patreon credit roll at the end.
Please consider this to be an extra video rather than a main feature. Have a pleasant weekend.
UPDATE
Re-uploaded to change a font as suggested.
Comments (47)
Well, if Minidisc ever catches on, the Chinese will start making replacement cases at a super-low price..
Think we’re due a new TV unless 3D comes back!!!!
That would be cool 😎, I think the last film we watched was Jaws double DD …. or something hing like that, it just had boobs and occasionally a shark or piranha trying to eat the TV, the olympics in 2012 was good tho!! Good point about eyesight, I’m +5 in my left eye so I’d be seeing 3DDD!!
Flippin 'eck 😮
As I sit here watching my 3D TV with no 3D channels 👀, I wondered if you’ve ever explored the joys (or not) of 3D!
Massively interested in 3D since a very young age, unfortunately the relatively recent loss of sight in one eye has curtailed this. Nevertheless I do have some 3D stuff I want to cover on the channel in the future.
Hi Mat, I'm not sure if this is my telly doing this but the last couple of videos have had a shimmering refresh problem. It seems to happen when there is more white in the shot. I'm watching on a Samsung LED TV in 4k. I've not noticed any issues with any other video source and videos of yours before the last two (including this one) are fine. If it's not my TV are you using new lights or have you changed a setting on your camera? Of course it could be YouTube doing something odd with the compression.
Not something I'm ever likely to need, as I have precisely one pre-recorded MD (Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing) and the case is fine on that one, but I enjoyed the video!
Thanks for bringing these to my attention Mat. Just ordered a bunch... They're out of stock right now, but they say they'll have more coming in soon. Like you, I thought I was going to have tatty boxes forever but now I'm looking forward to replacing them with shiny new ones!
Niche videos like this I will say its 25% reason I’m a many years Patreon 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Is "Quick Vid" replacing the cheese sandwich?
I dropped the cheese sandwich as explaining it has become tedious. Quick Vid works for quick videos, however I don't know what I can do for long videos that took minimal effort to make.
Wow, that paper cutter guide is amazing. I didn’t know that existed like that. The last paper cutter was the big scythe type one they have in classrooms. I need to get one of these cool slider ones.
I'm feeling nostalgic now for my beloved compact cassettes of the 1980s and CDs of the 1990s.
Speaking of brand merch - here's a merchandise item that I think Mat would enjoy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165368107474
I see they make a clear case as well; that might solve the problem of the 'shadow' by the hinge: https://www.retrostylemedia.co.uk/product/full-size-minidisc-case-with-a-clear-inner-tray
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is happy to have recently discovered MDs! (also buying CDs at charity shops to make my own compilation MD for home listening)
Lovely niche video. I loved my in car Sony MD player.
A cheese sandwich video if ever I saw one. Nice short item, Mat.
There used to be a trick to get larger Discogs images but they are one of the few sites that fully blocked the "CDN" trick (stripping the "resize" arguments in the URL) The default "site" images on discogs are really woeful too. Strange how in this day of unlimited, high-speed internet we now have sites squashing images ridiculously.
Not only it is a great little format but really impressed that someone is manufacturing those cases again! Really great video as always!
It absolutely kills me that I was such a huge MiniDisc user. I even got my father into them. They were purely a music listening device to me and also we used them for precise sound cues for sketch shows at the original Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Do I still have them or any of my amazing players? Of course not. Lesson learned!
I got a Sony MD separates deck a couple of years back, and just assumed discs would be ten a penny in all the charity shops like CDs are. Nope. Not seen one to this day. Best haul I found was from a table top sale* outside a church, mainly sealed TDK recordables. *Not meaning they were literally selling table tops.
I prefer car boot sales - then watching the cars driving off without their boots!! (Joking of course)
FYI Mat; the Patreon app is displaying images oddly in 4:3 aspect on your posts. It's a vertical app, otherwise I'd view it horizontally with no problem. I don't think I bungled any of my settings... just wanted to make you aware. https://ibb.co/JKSLC9g https://ibb.co/gZFKhgt
That's weird. I only occasionally use the app on an iPad - I'll have to take a look on a phone.
Looks like I am going to have to buy A Md player now
When Victorinox or whoever makes Swiss Army knives makes a bigger one, you need to get it for your box openings.
I'm keeping my eye out for one of these - they're discontinued now unfortunately https://gift-feed.com/products/wenger-16999-giant-swiss-army-knife
What I am in need of is the cases that hold 5 or 10 minidiscs at a time. I only have a home deck, so I don't transport any MD; I find it easiest to keep them tucked away in these 5 count plastic cases.
But these aren't original. You are affiliated with the company and are making millions of dollars from them. You mentioned printing labels, so you are affiliated with HP! ... sorry, I thought if I said these silly statements here, then that would get them said and done with. Now there is no need for anyone else to say them in the real video comments. That is how that works, right? 🤣 As always, thanks for the excellent video!
I’m sure these would be some of the more logical comments - you’d really need to bash your head hard on a wall to get your comments down to the true level of nonsense.
I’ve bought one of the Dark Grey ones from RetroStyleMedia to test with some custom inserts I printed for fave albums never released on MD. As you say, identical to the originals apart from the Logo. I think this might get expensive quickly.
The best part of this video (and the one the other day) may be the subtle use of the comically large Swiss Army Knife. I *love* that you just use it and don't make any reference to it. *We* know your proclivities but new viewers are going to go "Wait ... what did I just see???" Love it!
Love this comment and agree wholeheartedly.
Commenting before watching (at lunch) - thank you for the extra video. If only the sole Sony MD player I snagged through an eBay Walkman lot worked. After I removed the corroded batteries and cleaned the contacts, all it does is make a feeble squeak when I power it on. One day... I will experience MD!
All too common unfortunately.
I have only a few prerecorded MDs, one of which does need a new case. Thank you!
I'm still laughing at the Jay Foreman "Tower Bridge" video, so glad he had the sense of humour to do a (hat tip) send up. It means there are a lot of common viewers, and I hope it was taken in good humour. Maybe you'll be invited to do a bit part in one of his videos one day. Talk about views. Maybe send him an email.
Those are handy. Unfortunately I've seen recordable MDs labelled up, cased, and selling on eBay as sealed original Beatles MDs. I reported one to eBay, but they're still for sale.
I’ve seen reports of those too - it’s like the people selling an Xbox Series X box - where the buyer receives an empty cardboard box that once held the console. There are a lot of dodgy ebay sellers.
I saw that too and I immediately knew who it was. I also found it funny and quite the nod to the Techmoan channel.
Seeing Mariah Carey’s rainbow like that is quite appealing to me… I think I’ll have to go find that disc and a player now. MP3 players just don’t have the same charm
Funny- I just happened upon the "parody" of you in that Tower Bridge documentary (by the way, what do you make of that?), and now I get to watch the real deal :)
I guess it shows that I've become moderately familiar amongst a proportion of YouTube viewers, which can be seen as a positive thing when views are considered important.
Have a pleasant weekend as well. Thanks as always for the video
I guess that's one way to get people to watch an ad. Mat's the one who should get paid though.