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The five most pointless Sony products ever

We're huge fans of much of Sony's work. MiniDisc? Marvelous. PlayStation? Paradigm-shifting. Bravia? Boodiful. But it's made more than its fair share of absolute stinkers, so gather round.

Nate Lanxon Special to CNET News
Pointless Sony products

If you thought the hayfever hat--a hat with a built-in toilet roll dispenser--was the definitive example of humanity's passion for the pointless, a glance in the direction of Sony's decades-old portfolio of products may interest you.

Now, we're huge fans of much of Sony's work. MiniDisc? Marvelous. PlayStation? Paradigm-shifting. Bravia? Boodiful. But the company's made more than its fair share of absolute stinkers, so gather round. We've gone all 19th century on Sony, defying the ethics that no longer allow us to create freak shows, and caged five mutated, repulsive curiosities for you to point and laugh at. More importantly, they're backed up by solid, not-even-slightly-obtuse arguments.

Click through our gallery to see what we mean. Anything we missed?

(Via Crave UK)