Sony Touts New Mini-Disk Music System: Sony...
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Sony Touts New Mini-Disk Music System: Sony Corp. unveiled a digital mini-disk system that it hopes will eventually render compact cassette tapes obsolete. Industry analysts said this could pit Sony against Dutch electronics firm NV Philips, which launched a digital compact cassette in January that it claims could become the next major, mass-market audio product. The 2.5-inch diameter Mini Disk records and plays back up to 74 minutes of digital sound on a magneto-optical disk, a Sony official said. Sony President Norio Ohga said his company will market prerecorded mini-disks as well as blank disks starting in late 1992.