Sony announces Video WalkMan at DVinfo.net

Boyd Ostroff · March 9th, 2007, 10:11 AM

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbi...mpaign_id=yhoo

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In an unusually low-key announcement on Mar. 8, the Tokyo technology and entertainment giant posted details about the new portable video player on its Japanese-language Web site, eschewing the usual over-the-top glitz of a major product launch.

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C11926/

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Better late than never comes the video Walkman, a set of three models that can play videos vertically or horizontally on the 2-inch LCD panel at a QVGA resolution of 240x320.

Jeff Kilgroe · March 9th, 2007, 08:23 PM

Yaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn.......

Xavier Etown · March 10th, 2007, 12:15 AM

I think it would be cheaper to buy a PSP and high capacity memory card. The PSP has a bigger screen, has more functionality, too, with it's game play, UMD movie play and Internet connectivity.

So Sony, why bother?

Jeff Kilgroe · March 10th, 2007, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Xavier Etown

I think it would be cheaper to buy a PSP and high capacity memory card. The PSP has a bigger screen, has more functionality, too, with it's game play, UMD movie play and Internet connectivity.

I was thinking the same thing, but Sony is basically killing off UMD video. Nobody wanted to pay that much for a movie they probably already have on DVD.

Anyway, the iPod is the way to go, or the PSP with a big memory card or two as you say.

Alexander Wrana · March 10th, 2007, 03:20 AM

Is it just me or is this just an

- extremely overprized ipod,
- with lower resulution,
- a codec noone else would ever want to use
- and about only 10 % of the capacity you get in a normal ipod?

Matt Vanecek · March 10th, 2007, 10:59 PM

I wonder how it will compare to the pqi mPack's 80GB player that can record from external sources, etc.? I got mine in exchange for a dining room table, so I may be biased...

Paulo Teixeira · March 11th, 2007, 11:18 AM

There is a good possibility that Sony is going to release a PSP with a Samsung hard drive built in, and I really hope that becomes true. With the potential the PSP has, I can’t believe Sony would attempt to release a video walkman. For there own good, Sony should just toss that idea out of the window and pay more attention to the PSP.

March 9th, 2007, 08:23 PM	#2
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March 10th, 2007, 12:15 AM	#3
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March 11th, 2007, 11:18 AM	#7
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March 10th, 2007, 03:20 AM	#5
Alexander Wrana Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Old Europe (a.k.a. Germany) Posts: 33	Is it just me or is this just an - extremely overprized ipod, - with lower resulution, - a codec noone else would ever want to use - and about only 10 % of the capacity you get in a normal ipod?

March 10th, 2007, 10:59 PM	#6
Matt Vanecek Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 334	I wonder how it will compare to the pqi mPack's 80GB player that can record from external sources, etc.? I got mine in exchange for a dining room table, so I may be biased...