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A Sony D-V500 portable video CD player from 1996. Note that it does not bear the Discman brand. Video CD Discman, later rebranded as VCD Walkman, was a line of portable Video CD players. They were able to output the audio from video CDs as usual, but were also equipped with an additional 3.5mm audio/video-to-RCA connector output. [5] [6] [7]
Through the 1980s and 1990s, Sony created many versions and variations in the cassette tape Walkman line [ 4] such as the DD series and WM series. Below is an incomplete list of cassette tape based Walkman models. Sony Walkman TPS-L2, from 1979. Sony Walkman WM-F15, released 1984. Sony Walkman WM-28, early 1980s. Sony Walkman WM-F77, Circa 1986.
The Sony CDP-101 was the world's first commercially released compact disc player. [1] The system was launched in Japan on October 1, 1982 at a list price of 168,000 yen (approx US$730). [2] The Japan-only launch was partially because Philips, Sony's partner in the development of the CD format, was unable to meet the original agreed launch date.
The Sony Multimedia CD-ROM Player was a portable CD-ROM -based multimedia player produced by Sony and released in 1992. It was used to run reference software, such as electronic publications and encyclopedia. Before its release, both Sony representatives and the press referred to the device as the Sony Bookman; [7] [8] [9] that name remained in ...
Sony CDP-101 from 1982, the first commercially released CD player for consumers Philips CD100 from 1983, the first commercially released CD player in the USA and Europe American inventor James T. Russell is known for inventing the first system to record digital video information on an optical transparent foil that is lit from behind by a high ...
From 1997, Sony's Discman range of portable compact disc (CD) players started to rebrand as CD Walkman. [44] In 2000, the Walkman brand (the entire range) was unified, and a new small icon, "W.", was made for the branding. [43] From 2012, Walkman was also the name of the music player software on Sony Xperia. It has since been rebranded to Music.
The Data Discman is an electronic book player introduced to the Western market in late 1991 or early 1992 by Sony Corporation. [1] It was marketed in the United States to college students and international travelers, but had little success outside Japan. [citation needed] The Discman product name had originally been applied to Sony's range of ...
e. Super Audio CD ( SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics and intended to be the successor to the compact disc (CD) format. The SACD format allows multiple audio channels (i.e. surround sound or multichannel sound). It also provides a higher bit rate and ...