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Before its release, both Sony representatives and the press referred to the device as the Sony Bookman; [7] [8] [9] that name remained in use in later publications. [10] The player was sold concurrently with Sony's Data Discman e-book players. [11] Unlike those devices, the MMCD Player could read full-size 120-millimeter CD-ROM discs, including ...
Sony BMG quickly released software to remove the rootkit component of XCP from affected Microsoft Windows computers, [15] but after Russinovich analyzed the utility, he reported in his blog that it only exacerbated the security problems and raised further concerns about privacy. [16]
It was created as an extension of CDDA and CD-ROM and specified in the Green Book specifications, co-developed by Philips and Sony, to combine audio, text and graphics. [2] The two companies initially expected to impact the education/training, point of sale , and home entertainment industries, [ 3 ] but the CD-i is largely remembered today for ...
The document is known colloquially as the Red Book CD-DA after the color of its cover. The format is a two-channel 16-bit PCM encoding at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate per channel. Four-channel sound was to be an allowable option within the Red Book format, but has never been implemented.
The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores pictures and video. CD-i Bridge [18] - a bridge format between CD-ROM XA and the Green Book CD-i, which is the base format for Video CDs, Super Video CDs and Photo CDs. VCD (Video) – a standard jointly developed and published by JVC, Matsushita, Philips and Sony. [19]
Data Discman (Japanese: データ ディスクマン, Hepburn: Dēta Disikuman) is an electronic book player introduced to the Western market in late 1991 or early 1992 by Sony Corporation. [1] It was marketed in the United States to college students and international travelers, but had little success outside Japan.
There was a long debate over the use of 16-bit (Sony) or 14-bit (Philips) quantization, and 44,056 or 44,100 samples/s (Sony) or approximately 44,000 samples/s (Philips). When the Sony/Philips task force designed the Compact Disc, Philips had already developed a 14-bit D/A converter (DAC), but Sony insisted on 16-bit. In the end Sony won, so 16 ...
The case centered around Sony's manufacture of the Betamax VCR, which used cassettes like this to store potentially copyrighted information.. Immediately after their loss at the Supreme Court, the entertainment companies lobbied Congress to pass legislation that would protect them from the effects of home copying.