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Obsolete Sony
obsoletesony.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2024
Visual guides and histories of discontinued Sony products such as MiniDisc, CLIÉ handhelds, Walkman models and PlayStation hardware.
What HN saysHN links it for Sony hardware history; the only comment given is a moderator note about switching a submitted link to a YouTube video.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004)3 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · 3 comments on HN
- 2How Sony's Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the Playstation2 people · 23 points · first shared 2025 · 3 comments on HN
- 3Why PlayStation 3 Backward Compatibility Was Gradually Removed2 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 4Complete Visual Guide to Sony CLIÉ (2000-2004)1 people · 38 points · first shared 2024 · 11 comments on HN
- 5How MiniDisc Worked1 people · 25 points · first shared 2025 · 10 comments on HN
- 6David Lynch's Sony Camcorder1 people · 14 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 7Why Sony Can't Bring Back Its Classic Walkman Models1 people · 11 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Sony Shaped Steve Jobs' Vision1 people · 8 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 9The Cassette Recorder That Went to the Moon1 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 10The Early Years of Sony MiniDisc1 people · 3 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 11Sony Flamingo - The Coolest Record Player Ever Made1 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 12The Rushed Development of MiniDisc1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 13Sony Gave a Machine a Soul1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 14The Last Disc — How Blu-ray Won the War but Lost the Future1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 15The First Compact Disc Player: Sony's 1982 CDP-1011 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
dang · 2024-12-24
OK, we'll switch to the youtube link above. (Submitted URL was https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/the-journey-to-save-the-last-known… Thanks all!