Sony's $3, 000 MiniDisc PC from Japan - Vaio PCV-MX2
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Date: 2022-04-14
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midimoog
OpenMG Jukebox was an app that let you download and playback copyrighted music content.
Unfortunately, drag-and-drop of PC music files to MiniDisc was not enabled until the newer generation VAIO MXS series which had NetMD drives.
Back then in year 2000, downloading digital music was a terribly disputed concept. People had started to share and download copyrighted material on the internet. Record labels were trying to prevent that by massive amount of lawsuits and applying pressure on manufacturers of digital audio players so that none of the devices accept PC music files.
OpenMG Jukebox app was Sony's attempt to tackle the issue: It created an encryption -Cocoon- inside the PC and let you download and playback copyrighted material as long as the user stays inside the cocoon. It connected to some online music stores of the time, and let you purchase music files. The music files were also encrypted so that they never leave the cocoon. The NetMD format was designed so that MiniDisc can be an effective part of the encryption cocoon. It could playback encrypted content as well as the conventional non encrypted content. The newer VAIO MXS series had an integrated NetMD drive so it allowed its users to copy PC music files to MiniDisc.
This inconvenient encryption trend continued until Apple bluntly broke the rules with their iPod and iTunes which let users freely copy PC music files; that became an immediate hit (naturally. Apparently the record labels forgot to pressurize Apple as they were not seen as a manufacturer of digital audio players; -)
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OpenMG Jukebox was an app that let you download and playback copyrighted music content.
Unfortunately, drag-and-drop of PC music files to MiniDisc was not enabled until the newer generation VAIO MXS series which had NetMD drives.
Back then in year 2000, downloading digital music was a terribly disputed concept. People had started to share and download copyrighted material on the internet. Record labels were trying to prevent that by massive amount of lawsuits and applying pressure on manufacturers of digital audio players so that none of the devices accept PC music files.
OpenMG Jukebox app was Sony's attempt to tackle the issue: It created an encryption -Cocoon- inside the PC and let you download and playback copyrighted material as long as the user stays inside the cocoon. It connected to some online music stores of the time, and let you purchase music files. The music files were also encrypted so that they never leave the cocoon. The NetMD format was designed so that MiniDisc can be an effective part of the encryption cocoon. It could playback encrypted content as well as the conventional non encrypted content. The newer VAIO MXS series had an integrated NetMD drive so it allowed its users to copy PC music files to MiniDisc.
This inconvenient encryption trend continued until Apple bluntly broke the rules with their iPod and iTunes which let users freely copy PC music files; that became an immediate hit (naturally. Apparently the record labels forgot to pressurize Apple as they were not seen as a manufacturer of digital audio players; -)
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Brandon
Man I'd love to come across one of these. A modernized Linux would be fun to mess around with on it too. Unfortunately the only VAIOs I found at Computer Reset were the typical US Pentium 3 and Pentium 4 models. I do have a VAIO HTPC I found in Frisco that John Hardie of the National Videogame Museum picked up for me a few years ago.
I think it was only released in the UK and Japan as well and the software was the UK/US version. It has 2 components. The HTPC and a 200 disc DVD/CD player/burner. I can send some pics if you are interested in seeing it. I hope to find the 4 bay or 8 bay DVR system that was an add on for it some day.
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Man I'd love to come across one of these. A modernized Linux would be fun to mess around with on it too. Unfortunately the only VAIOs I found at Computer Reset were the typical US Pentium 3 and Pentium 4 models. I do have a VAIO HTPC I found in Frisco that John Hardie of the National Videogame Museum picked up for me a few years ago.
I think it was only released in the UK and Japan as well and the software was the UK/US version. It has 2 components. The HTPC and a 200 disc DVD/CD player/burner. I can send some pics if you are interested in seeing it. I hope to find the 4 bay or 8 bay DVR system that was an add on for it some day.
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Kai
I have a couple mini-discs of singles from a Japanese rock band (Zan and Cage by Dir en Grey) and I've been wondering since I bought them years ago what I would even use to play them. All of the Americans I asked had no idea what I was even talking about lol. I'm also willing to bet that this computer was very well taken care of by an old Japanese person, and the only reason it was even sold was because the original owner passed away lol
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I have a couple mini-discs of singles from a Japanese rock band (Zan and Cage by Dir en Grey) and I've been wondering since I bought them years ago what I would even use to play them. All of the Americans I asked had no idea what I was even talking about lol. I'm also willing to bet that this computer was very well taken care of by an old Japanese person, and the only reason it was even sold was because the original owner passed away lol
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Robert
The US versions of this system is the PCV-MXS10 and PCV-MXS20. As as soon as I seen this video it reminded me of these two models. These came with XP Home with similar software packages. This was the only series that came with standard two wire speakers, not the 3. 5mm connector that bundled PC speakers come with. I recall supporting these systems at the time I worked for Sony PC tech support.
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The US versions of this system is the PCV-MXS10 and PCV-MXS20. As as soon as I seen this video it reminded me of these two models. These came with XP Home with similar software packages. This was the only series that came with standard two wire speakers, not the 3. 5mm connector that bundled PC speakers come with. I recall supporting these systems at the time I worked for Sony PC tech support.
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perf
HP had a line of Media PCs around this time or a little later, they looked cool, like a stereo in horizontal layout, but they were glitchy and Microsoft for some reason I never understood ended up canceling their Windows Media Center TV/DVR app which kind of worked OK, I used it for like 10 years.
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HP had a line of Media PCs around this time or a little later, they looked cool, like a stereo in horizontal layout, but they were glitchy and Microsoft for some reason I never understood ended up canceling their Windows Media Center TV/DVR app which kind of worked OK, I used it for like 10 years.
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fanjoy
For Xmas in the early 2000's, I got myself a new pc with a cd burner. The first was a Sony Vaio which looked great, but it was DOA, so I wound up with an hp, with that purple plastic material on the front of the case. I remember freaking out cause it had like 20gb hdd. How far we've come
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For Xmas in the early 2000's, I got myself a new pc with a cd burner. The first was a Sony Vaio which looked great, but it was DOA, so I wound up with an hp, with that purple plastic material on the front of the case. I remember freaking out cause it had like 20gb hdd. How far we've come
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Ethan
16 year old me would love to have that today we need to get off of steam and stop playing games and being lazy go get fresh air have a pc that can do certain things just not gaming im not agaisnt it i just think thats how the united states would be more healthy in terms of screen time
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16 year old me would love to have that today we need to get off of steam and stop playing games and being lazy go get fresh air have a pc that can do certain things just not gaming im not agaisnt it i just think thats how the united states would be more healthy in terms of screen time
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MithChief
Everyone knows MIniDisc was and will always be the best way to carry information around. If I were Sony ill just turn Blurays smaller and put them inside a case and create the MinidiscXL. this time just dont price the players as expensive as they did with the MIninidisc.
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Everyone knows MIniDisc was and will always be the best way to carry information around. If I were Sony ill just turn Blurays smaller and put them inside a case and create the MinidiscXL. this time just dont price the players as expensive as they did with the MIninidisc.
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Keith
You need a restore disk maker app for computers like this that will allow you to decide what programs and apps you want to be included in the restore disks. I know they had restore programs back in the day because I used one on Windows 98 a long time ago.
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You need a restore disk maker app for computers like this that will allow you to decide what programs and apps you want to be included in the restore disks. I know they had restore programs back in the day because I used one on Windows 98 a long time ago.
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wolfydan121
thats sick i wont one now haha i would have lost my mind if i got one of these as a kid i was 13 when this come out and just started geting into pc's my first pc was a p2 - 233mhz and i loved it yes was a little old for the time but was all we had
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thats sick i wont one now haha i would have lost my mind if i got one of these as a kid i was 13 when this come out and just started geting into pc's my first pc was a p2 - 233mhz and i loved it yes was a little old for the time but was all we had
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