History of CD Players

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Tip 1 - The CD player turns 30

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by damon hague | permalink

Believe it or not, the first CD player was released on October 1, 1982. Benj Edwards looks back on 30 years of the compact disc.

For further reading: http://www.techhive.com/article/2010810/the-cd-player-turns-30.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - First CD Player Available 30 Years Ago Today

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by mark odonovan | permalink

Thirty years ago today, Sony's CDP-101 compact disc player went on sale in Japan.
Tags: history, home entertainment, number of the day, sony,

For further reading: http://techland.time.com/2012/10/01/first-cd-player-available-30-years-ago-today/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - History of the CD Player

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Carpet 3 | permalink

The first CD player in the world was known as the CDP-101, and it was introduced in the market by electronics giant Sony, in the year 1982. It was Nobuyuki Idei, who was the chairman and CEO of the company, who had come up with the name CDP-101, because in binary numbers 0101 stands for the number 5. It is said that Idei wanted to imply that a CD player was not of the best possible quality, but a medium one.

For further reading: http://www.historyrocket.com/miscellaneous/2010/9/History-of-the-CD-Player.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - The History Of The Compact Disc

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kathleen Stephens | permalink

30 years ago today, workers in a factory outside of Hanover, Germany played host to executives from Polygram, Sony and Philips. These executives were ...

For further reading: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/08/the-history-of-the-compact-disc/ ^[4]