Sony

Japanese electronics titan

Sony is a Japanese multinational corporation known for electronics, entertainment, and gaming.

The company produces televisions, cameras, audio equipment, and the PlayStation gaming consoles.

Sony also owns major music and film divisions: Sony Pictures released the film last summer.

The name has become shorthand for the brand's products: I need to charge my Sony.

products

PlayStation

Sony's gaming hardware brand

  • WalkmanPortable personal cassette player
  • HandycamHandheld video recording device
  • DiscmanPortable CD audio device

Betamax · DualShock · PSP · Blu-ray

innovation

Walkman

Portable personal cassette player

  • BetamaxDefunct videocassette format
  • Blu-rayHigh-definition optical media
  • CCDLight-sensitive imaging chip

CMOS · miniaturization · patents · engineering · research · prototyping · design · manufacturing · precision

electronics

television

Broadcast viewing device

semiconductor · OLED · LCD · autofocus · mirrorless · lenses · microphone · receiver · amplifier · soundbar

gaming

PlayStation

Sony's gaming hardware brand

Uncharted · LittleBigPlanet

pictures

Columbia

America personified, or its namesakes

Jumanji · distribution · boxoffice · premiere · franchise · adaptation · sequel · blockbuster · studio

music

Columbia

America personified, or its namesakes

  • RCAHistoric electronics corporation acronym
  • artistsMakers of creative works
  • labelsIdentifying markers attached to items

recording · distribution · catalog · streaming · vinyl · Beyoncé · publishing · royalties · acquisition

Categories
Opposites
corporate rivalry in consumer electronics

SonySamsung

South Korean tech conglomerate

LG · Microsoft · Apple · Panasonic · Philips

national origin in tech industry

SonySamsung

South Korean tech conglomerate

LG · Huawei · Xiaomi · Lenovo · Apple

gaming console warfare

SonyMicrosoft

Redmond technology corporation

Xbox · Nintendo · Sega · PC gaming · Atari

Phrases
Family

sonorous, sonic, sonar

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G