Favorite obsolete formats.....


What are your favorite of these? I’m unsure if any stations broadcast in AM stereo nowadays. 8 track, Mini-disk, Cassette, VHS, CED, Beta, DAT, Reel to Reel, Am Stereo, Laserdisc, Quadraphonic, Dolby FM. Surely many formats have been overlooked.
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MiniDisc and Hi-MD. My dislike of certain magazine reviewers reached near pathological levels as I used to read one disparaging review after the next. It was that word ’lossy’ ... As a result of their unceasing negative propaganda we lost a wonderfully versatile recording / compilation medium.
It’s not likely that a few online reviewers were responsible for the market failure of MD. It’s much more likely that the market was simply evolving beyond lossy formats, especially for recording.

I think MQA’s future is also uncertain, and for much the same reason.