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Home Stereo Equipment With Online Music Purchasing

Posted by michael on from the one-click dept.

nebulous bee writes "Yahoo is reporting on a new piece of home stereo equipment going on sale in Japan that has an ethernet port that can be linked directly to an online music store. You can purchase new music using the unit's built-in LCD display and hear it 'instantly'. No PC required. There are no plans to sell it yet outside of the land of the rising sun."

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  1. crazy. by Maagma · · Score: 2, Funny

    OH no! Little Johnny accidentally bought 5,000 songs on the home stereo. There goes his college education.

  2. JukeBox by clinko · · Score: 2, Funny

    They have JukeBoxes that do this in the U.S. now. I always request "Kokomo"

  3. Well, DUH by obsidianpreacher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course they have no plans to sell it here in the States ... Microsoft would accuse them of being monopolistic for only allowing the songs to be played on that stereo!

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  4. I'm cool with my LP's by niko9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When that rogue nation ICBM hits in a town near you, and the EMP wipes out all your ethernet purchased "eeeemusic" from your "peeceees", I'll be warm in cozy in my bomb shelter with a can of spam and my vinyl records -thank you very much.

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  5. Too bad Apple is preventing me from using it... by Quarters · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yup, according to Microsoft, now that I've installed iTunes on my PC Apple is preventing me from using other online music purchase choices.

    Even if this came to the States I couldn't use it. Thanks Apple, thanks bunches.

  6. New arena for piracy by Platypii · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would be excellent! I can't wait to install a mod-chip for the refridgerator...

    Gives new meaning to "free as in beer"!

  7. Re:Free Music! by hondo77 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately its playlists can have no more than 40 songs on it at a time and somebody else actually chooses the playlists for you.

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  8. Re:Sarcastic, but truthfull. Very truthfull. by Lochin+Rabbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    The wife threw me out the house so I moved into a small flat and replaced her with a Palm.

  9. Re:Pet Peave by otisaardvark · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yeah, I hate redundancy in my TLA acronyms, but I can't stay, my ABS system in my car has broken - the DC current overloaded as it was controlled by the DOS operating system - it says so via an LED diode on my LCD display here.

    Incidentally, I'm having a GOP party to celebrate passing my GRE exam, please RSVP.

    PS, these paragraph things are funky, don't you love HTML language?