The Discman And The Anti-Skip Button
Electronic Skip Protection, which lasted about four seconds.
A portable CD player that skipped if you walked, ran on batteries for two hours, and was carried perfectly flat like a waiter.
The anti-skip buffer was the great selling point and the great disappointment. Ten seconds of memory could not save you from a bus.
It was much bigger than a Walkman and everyone bought one anyway because CDs were the future and the future was skipping.
Cost back then
£120
Goes for now
£40–£200
