![Nostalgia Nerd on X: "Sony's first prototype CD player... The "Goronta" https://t.co/KGShMr4qvd" / X Nostalgia Nerd on X: "Sony's first prototype CD player... The "Goronta" https://t.co/KGShMr4qvd" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZrYwd3WAAEI1gE.jpg)
Nostalgia Nerd on X: "Sony's first prototype CD player... The "Goronta" https://t.co/KGShMr4qvd" / X
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
![WIRED on X: "On this day in 1982, the first commercial compact disc player—the Sony CDP-101—was launched in Japan at a list price of 168,000 yen. The worldwide release would come six WIRED on X: "On this day in 1982, the first commercial compact disc player—the Sony CDP-101—was launched in Japan at a list price of 168,000 yen. The worldwide release would come six](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAnSFKfXMAA3fs6.jpg)