Sony is discontinuing yet another format: after killing the cassette Walkman last year and deciding to stop producing MiniDisc Walkmans just 2 weeks ago, the company today announced [JP] in Japan they ...

Sony seems to be on a roll at the moment in terms of the technology it is killing off. First, we had the cassette Walkman, which it put an end to last year, and recently they also put an end to their ...

While Sony, developer of the Betamax, has lost the battle of the 1/2-inch videotape formats to the rival VHS manufacturing camp, the company has just begun to fight on another front. In June, Sony ...

Just as VHS begat Super VHS and Beta begat Super and ED Beta, 8mm begat Super 8mm. Well, that’s what it should be called. But to avoid confusion with the other Super 8 format (the one that lets you ...

I was recently asked if I could convert some old 8MM video tapes to DVDs or the like. I can't locate my old Sony camcorder. So if you have either of those lying around, drop me a line. I'm not looking ...