|
<
report material >
Information published in here is information on
the announcement day present provinces. Please the possibility
with different retrieval day and information is acknowledged
beforehand. Please see Sony marketing (Inc.)“SonyDrive" concerning
the commodity being put on the market now. Please see contents here about the sentence of the
announcement of public relations of the (Inc.)Sony marketing
announcement (Sony product etc.).
September 2, 2002
*** The
tenth birth anniversary in this "Mini-disc (MD)" age by which
<(*sutairish*)> (*myuujikkuraif*) is proposed.
***
After putting the equipment for "Mini-disc (MD)" on the market
in November, 1992, the Sony Ltd. received the tenth
anniversary in this year . Music was enjoyed in the house, the
market <MD which was able to take it out to the car and
outdoor easily> expanded under the concept said, "Music
<(*sutairish*)> is enjoyed always anywhere", and about
56,000,000 equipments for MD and media <total shipment in
field market of after ages of 2001 fiscal year> arrived at
about 1,000,000,000 pieces. (The Sony melody and all makers
contain it)
[It] repeated and MD was born by the
adoption of original of the idea "I wanted to take the place
of the compact cassette, and to make the music media which the
next generation was able to record from the disk" and
optical-magnet record technology as the small disk of 64mm in
the diameter which was able to be recorded many times. The
amount of data is instantaneously installed in the head
putting out in MD by adopting the (2) digital voice
compression technology "ATRAC" of possible in the high pitched
sound quality of average CD in (1) quick random access and the
semiconductor memory technology which suppresses (4)
音飛び(unknown word) which prevents the wound and dust by
compression (3) cartridge storage type to about 1/5 is
installed.; *** [It] has spread widely as a music media of the
possession user <feature> easy which can be enjoyed.;
"MDLP" standard by which "ATRAC3" where about twice
the compression performance were achieved by the high pitched
sound quality compared with the voice compression technology
"ATRAC" was adopted was introduced in 2000, and the stereo
recording of 320 minute at most was enabled for 80 minutes on
the MD disk. And, the copyright is protected in 2001 and "Net
MD" standard by which the music data can be high-speed
forwarded from the personal computer is introduced.; ***
Taking easily became possible MD the recorded music <CD or
electronic music> personal computer from <wiring>
service.; How with MD to enjoy music extends further by
improving harmony with PC like this, and a further expansion
of the market is expected. Sony pursues portable MD
miniaturization, and moreover, MD Walkman “MZ-N10" of "Net MD"
standard correspondence announced today achieves about 1/8 by
both weights and the sizes compared with the first machine
“MZ-1" and has improved convenience further.
Sony
sends off the equipment for various MD to the world for ten
years after MD is put on the market, and has achieved the
environment that the customer enjoys favorite music by the
style of the favorite always anywhere. It is easy and will
evolve to enjoy a pleasanter music style in the future MD.
<Main MD and flow about the equipment equipped
with MD >
1992: |
Four models (MD Walkman “MZ-1", “MZ-2P",
personal MD system “ZS-M1", and car MD with built-in the
FM/AM tuner player “MDX-U1") are put on the market for
the first time. |
1997: |
1,000,000 domestic total sales are exceeded in
the MD Walkman and 1997. |
2000: |
"ATRAC3" with the compression efficiency of
about twice past "ATRAC" is adopted, and "MDLP" standard
by which the stereo recording of 320 minute at most is
enabled on the MD disk of 80 minutes is introduced into
MD Walkman “MZ-R900". |
2001: |
1,000,000,000 totals are exceeded in MD
(media) and the entire market. (Sony melody) "Net MD"
standard by which the music data where the copyright is
protected from the personal computer by way of USB can
be high-speed forwarded is introduced. Four models (MD
Walkman “MZ-N1", MD desktop audio system “LAM-Z1"
compact component system “CMT-C7NT", and mini-disc deck
“MDS-NT1") put it on the market as the first machine for
"Net MD". |
| | |
|