New products do not have to be "out-of-the-blue" new (like the video-cassette recorder or the compact disc).

所谓新产品并不一定非要是那种“前无古人”的产品(比如盒式磁带录像机，或CD光盘)。

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Being able to take a disc straight from a Sony camcorder or DVD recorder and play it in a PSP would be a powerful and practical convergence demonstration.

ENGADGET: Switched On: Stuck in the Middle with UMD

Royalties could be as much as 5% of the recorder's price plus five cents on every blank disc sold.

ECONOMIST: Digital video discs

After the 1999 release of her debut solo disc, "Imaginaryland, " bassist Mike Watt gave Ms. Haden a multitrack cassette recorder.

WSJ: The Orchestra Is a Woman | Petra Haden | By Jim Fusilli