Talk:Discman

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Does anyone have a picture of it? I'd like to see what the first portable CD player looked like. Richy 11:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

http://cimg.163.com/catchpic/2/25/25616CEA40FB4675EB9463081F483D56.jpg --Emurray 04:37, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Sony CD D50 Discman
I am the owner of original D50. Service says the laser unit is dead and can not be repaired / changed !?! I sitll like to use the unit but does anyone have a relavant proposal how to fix the laser unit=? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.66.151.97 (talk) 08:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

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Page clear
I noticed that the page is cleared and replaced with the flipper thingy. I restored it to the latest revision available. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.111.178.49 (talk) 14:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Genericized trademark
It's definitely notable that Discman is a genericized trademark. 68.146.112.146 (talk) 04:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Models
Should the article have a full list of models? 2fort5r (talk) 13:58, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. Be bold! --Kvng (talk) 01:39, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, or it should at least have a section on notable models over the years before Minidisc, ATRAC/MP3 and phones took over.

No direct walkman equivalent
It should be noted that the discman was never intended as a functional, truly mobile replacement for the walkman. It took very long, up until the early 2000s or so, if ever, to come up with discmen that were truly as portable as that you could walk around with them. --2003:EF:1700:B439:E973:7C5E:5D6A:FB10 (talk) 17:31, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

On Discman brand use.
While the CD Walkman brand began replacing the Discman brand in 1997, the latter was used until at least 2000 with the D-E201 and alike.

If it really is the last, then I may put up a picture of it. BrendonIrwan (talk) 10:28, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Walkmans and Discmans stopped being produced at the beginning of the 2010s
The Walkman stopped production in 2010 and the Discman stopped production around the beginning of the 2010s also. Eusouwikipede2001 (talk) 01:55, 31 May 2024 (UTC)