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Is it similar to this model?

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/sony_dream_machine_ez_4.html

I've never had one - I was just also curious, so I scrolled through more Dream Machine images than I should have.




Ha, that's interesting, good find! It is similar, but mine doesn't have the (faux?) wood framing and doesn't look quite as much like it's from an alternate timeline!

i would have thought the picture you found was from the 70s or something, but it says circa 1990 same as mine, who knows!

Here's a photo from right now of mine, still doing it's job continuously since circa 1990:

https://ibb.co/KrkdqMg

Mine also has "Power Back Up for Clock (9V)" which is a nice feature. With a life 9V battery, if the power goes out, it doesn't show the time and won't sound the alarm, but it keeps the time, so when the power goes back on it still has good time, and your alarm will still go off. For an intermittent power interruption in the middle of the night.

It occurs to me that some people have never actually experienced an old digital clock, but the more typical way to set the alarm (or time) was two buttons on the BOTTOM of the thing, one labelled "hour" one labelled "minute", and you had to pick up the device and press or hold each button to increment that portion of the time: 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, etc. Truly terrible UX! But universal for a couple decades! In my opinion the ones above were really an innovation! Which never caught on (probably were patented) before the decline of non-computerized digital alarm clocks.


Oh wow! That thing is fantastic! It is Sony doing what it does best; namely, making great consumer electronics.

I want one. Those big dials are super fun to use by all appearances too.




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