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A neat blog post about the Stereo Belt, the first "walkman"

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  1. Mister X

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    The only disappointment was that his replica (in a link on the site) doesn't play cassettes.

    I would guess that the original Stereobelt mechanism was from a car player as most of them took the tapes in end on like that.
     
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    I wonder how much his prototype would go for nowadays...
    I am really glad that on his second lawsuit he finally got an "undisclosed" settlement from Sony.
    Really loved initial Sony response that no one would want to use headphones in public! As it turned out, people want an excuse to "build The Wall" around themselves when being outside!
     
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    With my limited knowledge of the situation I think he got lucky in a few countries but in the US they concluded it was a product already out there so he couldn't patent it. As far as I know there's no "patented" MP3 personal player for the same reasons.
     
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    Interestingly enough, in the very few images of the original stereo belt was paired with a Sony MDR-3.

    I wonder if some sort of gag order was included in the clauses of the settlement. Pavel's still around, and I would assume the prototype, too is. Or at least traces of it. It just seems so odd that there's so few info on the device. Something must be stopping anyone from talking about it?
     
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    Very interesting, thanks!
    I've already seen the movie and I must admit I didn't realize about this. I have played this scene again and it's true: he's wearing some sort of stereo belt. Bravo!
    I'm preparing captures for my 'Walkmans in movies section' :nodding:
     
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