Editing CD player (section)

===Top loading===
[[File:Philips CD 100.jpg|thumb|right|Philips CD100 Player]]

In 1983, Philips, at the US and European launch of the CD format, showcased the first top-loading CD tray designs with their CD100 CD player.<ref>[http://www.marantzphilips.nl/philips_cd100_first_cdplayer/ Philips CD100 Player] - Marantz-Philips Nederlands website</ref><ref>[http://www.research.philips.com/technologies/projects/cd/introduction.html The history of the CD - The introduction], Philips Research.</ref> (Philips audio products were sold as [[Magnavox]] in the US at the time.) The design had a clamp on the lid which meant the user had to close this over the CD when it was placed inside the machine. Later, [[Meridian Audio, Ltd.|Meridian]] introduced their MCD high end CD player,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meridian-audio.com/p_cd_history.htm |title=Meridian CD History |access-date=2007-02-05 |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204043147/http://www.meridian-audio.com/p_cd_history.htm |archive-date=2007-02-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with Meridian electronics in the Philips CD100 chassis.

Top-loading was adopted on various equipment designs such as mini systems and portable CD players, but among stereo component CD players, only a handful of top-loading models have been made. Examples include [[Luxman]]'s D-500 and D-500X series<ref>{{cite web | url = http://k-nisi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/d-500-xs.html | title = Luxman D-500X (in Japanese) | access-date = 2007-02-05 | year = 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717004455/http://k-nisi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/d-500-xs.html | archive-date = 2007-07-17 | url-status = dead }}</ref> players and [[Denon]]'s DP-S1,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://denon.jp/museum/products/dps1.html | title = Denon Museum - Model History - 1993 - DP-S1 (in Japanese) | access-date = 2007-02-05 | year = 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070204103139/http://denon.jp/museum/products/dps1.html | archive-date = 2007-02-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> both launched in 1993.
Top-loading is also common in players intended for broadcast and live sound DJ use, such as Technics' SL-P50 (1984–1985) and Technics SL-P1200 (1986–1992). They more closely mimic the physical arrangement and ergonomics of record turntables used in those applications.

The top-loading disc tray design is also used in most [[fifth generation of video game consoles|fifth-generation]] [[video game]] [[video game console|console]]s ([[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]]), as well as the [[Dreamcast]], [[GameCube]], and [[Wii Mini]].
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