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__The CD Player __ The CD Player has played an important role in bringing music into the 21st century. Before CD players were invented cassette players were the popular choice for record companies. While CDs and CD players were very expensive when they first arrived, in the early 1980s, they quickly dropped in price and began to take over the world music market. CD players were first developed by both the Phillips and Sony corporations in the mid-1970s. Phillips and Sony corporations were the first to the release of the CD car player in 1984 and CD drives for computers in 1985. CD players come in four main types: home stereo versions, portable Discman models, portable stereo models and car stereo models. CD players come with standard functions such as play, pause, rewind, fast-forward, and track skip forward and backwards.

__ Radio __ Since the early part of the 20th century, radio has been one of America's favorite forms of entertainment. It underwent its first major change in the 1950s with the addition of FM frequencies. Then, in the 1990s, radio underwent another extreme and expensive evolution with the advent of satellite radio. Throughout satellite radio's short history, there have been successes and struggles as a new listening option continually tries to build and maintain an audience. __ Radio __ Since the early part of the 20th century, radio has been one of America's favorite forms of entertainment. It underwent its first major change in the 1950s with the addition of FM frequencies. Then, in the 1990s, radio underwent another extreme and expensive evolution with the advent of satellite radio. Throughout satellite radio's short history, there have been successes and struggles as a new listening option continually tries to build and maintain an audience. __ Tape Recorder __ Tape recorders capture, store and play back audio on a magnetic medium. Originally, tape recorders were bulky machines that required two large reels of tape. Today, most recorders use compact of time instead of broadcasting it live. The tape recorder was invented in the 1940s! cassette tapes to store the sound. The development of tape recorders transformed the radio and television industries, making it possible to prepare a show ahead  __ IPod __ In 2000, digital music players were either big and clunky or small and useless with equally terrible user interfaces. Apple saw the opportunity and announced the release of the iPod, their first portable music player on October 23, 2001. The iPod has become an iconic gadget and completely transformed the way mainstream culture consumes music. What once was a beautifully engineered MP3 player has become a pocket computer capable of video recording, Web browsing and taking phone calls, defining a generation through its evolution.

__ MP3 player __ The German company Fraunhofer-Gesellshaft developed MP3 technology. The inventors named on the MP3 owners are Bernhard Grill, Karl-Heinz Brandenburg, Thomas Sporer, Bernd Kurten, and Ernst Eberlein. In 1987, the prestigious Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen research center (part of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft) began researching high quality, low-bit audio.


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