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[34] Sony Corporation Annual Report 1998
Electronics
This MD Walkman incorporates a record-
ing capability but is only 19.7mm thick.
With a 3-disc MD changer and 3-disc CD
changer, Sony’s MD personal component
stereo system offers outstanding versatil-
ity in editing audio programming.
The latest addition to Sony’s IC recorder
lineup.
This new car audio incorporates a 3-disc
MD changer and a CD player in a single
unit.
This model has both DV digital and S-VHS
formats in a single deck. Editing of re-
cordings from DV format digital
camcorders is simple with this new
product.
This new DVD-Video player was introduced
in Japan and the United States.
Recording images on 3.5-inch floppy disks,
Sony’s Digital Mavica still camera can store
up to 40 pictures on a single disk.
Introduced during the year, the Betacam
SX field editing system incorporates two
video decks to offer outstanding versatil-
ity for on-site work.
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Equipped with Digital Reality Creation
technology, this 43-inch LCD projection TV
creates better picture quality from any
source, including standard TV signals.
The new ultra-slim VAIO notebook PC fea-
tures an outer case made of a magnesium
alloy that is both light and attractive.
With an FD Trinitron CRT, this 21-inch
computer display produces a natural, vivid
picture that is free of distortion and re-
flections over the entire surface.
In March 1998, at the CeBIT 98 informa-
tion and telecommunications exhibition in
Germany, the HiFD high-capacity floppy
disk system drew rave reviews.
Sony’s digital satellite broadcast reception
system for SKY PerfecTV!, launched in Ja-
pan, is equipped with a new and original
EPG (Electronic Program Guide) to enable
easy selection of specific programs.
During the year, Sony supplied NTT
DoCoMo in Japan with a new PDC digital
cellular phone that is easy to handle, light-
weight and compact.
(right) Newly developed magnetic head for
HiFD drive
(left) Optical pickup for CD-ROM, CD-R, and
CD-RW drives
Cylindrical and prismatic lithium-ion
batteries