MD: Rebadged MD gear (was: Dolby and Minidisc Patents)

[Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor]

Stainless Steel Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> ... All MD units sold today are Sharp, Sony, or rebadged Sharp  or Sony.
> 
> Sony does it all the time.

Please stop portraying your ignorance as fact.

Matsushita (Panasonic) makes their own MD gear, ATRAC chips and
all. JVC (and previously Kenwood) also produce MD portables that are
uniquely their own. Up until the AM-F90, Aiwa produced their own MD
recorders as well. With the AM-F90 they rebadged the MZ-R900 from
Sony, their parent company.  AFAIK Sony has never offered their
portables through a VAR. There are other manufactures that purchase MD
drives or chipsets from Sony or Sharp but add quite a bit of their own
MiniDisc related technology, the Tascam and Yamaha multitrack
recorders are good examples of this.

Rick
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