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ObsoleteSony
Personal blog · obsoletesony.substack.comculturehardware
ObsoleteSony writes Obsolete Sony’s Newsletter, a personal blog at obsoletesony.substack.com about culture and hardware. Since 2024, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Substack posts about the effort to save the world's largest tube TV, a Sony set. The submission was redirected to a YouTube video of the same story, and the comment only notes that switch.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-08-19
- How Sony's Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the Playstation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-02
- Why PlayStation 3 Backward Compatibility Was Gradually Removed2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-31
What Hacker News says?
OK, we'll switch to the youtube link above. (Submitted URL was https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/the-journey-to-save-the-... .) Thanks all!
Comment linking /p/the-journey-to-save-the-last-known
on “What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]”Submitted Complete Visual Guide to Sony CLIÉ (2000-2004) as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted How MiniDisc Worked as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Sony's Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the Playstation as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted David Lynch's Sony Camcorder as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Sony Can't Bring Back Its Classic Walkman Models as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sony Shaped Steve Jobs' Vision as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sony's Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the Playstation as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Cassette Recorder That Went to the Moon as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sony Flamingo - The Coolest Record Player Ever Made as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rushed Development of MiniDisc as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Early Years of Sony MiniDisc as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Compact Disc Player: Sony's 1982 CDP-101 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why PlayStation 3 Backward Compatibility Was Gradually Removed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Last Disc — How Blu-ray Won the War but Lost the Future as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sony Gave a Machine a Soul as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Sony Solved the Discman's Biggest Problem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted PlayStation 3 Backward Compatibility Explained as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Discman Era as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Qualia: Sony's Most Expensive Luxury Series (2003-2006) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise and Fall of the Sony Playstation Vita as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Look Back at Sony Ericsson's Pioneering Phones of the 2000s as a story · 1 points
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