now everyone can sing!

ok.i still believe mine was a good buy (been telling myself this a zillion times since i read this article). at least mine has 3000 over songs at that price....ok whaaat..

Retailing: Easier way to hit the notes
By Zaidi Isham Ismail
bt@nstp.com.my

October 6 2007

CALLING all karaoke lovers! You can now harness your vocal prowess anywhere and anytime by connecting to a television set, without having to lug around a DVD (digital versatile disc) player and karaoke discs.
All you have to do is to carry along a microphone with 2,064 built-in songs and karaoke functions, connect it to a television set and, voila, the song and lyrics appear on screen.

Called Magic Sing, the portable karaoke set was invented by South Korean firm, Enter Tech Co Ltd, which is listed on Kosdaq (equivalent to Nasdaq in the US and Mesdaq in Malaysia).

Enter Tech’s Asean representative, Bill Ko, said the company is a pioneer in the new karaoke technology, which is set to revolutionise the next-generation karaoke equipment.

“We already have 50 per cent market share in Japan (which invented the karaoke) and sold US$65 million (RM222 million) worth of the product last year to 54 countries,” Ko told Business Times.

The all-in-one digital karaoke microphone is distributed locally by Voice Creations Sdn Bhd, endorsed by its director, local jazz and swing crooner Sharizan Borhan.

Magic Sing can be upgraded to include thousands more songs than the built-in 2,064 English songs through the purchase of additional song microchips made by the company and sold at selected outlets: In-Q Box in 1Utama shopping centre, CMY Audio and Visual in Sungai Wang Plaza, Tong Lee Co in Low Yat Plaza and online at Malaysia Airlines Temptations.

Magic Sing also has a built-in scoring system to rate one’s performance, a contest programme, random play, adjustable tempo, pitch, echo, four slots for optional song chips, volume control and song key change functions.

Retailing at RM988 apiece, Magic Sing comes with a fashionable and compact carry bag, background scenery, a microphone stand, cable and adapter, song list and a user’s manual.