• A magneto-optical storage system ( a technology that was introduced commercially in 1985 ), that had a capacity of 1 gig of digitised Hi-HD audio.
  • Manufactured by Sony from 1992 to 2013
  • Targeted as a replacement for the Phillips Compact Cassette
  • Retailed for $800 – $1000
  • Faced competition from the CD-R when it became more affordable in 1996, and then the Mp3, soon turning the mass-market’s favour to file-based storage systems