The first cd and cd player became available to the public in 1982. Sony produced both and began selling the new music technology in Japan.
CD players and audio CDs first hit the shelves in October of 1982. In 2007, worldwide sales of CDs reached the 200 billion mark.
The digital compact disc, now commonplace in stereos and computers, was invented in Oct. 1982 by James T. Russell. The CD format was created by Sony and Philips.
Sony released the world's first CD Player called the CDP-101[1] in 1982
Steve Davis at the Lada Classic in February 1982.
Sony released the world's first CD Player called the CPD-101 in 1982.
The Cassette came out before the CD did. The first Cassette player came in 1973, while the first CD player came out in 1982.
Terry Cummings
Sony introduced the CDP-101, the first CD player, on?æOctober 1982 in the US. The very first CD released was Billy Joel's "52nd Street".?æ
There is conflicting data for when the first Pioneer CD player was sold in the United States. Most sources agree that the first one sold was in 1981, or in 1982.
Gerald Willhite Denver Broncos 1982
The first compact disc player was created in 1982. The Sony CDP-101 was the first commercialized compact disc player on the market. At the same time, Sony released over fifty compact discs.