Hard to think one company could come up with design excellence like my old handycam as well as design crimes such as the jewel case (what an environmentally damaging design, aside from its aesthetic and functional problems), all in one decade.

I have a phobia of jewel cases. I had to encode all my CD's to digital format just so i could throw them away.

This handycam features a single battery pack that plugs into the 8mm tape player, the camera and the battery charger as well. That's modular design. The whole kit comes in a metal handycam briefcase. Testament to what was arguably a golden age in technology product design.

Still works to this day (more than 20 years of use). Try saying that of your Sony Cybershot in 2026.