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
1994 World's first high-brightness, green light-emitting diode
1995 Technology Plasmatron,flat panel display Digital video camcorder for home-use, Digital Handycam Basic specifications of new format for high-density optical disc finalized, including new format name, DVD
1996 personal head-mounted LCD monitor "Glasstron" Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera "VAIO"PC by SONY FD (flat display) Trinitron
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)
2000 Sony's Personal Entertainment Organizer "CLIE" (September) Sony Develops Small Biped Entertainment Robot (November) Commercialization of Personal IT Television "airboard" (December)
2001 Sony Demonstrates "Infostick(TM)" Bluetooth(TM)Module at CES -Wireless Data Exchange Solution for Memory Stick(TM)Expansion Module- (January) Sony Develops World's Largest Full Color Organic EL Display (February)
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
1994 World's first high-brightness, green light-emitting diode
1995 Technology Plasmatron,flat panel display Digital video camcorder for home-use, Digital Handycam Basic specifications of new format for high-density optical disc finalized, including new format name, DVD
1996 personal head-mounted LCD monitor "Glasstron" Cyber-Shot Digital Still Camera "VAIO"PC by SONY FD (flat display) Trinitron
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)
2000 Sony's Personal Entertainment Organizer "CLIE" (September) Sony Develops Small Biped Entertainment Robot (November) Commercialization of Personal IT Television "airboard" (December)
2001 Sony Demonstrates "Infostick(TM)" Bluetooth(TM)Module at CES -Wireless Data Exchange Solution for Memory Stick(TM)Expansion Module- (January) Sony Develops World's Largest Full Color Organic EL Display (February)
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