Sony NW-A910 TV Walkman Records Its Own Content

Sony's latest Walkman NW-A910 not only plays video on its 2.4-inch screen, but can record digital over-the-air broadcasts with its internal PVR software. (And claims to squeeze a near-miraculous 100 hours of video into 16GB of flash memory—that must be some serious compression.)

It's Japan only for the foreseeable future, but I am linking it primarily because I like things that have antennas.

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[#1 posted by Simon Greenwood , September 27, 2007 6:09 AM]

Being Sony the PVR will compress the image for the screen as there won't be any other way in which you can view it. That or they have invented the Femto-memory-stick, which is the size of a thumbnail and not reverse compatible with anything.

[#2 posted by Benny , September 27, 2007 12:32 PM]

I think at this point Sony's learned their lesson about being complete dicks with proprietary technology, hell, they finally abandoned their ill conceived atrec(?) format...

God why is it so hard for Sony to continue to produce their sexy looking hardware without being absolute retards with their software?

[#3 posted by Anonymous , October 11, 2007 5:36 PM]

I think at this point Sony's learned their lesson about being complete dicks with proprietary technology, hell, they finally abandoned their ill conceived atrec(?) format...

God why is it so hard for Sony to continue to produce their sexy looking hardware without being absolute retards with their software?

First, Atrac is still supported and used in Japan. Second, the technology for the recording and viewing TV program is call 1Seg in Japan. It is common for Japanese manufactures such as Casio, Toshiba, Sanyo, and Panasonic to make portable TV, and cellphone that supports this technology. Yes it is sad that these technology will not be available outside Japan, but that is not Sony's fault. It would be good for some people to actually do some research.