Television and hi-fi are not words you often see together. As TVs have become thinner the sound has got worse. Punters are sold 'hi-fi' soundbars that are only marginally better than the lo-fi speakers in the TV that they are supposed to improve upon. But a thread of recent events means that could change - for the better. Sony is one half the thread. But only one half...rnAkio Morita, who founded and figure-headed Sony until he died in 1999, was the P T Barnum of consumer electronics. When he gave a press conference he would pull exciting new gadgetry out of his bag to appreciative 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the audience - and headlines the next day. I saw him do it with high-quality cassette recorders, portable CD players, hi-fi Betamax VCRs and Walkman personal stereos, along with portable computers, floppy discs, digital cameras, dye transfer photo printers and video camcorders.
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机译:电视和高保真音响不是您经常在一起看到的文字。随着电视的变薄,声音变得越来越差。平底锅出售的“高保真”条形音箱仅比他们应该改善的电视中的低保真扬声器好一点。但是最近发生的一系列事件意味着情况可能会发生变化-变得更好。索尼是线程的一半。但是只有一半...森田昭夫(Akio Morita)创立了消费电子产品公司,直到1999年去世,他还是消费电子产品的P T Barnum。当他举行新闻发布会时,他会将令人振奋的新产品从书包中拿出来,吸引观众赞赏的“哦”和“啊”,并在第二天成为头条新闻。我看到他使用高质量的盒式录音机,便携式CD播放器,高保真Betamax VCR和Walkman个人立体声音响,以及便携式计算机,软盘,数码相机,染料转移照片打印机和便携式摄像机来做到这一点。
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