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[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Wasn't the actual "Discman" a Sony product? In the same line as their Walkman cassette players, but for CDs?

I had a Walkman back in the day; but never an official Discman player. All my CD players were pieces of shit 😩

[–] Ottomateeverything 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes. The pictured item is a portable cd player, not a Discman.

Apparently SL-SK420 or whatever that says didn't have the same ring to it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is an interesting phenomenon called a proprietary eponym, where a brand name becomes synonymous with a product.

Just like walkman and disc man, in my language we call a car satnav a "TomTom" after the brand that popularised it here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Here is the scene from the Clerks cartoon about adhesive strips.

[–] espentan 4 points 9 months ago

Yeap, Discman was the name used by Sony up until around the year 2000, when they changed it to "CD Walkman".