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    72 months ago

    The Walkman was by Sony, and they did make CD versions. This is clearly Panasonic trying to capitalize on brand recognition by having a similar sounding name to an already well recognized name.

    • Deceptichum
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      52 months ago

      Discman is Sonys CD Walkman line.

      My point was that Walkman never mentions tapes, so why mention the media format in the sequels name.

      • @OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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        22 months ago

        That’s because the sequel had to differentiate itself from the first one. It had to tell you not only that it was a similar idea to the first, but also that it used discs instead of tapes.

        The first Walkman had nothing to differentiate from. It was the first.