It was a very popular platform for audio recording by journalists. Good from factor, good battery life, decent audio quality (compared to cassettes&#x2F;mini cassettes,) flexible controls and either decent microphones or at least connectors.<p>I&#x27;m surprised it&#x27;s still popular enough however, I&#x27;d have thought modern flash based platforms would have killed minidisc by now. It was different back in the early 2000s.