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is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consist of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists of handhelds, online services, magazines, and other forms of media.
Walkman
is a brand of portable audio players manufactured by Sony since 1979. It was originally introduced as a portable cassette player and later expanded to include a range of portable audio products. Since 2011, the brand has referred exclusively to digital flash memory players.
Betamax
Betamax (also known as Beta, and stylized as the Greek letter β in its logo) is a discontinued consumer analog videocassette recording format developed by Sony. It was one of the main competitors in the videotape format war against its primary rival, VHS. Betamax was introduced in Japan on May 10, 1975, and launched in the United States later that year.
MiniDisc
thumb|The Sony MZ1, the first MiniDisc player, released in 1992.
Digital Audio Tape
digital audio cassette format developed by Sony
Philips CD-i
The Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I, later CD-i) is a digital optical disc data storage format as well as a hardware platform, co-developed and marketed by Dutch company Philips and Japanese company Sony. 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. The two companies initially expected to impact the education/training, point of sale, and home entertainment industries, but the CD-i is largely remembered today for its video games.
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smartphone brand from Sony Mobile Communications
Memory Stick
removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. MiniDisc was the first commercial product to incorporate ATRAC, in 1992. ATRAC allowed a relatively small disc like MiniDisc to have the same running time as a CD while storing audio information with minimal perceptible loss in quality. Improvements to the codec in the form of ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless followed in 1999, 2002, and 2006 respectively.
Bravia
television brand of Sony
U-matic
-inch Type E Helical Scan or SMPTE E is an analog recording videocassette format marketed by Sony Electronics Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) and Victor Co. of Japan (JVC). It was initially developed by Sony and shown as a prototype in October 1969, refined and standardized among the three manufacturers in March 1970, and introduced commercially in September 1971 by Sony. The format was branded U-matic by Sony, U-Vision by Panasonic and U-VCR by JVC, referring to the U-shaped tape path as it threads around the video drum.
Trinitron
300px|thumb|A Sony KV-1320UB Mark II Trinitron from the early 1970s
Discman
thumb|Discman logo used by Sony until 2000. thumb|CD Walkman logo used from 1997 until 2000. Later Sony models bear the Walkman logo. Walkman is a Sony exclusive naming. thumb|Discman D-145 (1995) thumb|CD Walkman D-E330 (2002), with Walkman logo was a brand name used by Sony for their portable CD players. The first Discman, the Sony D-50 or D-5 (depending on region), was launched in 1984. The Sony brand name for Discman changed to CD Walkman, initially for Japanese lineups launched between October 1997 and March 1998, and then entirely in 2000. Discman and CD Walkman players were discontinue
Sony Reader
line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony
Sony Vision-S
concept electro-car by Sony
Jumbotron
A jumbotron, sometimes referred to as jumbovision or a jumbo screen, is a video display using large-screen television technology (video wall).
Sony Watchman
trademark
CLIÉ
thumb|A Sony CLIÉ PEG-NZ90 Personal Entertainment Organiser model featuring a respectable multimedia specification. thumb|Sony CLIÉ PEG-SL10 thumb|Sony PEGA-MSC1 digital camera connected to the Clié PEG-SJ20 CLIÉ is a series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) running the operating system (OS) Palm OS, developed and marketed by Sony from 2000 to 2005. The devices introduced many new features to the PDA market, such as a jog dial (or jog wheel) interface, high-resolution displays, and Sony technologies like Memory Stick slots and ATRAC3 audio playback. Most models were designed and manufactur
FeliCa
FeliCa is a contactless RFID smart card system from Sony in Japan, primarily used in electronic money cards. The name stands for Felicity Card. First utilized in the Octopus card system in Hong Kong, the technology is used in a variety of cards also in countries such as Japan, Indonesia, Macau, the Philippines and the United States.
mylo
handheld device made by Sony
WEGA
thumb|Wegavision 2000, TV-prototype 1962, Die Neue Sammlung|Pinakothek der Moderne thumb|Wega tapedeck for Sony Elcaset, 1976–1980
Sony XEL-1
World's first OLED television, designed in 2007
Sony Rolly
Apni hatti
MD Data
magneto-optical data storage medium
Hi-MD
Hi-MD is a magneto-optical disc-based data storage format. It was a further development of the MiniDisc. With its release in late 2004, came the ability to use newly developed, high-capacity 1 gigabyte Hi-MD discs, in the same dimensions as MiniDisc. The last recorder and player was discontinued in 2011. Blank discs stopped production in September 2012.
LocationFree Player
remote video streaming server by Sony
ARccOS
DVD copy-protection system
Sony eVilla
Internet appliance
NT
digital audio medium
Data Discman
electronic book player
Portapak
A Portapak is a battery-powered, self-contained video tape analog recording system. Introduced to the market in 1967, it could be carried and operated by one person.
My First Sony
series of electronics for kids made by Sony
Qualia
series of electronic products produced by Sony