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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I am really confused now. I know Discman is Sony's name, but generally people refer to any such portable CD player as "discman". At least where I live.
And it's not just regular people, even shops refer to them as dicmans.
Here are some examples to back my claims:

exampleshttps://www.alza.sk/discmany/18886534.htm
https://aukro.sk/discmany
https://www.mall.sk/discmany
https://discmany.heureka.sk/
https://www.okay.sk/collections/discmany

The only exception seems to be Nay, referring to this category as "Portable CD players".

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

That’s very interesting! Around me, we called them CD Players, it must be a regional thing. Many people called the portable cassette player a Walkman, even though that was a lineup of products from Sony.

Looking on US Amazon, there are several players that have Discman, Walkman, or both in the titles. Sony must not be enforcing their trademarks (wrong term?) for the first non-sponsored listing being called:

2000mAh Rechargeable Discman CD Player:Walkman CD Player…

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Yepp, we all called them Discman back in the day regardless of the brand.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah we called them all discman too. A Kleenex/tissue situation imo.

Edit: though I do concede an official label in some sort of display probably should use the generic form “portable CD player” or something similar.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I believe other brands have the same problem.

Velcro is a good example.

[–] Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

generally people refer to any such portable CD player as "discman". At least where I live.

Yeah, and there's people that call them Kleenex, Velcro, and iPads. That doesn't make them right.

There's no confusion - Discman is the model of Sony's portable CD players. People using the term incorrectly is simply that.