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Sony FPV-1 Mavica Printer with Floppy Disk Drive from 1998 Can Print PlayStation Screenshots

Sony FPV-1 Mavica Printer with Floppy Disk Drive from 1998 Can Print PlayStation Screenshots

Sony FPV-1 Mavica Printer Floppy Disk PlayStation
First released in 1998 (Japan), the Sony FPV-1 Mavica Printer came equipped with a floppy disk drive and it also let you print screenshots from a PlayStation game console. That’s right, this device allowed users to print directly from a floppy disk by simply inserting one into the floppy disk drive (FDD).



In addition to its a 3.5-inch FDD, it also boasts video input / S video input terminals. This means the printer can be used with video cameras as well as VCRs to create a wide variety of original pictures, postcards or greeting cards. One caveat: it initially retailed for around $438 USD ($827 in 2023). Unfortunately, used FPV-1 printers still sell for around $700 in excellent condition.

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PlayStation 5 Console -  Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Bundle (slim)

PlayStation 5 Console –  Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Bundle (slim)

  • Bundle includes Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 full game digital voucher
  • Slim Design – With PS5, players get powerful gaming technology packed inside a sleek and compact console design.
  • 1TB of Storage –  Keep your favorite games ready and waiting for you to jump in and play with 1TB of SSD storage built in.

Sony FPV-1 Mavica Printer Floppy Disk PlayStation

Offers compatibility with Super Coat polished paper, which improves the color reproduction and life of the print. Includes image processing software, for creating original greeting cards, postcards, stickers and labels. Operates with a wide variety of printing paper such as Super Coat (for high durability), pre-cut stickers, labels for floppy disks, etc.,” said Sony in a 1998 press release.

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Sony PlayStation 5 Slim Teardown Reveals True Size, How Detachable Blu-ray Disc Drive Works

Sony PlayStation 5 Slim Teardown Reveals True Size, How Detachable Blu-ray Disc Drive Works

Sony PlayStation 5 Slim Teardown
We know the new Sony PlayStation 5 slim is smaller than its predecessor, but is that really the case? Dave Lee, better known as Dave2D online, gives us an inside look with his PlayStation 5 slim teardown, which also shows how the detachable Blu-ray disc drive actually works.



After removing the cover, Dave realized that the internal hardware hasn’t changed too much, despite its slimmer appearance and 2.6kg – 3.2kg weight. It’s still powered by the same 6nm semi-custom AMD Oberon Plus system on a chip (SoC) with eight cores running at a variable frequency capped at 3.5 GHz, but has 5 heat pipes and a smaller baseplate compared to the original. To maximize efficiency, Sony engineers also changed the heatsink fan design to have 19 blades instead of the original 23 blades.

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PlayStation®5 Console – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Bundle

Sony PlayStation 5 Slim Teardown
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Sony PlayStation 2 Celebrates 23rd Anniversary of North American Release, Here’s a Look Back

Sony PlayStation 2 Celebrates 23rd Anniversary of North American Release, Here’s a Look Back

Sony PlayStation 2 Console 23rd Anniversary Retrospective
On October 26, 2000, the Sony PlayStation 2 was released in North America, and since then, the game console has sold nearly 158 million units worldwide. What set it apart from its main competitors, the Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox, and SEGA Dreamcast, was the Sony / Toshiba developed Emotion Engine processor.

Aside from the 64-bit R5900-based “Emotion Engine” consisting of eight separate units, it also came equipped with a Graphics Synthesiser boasting a fillrate of 2.4 gigapixels per second, and 32MB of RDRAM. Similar to the Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit (VMU), the PlayStation 2 memory card features an 8 megabyte (MB) capacity, complete with MagicGate encryption. During its 13-year run, there were over 4,000 games released worldwide and over 1.5 billion copies sold.

One interesting fact is that besides the “fat” and slimline” models, there was also a 22-inch HD-ready Sony TV that had a built-in PlayStation 2 console, called the Bravia KDL-22PX300. That’s right, it also offered four HDMI ports, three USB sockets, VGA / component inputs and an integrated Freeview tuner with an Ethernet connection for IPTV viewing. Most surprising of all, it retailed for just $243 USD at the time of its release in 2010.
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Bill Smith

When it comes to cars, video games or geek culture, Bill is an expert of those and more. If not writing, Bill can be found traveling the world.

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