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A model shows Sony Corp.'s new mini disc Walkman Hi-MD, left, and a new 1-gigabyte mini disc during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004. The revamped mini-disc Walkman doubles the recording capacity of current discs and the new 1-gigabyte mini disc records up to 45 hours of music, up from the current 80 minutes. Selling in the United States in April, in Europe from April to June, and in Japan in June, the machines will sell for about the same prices as current MD Walkmans, ranging from 30,000 yen (US$280) to 45,000 yen ($420) in Japan. The new discs will cost 700 yen ($6.50). (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)