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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. good by happyfrogcow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are no plans to sell it yet outside of the land of the rising sun."

    Good. I don't want my stereo, or anything else besides my computer, networked and DRM'd to death. I'm starting to not even want my computer networked.

  2. Very cool, even if it won't be here in the States. by /dev/trash · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It will be Linux based, and will work with NetMD disks.

  3. Apple? by TrippTDF · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Could this be the next step for Apple? It would make sense to me. A $500 to $700 device that looks good, is linked to your Mac and iTMS account, and looks really, really cool. I give it a year to six months.

  4. My Laptop by HermanZA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    machine can do that too. So what is so revolutionary about this? I have been using an old IBM Stinkpad as a stereo system for quite some time now. Sounds great when hooked up to a 600W stereo amplifier with 12 inch woofers and an array of horn tweeters. Stinkpads are good for something after all...

  5. Re:talk to Apple by Golias · · Score: 2, Interesting
    WiFi would drain that poor little iPod battery in no time, though.

    Besides, if they just added IR remote control to the Dock and designed it for racks & cabinets, it would be an even better solution than a stereo with built-in MP3. It would take the place of your CD player on your stereo shelf, plugged in to the amp, pre-amp, or receiver of your choice.

    Integrated, does-everything devices are far more popular in Japan than over here. Cheaper land allows us to have bigger houses or apartments, which means we don't mind having a lot of separate components for everything in our home. (This is why a lot of the pre-iMac all-in-one Macintoshes were sold to the Japanese market only. They care a lot more about economy of space over there.)

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