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"Sony thought of it first"

After getting dangerously frustrated with red faction last night I decided to cool off with something else, Don't ask me why i kept it but a free disc was given away with the old playstations called demo one. It's packed with playable demos, videos and other cool things.

I put on the porshe challenge demo and i used to own the full game but didn't have the analog controller at the time. The led came on showing that the sticks were supported and then the left one was your steering and the right one was your accelerator/brake, not as sensitive as the dual shock 2 but it's proves a point that Sony did think up the idea WAY before anyone else.

Porsche challenge is made by SCEE and is almost FIVE years old, dreamcast ain't made yet so they couldn't have ripped off the triggers and come to think of it i don't think Nintendo even had their rumble pack out yet, which is another thing this game used.

Nintendo may have been the first to have a directional analog stick but Sony took it one step further.
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WÚÛkiee M¯nßÜÄR wrote:
> OrÜega wrote:
> what, but sisnt Sharp bring out the first Mini-disc
> player?

MD is a Sony invention, created in 1992. Hasn't really taken off,
> but I don't really know why; I recently bought an MD recorder for my PC, and
> player (both Sony, of course!) and it's better than CD in almost every
> way.

Sony's other contributions to the world of electronics...

1950
>
"G-Type", Japan's first tape recorder

1955
"TR-55",
> Japan's first transistor radio

1960
World's first transistor television
>

1963
World's first transistor, compact size, VCR

1968
>
"Trinitron" color TV

1971
3/4 inch, U-matic VCR

1975
>
"Betamax" VCR for home use

1979
"Walkman", the
> headphone stereo

1982
CD player
"Betacam", a single-unit, 1/2
> inch, broadcast use camera

1985
Single-unit, 8mm video camera

1987
>
Digital Audio Tape (DAT) deck

1988
"Mavica", electronic,
> still-image camera

1989
High-resolution, High-Band system, 8mm video
> series, "CCD-TR55", lightweight, compact-size, single-unit 8mm video
>

1990
"HD Trinitron", 36-inch, color HDTV for home-use

1991
>
"Kirara Basso" Series with "Super Trinitron" picture tube
>

1992
MiniDisc(MD) system

1993
"Digital Betacam" system,
> broadcast-use, component digital VCR

1997
DVD Video Player

1998
>
"Memory Stick" Recordable IC Memory Card Products (September)
>

1999
Super Audio CD players and related products (May)
Entertainment
> Robot "AIBO" (June)
"Memory Stick Walkman" with
> copyright-protected "MagicGate Memory Stick" (December)



If I wanted a bloody history lesson I would have gone to bitesize!

You my friend are a fool!

My 29" sony TV broke down once...but they replaced it of course! but still, it broke down...

You don't need to preach! I have a Sony TV, DVD Mini System, VCR and Walkman CD/Tape systems as well as the aforementioned PS2!

;-)

I am the Tarrant wrote:
> I've never owned a naff Sony product

Same here - and I own a lot of Sony products; they're so bloody simple to use - no pratting around required.

Okay, so they're not the cheapest brand, but you definitely get what you pay for.

The reason Sony's fans harp on about them so much is because Sony constantly deliver!

I've never owned a naff Sony product, their stereos are great, there TVs are top of the range, etc.
They ARE reliable, thats why they get away with holding themselves in such high regard!

Well, apart from their crappy PS2, but one flaw in countless fantastic products isn't bad :-)

Sony, are you starting something? heh.

Well, phillips hark on about their creation of the CD, so I suppose it's only fair for Sony to sing their praises. After all, who else will? (um, their fans?)...

If I'd thought of the Walkman first and a big company nicked the idea of me, i'd be well hacked off to be sure.

davebeech wrote:
> Actually, Sony didn't come up with the Walkman first.

The list is from the Sony site. I make no claims to its accuracy, but I'm sure they do! :-)

Actually Apple came BEFORE microsoft.

Also Microsoft SUCK!!!!!!

I hope bill gates falls over.

The Xbox is usless.

HAH!

Ok, i just had a sudden urge to dis microsoft.

Im sure everyone gets them.

sem