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History of Sony Products

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  • sony introduces Sony-Tape K A series

    Japan's first practical magnetic recording
    tape using a paper-based film.

  • Introduces the first transistor radio in Japan.

  • Akio Moritaestablishes Sony's first major overseas operationon 514 Broadway in NewYork City with a capital investment of $500,000.

    Sony introduces the world's first fully transistorized, portable B&W
    TV in Japan.

  • Makes a public offering of 2 million shares of Sony common stock

    Makes a public offering of 2 million shares of Sony common stock in
    the form of ADRs. (American Depository Receipts in the United States.)
    First stock offering by Japanese company in the United States. Markets the world's first all-transistor television in America. Sponsors and demonstrates the world's smallest and lightest videotape
    recorder (model PV-1000), designed for the technological, industrial,
    educational, medical, sports and arts markets. Read more: http://www.agoraquest.com/article.

  • sony itroduces first t.v.

    Debuts world's
    smallest and lightest television, the 5-inch micro TV-5-303. Markets 2-inch open-reel videotape for the world's first transistor videotape
    recorder, the PV-100.

  • sony introduces its first videotape recorder

    Markets
    world's first home-use videotape recorder, the CV-2000. Introduces the world's first transistor condenser microphone, the C-38.
    Markets V30E (20-minute recording capability), the world's first 1/2-inch
    open-reel videotape, for the all-transistor CV-2000 home videotape recorder.

  • sony introduces first colerd videotape recorder

    Introduces
    the world's first color home videotape recorder is demonstrated by Sony
    Corporation of America

  • sony introduces first portable t.v.

    Introduces the
    world's first portable VTR is introduced, the DV-2400.

  • sony introduces first circut radio

    Markets
    the world's first integrated circuit radio, model ICR-100. It weighs approximately
    3 ounces and is one-half the size of a pack of cigarettes. Announces a revolutionary concept in color TV with the Trinitron KV-1310.
    The set has a brighter picture because it uses a system invented by Sony
    and not the conventional "shadow mask" color tube.

  • son introduces first videocassette

    Markets KC-60,
    the world's first videocassette tape for U-matic VTRs.

  • sony is introduced to america

    Sony is
    the first Japanese company to open a U.S. plant to manufacture Trinitron
    televisions in San Diego, CA.

  • sony is given an award

    The National
    Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announces awards Sony an Emmy
    for the development of the Trinitron television. It is the first time
    an Emmy had been given for a product. Markets DUAD, the world's first dual-coated ferrichrome audio cassette
    tape.

  • sony Donates sixteen technological firsts to the Smithsonian Institute including thefirst Trinitron television.