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The Sony MZ1, the first MiniDisc player, released in 1992. MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Sony announced the MiniDisc in September 1992 and released it in November [2] of that year for sale in Japan and in December in Europe ...
This codec is used in Sony Hi-MD Walkman devices (e.g., "Hi-LP and Hi-SP"), Network Walkman players, Memory Stick players, VAIO Pocket, PS3 and PSP console, and ATRAC CD players. It is a hybrid subband/MDCT codec based on a 16 channel QMF followed by a 128-point MDCT. Prior to MDCT coding, Generalized Harmonic Analysis (GHA) is used to extract ...
Sony's next model, the NW-HD5, was announced in April 2005 and released July 2005 [35] and was an updated design from the HD1 / HD3, boasting a simpler control system, an upright handheld format, [36] a user-removable lithium-ion battery, better file format compatibility, a unique "Follow Turn Display" that would automatically align itself ...
Some examples of products that used the format are a few multitrack "portastudio"-style audio recorders such as Sony's MDM-X4 and Tascam's 564. Sony's MDH-10 MD Data disk drive, meant for use with Windows and Mac PCs, could also play back audio MiniDiscs. However, the drive was expensive compared to the Zip drive and others.
Sony also manufactured a mini CD burning device, designed to be "PC-free." The device allowed the user to directly burn images from a Memory Stick or a USB flash drive or camera to a mini CD. It was a precursor to the various portable media storage devices such as the iPod Photo adapters and various other hard disk based photo storage units.
From 1997, Sony's Discman range of portable compact disc (CD) players started to rebrand as CD Walkman. [46] In 2000, the Walkman brand (the entire range) was unified, and a new small icon, "W.", was made for the branding. [45] From 2012, Walkman was also the name of the music player software on Sony Xperia. It has since been rebranded to Music.
In late 2009, Sony began pushing developers away from the UMD format and towards digital distribution on the PlayStation Network in preparation for the launch of the digital-download-only PSP Go, which was the first (and only) PSP model to not include a UMD drive. [13]
Minidisk, Mini Disk, MiniDisc, Mini Disc or similar may refer to: MiniDisc, a magneto-optical disc-based music and data storage format developed by Sony; Minidisk (CMS), a minidisk formatted for use by the CMS operating system under CP-67 or VM; Minidisk (floppy), 5.25-inch floppy diskette type