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Sony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2789 words) |
 | The most infamous of these was the videotape format war of the early 1980s, when Sony marketed its Betamax system for video cassette recorders against the VHS format developed by JVC. |
 | The DVD format currently being used in households world wide was jointly developed by Philips and Sony to replace CD; the use of a shorter wavelength laser beam sees the higher storage capacity of 4.7-17+GB as opposed to 640-700MB on a single disc. |
 | Unlike Dolby Digital, SDDS utilized a method of backup by having mirrored arrays of bits on both sides of the film which acted as a measure of reliability in case the film was partially damaged. |
| Almaz OPS (14691 words) |
 | The station was deorbited on 8 August 1977. |
 | A small manipulator outside of the airlock was used to move KSI capsules from externally mounted positions on the Almaz or TKS to the airlock for film loading. |
 | Nudelmann NR-23 23 mm (or NR-30 30 mm) cannon. |