Launched in 1984, the Sony Walkman D-50 was the company’s first portable CD player. It offered a number of “firsts,” like a digital readout and a shock-resident mechanism. Reports indicated, however, ...

Sony’s stock price in Japan recently closed ... in 1968 to the Walkman cassette player in 1979 to the world’s first CD player in 1982, in addition to numerous cameras and video recorders.

Companies like We Are Rewind, Fiio, and others offer updated designs for new cassette and CD players ... s Bluetooth cassette player are roughly the same as Sony’s first-ever Walkman from ...

Tip: It’s been 40 years since Sony introduced the world’s first portable CD player in 1984 (model D-50) With aptX HD Bluetooth connectivity, the DM13 can connect to wireless headphones or speakers.

Early CD players, like this top-loading Sony D-50, didn’t use caddies. Credit: Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Compact Disc, as developed by Phillips and Sony, was first released in 1982.