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Piece of electronics you bought that never really caught on
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:06 pm
Back in 01-02 right around the time I graduated from high school bought a Sony Mini Disc player. Thought I was hot shite. The MD player was cool for a time till it crapped out. Mini Disc never caught on and soon after the Ipod came out.
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:09 pm to BamaHater
HD-DVD player... Sony won this time with their deep pockets
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:12 pm to BamaHater
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bought a Sony Mini Disc player.
After I read the title this was the first thing that popped in my mind. Stupid iPod took over
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:41 pm to BamaHater
I recently bought an Ouya. It was designed and marketed as a gaming console, which I think was a mistake.
It has the processing power to do full HD video. I bought one for under $100, installed a port of XBMC on it, and it's just awesome for mounting a shared volume on your network and streaming video to your TV. The device itself is quite small. Hell, there may even be some cool games for it, I don't know I've never even played with it.
It comes with a gaming type controller, but XBMC itself has built-in remote capabilities that you can control from your phone.
I had originally bought Roku 3 for this purpose, but I couldn't stand the clunky Plex interface. This Ouya device is exactly what I needed.
It has the processing power to do full HD video. I bought one for under $100, installed a port of XBMC on it, and it's just awesome for mounting a shared volume on your network and streaming video to your TV. The device itself is quite small. Hell, there may even be some cool games for it, I don't know I've never even played with it.
It comes with a gaming type controller, but XBMC itself has built-in remote capabilities that you can control from your phone.
I had originally bought Roku 3 for this purpose, but I couldn't stand the clunky Plex interface. This Ouya device is exactly what I needed.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:05 am to BamaHater
Speaking of the many Sony failures... Here's a gadget most people never knew existed, the Sony Mylo:
I didn't actually buy it, but it was given to me to review back in '06 when I was a writer for a digital media industry analysis newsletter. Retailed for $349. It was the pre-iPod Touch solution for mobile media, and it was fricking awful.
It had like 1GB of internal storage, expandable with Sony's proprietary Memory Stick Pro cards.
- 2.4" TFT 320×240 pixel screen
- 802.11b Wi-Fi (802.11g had been pretty standard for years, and N was in draft stage)
Included Apps (and the only apps you could have):
- Whatever Sony video and music player to listen to DRM-up-the-a-hole music
- Skype (voice)
- Google Talk
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Ad Hoc Application so that you could use Wi-Fi to share (i.e. stream) songs to another nearby Mylo (lol).
- Opera Browser - the experience was similar to surfing the web on a flip phone.
This thing was sad even for 2006.
I didn't actually buy it, but it was given to me to review back in '06 when I was a writer for a digital media industry analysis newsletter. Retailed for $349. It was the pre-iPod Touch solution for mobile media, and it was fricking awful.
It had like 1GB of internal storage, expandable with Sony's proprietary Memory Stick Pro cards.
- 2.4" TFT 320×240 pixel screen
- 802.11b Wi-Fi (802.11g had been pretty standard for years, and N was in draft stage)
Included Apps (and the only apps you could have):
- Whatever Sony video and music player to listen to DRM-up-the-a-hole music
- Skype (voice)
- Google Talk
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Ad Hoc Application so that you could use Wi-Fi to share (i.e. stream) songs to another nearby Mylo (lol).
- Opera Browser - the experience was similar to surfing the web on a flip phone.
This thing was sad even for 2006.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 12:07 am
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:59 am to BamaHater
My Gateway 2000 Destination PC. Was a huge POS.
To this day, I am embarrassed that I spent $3k on that crap.
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To this day, I am embarrassed that I spent $3k on that crap.
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:50 am to BamaHater
Couple years ago I bought a Sony dvd/ surround system, not sure of the exact model, but it's the one with s-air (wired speakers in front and back, but wireless from front to back.) Thought it was a great option compared to completely wireless. I got online a while later and was going to order another surround kit, but the whole line was discontinued.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:18 am to BamaHater
How many people do you think got totally screwed by Sony?
Bought Sony Betamax -> lost to VHS
Bought Sony DAT -> lost to cassettes
Bought Sony MiniDisc -> lost to CD-R
Bought MemoryStick -> lost to SD cards
LEARNED LESSON, frick SONY
Bought HD-DVD -> lost to Sony-backed Bluray
Bought Sony Betamax -> lost to VHS
Bought Sony DAT -> lost to cassettes
Bought Sony MiniDisc -> lost to CD-R
Bought MemoryStick -> lost to SD cards
LEARNED LESSON, frick SONY
Bought HD-DVD -> lost to Sony-backed Bluray
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:51 am to BamaHater
quote:
Back in 01-02 right around the time I graduated from high school bought a Sony Mini Disc player. Thought I was hot shite. The MD player was cool for a time till it crapped out. Mini Disc never caught on and soon after the Ipod came out.
This was going to be my answer. Still have my player and some blank discs.
The Mini Disc was superior to the CD-RW but everyone and their grandmaw already had a CD player and CD-Rs became so cheap that they became throwaway media.
Minidisc never had a chance.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:56 am to BamaHater
quote:
Sony Mini Disc player
FIL bought these for me and the wife and I used mine a good bit.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:26 am to BamaHater
Sony Betamax...anyone old enough to remember?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:33 am to BamaHater
DivX DVD player
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:33 am to BamaHater
Dreamcast, Mini Disk, are two that come to mind
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:50 am to BamaHater
didn't have one but a couple friends did.
massive failure.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:40 am to BamaHater
My pops bought a CDi when I was a kid.
Some games were actually good, but overall it was a terrible machine.
Some games were actually good, but overall it was a terrible machine.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:58 am to BamaHater
First thing to come to mind was the Atari Lynx. It was bigger than the Gameboy, but it had a lot better specs, and a color screen.
I also picked up an open box RCA DVD player with DIVX at Circuit City. At least DIVX was nice enough to send a rebate when they shut down. I still have a bunch of those discs. Is there any way to play them now?
I also picked up an open box RCA DVD player with DIVX at Circuit City. At least DIVX was nice enough to send a rebate when they shut down. I still have a bunch of those discs. Is there any way to play them now?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:17 pm to BamaHater
I bought the original iPhone. It couldn't even copy/paste! Thank god it never caught on.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 12:11 am to BamaHater
Wii U
Posted on 7/24/14 at 12:24 am to BamaHater
I just thought of a good one. Anyone remember Video Guide from the late 90s? It was an STB that provided a modern program guide for cable before it was available from the cable companies, and I think it could even control a VCR through an IR blaster. Somehow it downloaded the listings over radio frequencies. It was actually pretty slick.
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