PCMag - 36 years ago today, the first CD player ever was launched. Sony's CDP-101 offered advanced high fidelity sound that would surpass tape cassettes and opened up new horizons for digital
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Pioneer Audiovisual - Our first CD player was the P-D1. With its sleek, black finish, the 1982 device is a dead ringer for Darth Vader. And even today, it's got Star Wars
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