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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.