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Discman logo used by Sony until 2000. CD Walkman logo used from 1997 until 2000. Later Sony models bear the Walkman logo. Walkman is a Sony exclusive naming. Discman D-145 (1995) CD Walkman D-E330 (2002), with Walkman logo. Discman was a brand name used by Sony for their portable CD players. The first Discman, the Sony D-50 or D-5 (depending on ...
The original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 was introduced on July 1, 1979. [2] [3] Through the 1980s and 1990s, Sony created many versions and variations in the cassette tape Walkman line [4] such as the DD series and WM series. Below is an incomplete list of cassette tape based Walkman models. Sony Walkman TPS-L2, from 1979. Sony Walkman WM-F15 ...
Sony applied the "Walkman" brand to some transistor radios starting with the matching blue SRF-40 FM Walkman in 1980, [17] and added a radio system to some Walkman cassette models starting with the model WM-F1 in 1982. [18] The first model with Dolby noise-reduction system and an auto reverse function appeared in 1982. [19]
Finally, in 2010, Sony announced that it was ceasing production of one of the defining devices of the 1980s — it was the same year Sony stopped making 3.5-inch floppy disks. Tom Merton ...
The Walkman E Series is a line of digital audio (DAP) and portable media (PMP) players, marketed by Sony as part of its Walkman range. E Series devices have been marketed since 2000, although in its current form since 2008 as entry-level, candybar styled players.
In 1961, Sony launched the world's first compact transistor VTR, the PV-100. In 1968, Sony launched the legendary color television set, Trinitron. The Trinitron was the reason that Sony had been the world's largest TV manufacturer in terms of annual revenue until 2006. [5] [6] In 1969, Sony launched Sony TC-50, a compact cassette recorder.
mora (モーラ, mōra) is an online music and video store for the Japanese market operated by Sony Music Solutions, a part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ). [1] It is integrated into the Japanese version of Sony's Music Center for PC software, and was also integrated into its predecessors such as SonicStage.
In 1984, Sony launched the Discman series which extended their Walkman brand to portable CD products. Under the vision of Morita, [ 13 ] the company aggressively expanded into new businesses. [ 14 ] Part of its motivation for doing so was the pursuit of "convergence", linking film, music and digital electronics. [ 14 ]