Magnavox CDV-305
Little is documented about the Magnavox CDV-305. The Archive's research file on this model is essentially empty — no confirmed product identity, production years, original price, or specifications have survived in the sources available to us. Even the basic question of what "CDV" signified here — a straightforward CD player, a changer, or a CD-video combi unit — cannot be answered from the record. The Archive files it under audio, and the model number suggests a CD-era component, but that's inference, not documentation.
What the period press does show: HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (November 1990, p.116) ran a compact-disc player buyer's guide that included Magnavox, listing players in roughly the $549–$1000 range, with one garbled entry suggesting a model "same as 3000 plus real 20 bit" — likely a nod to 20-bit digital-to-analog conversion. The surviving OCR text, however, never clearly names the CDV-305, so those details cannot be pinned to this specific model with confidence.
Known facts, such as they are:
- Brand: Magnavox
- Model: CDV-305
- Archive category: audio (specific product type unconfirmed)
- No production years, original price, or specifications documented
If you own a CDV-305 — or have a manual, brochure, or magazine test report for it — the Archive would like to hear from you. Right now this page is mostly an honest placeholder marking the model's existence.
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