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Radiogram
A radiogram is an old-fashioned piece of furniture that combined a radio and a record player. Radiograms styled in polished wood to blend with the other furniture of the house. Not only this but it was also an expensive instrument of entertainment for the house, fitted with a larger loudspeaker, which would accept 6 or 7 records and play them one after another. By the late 1970s, radiograms had been replaced by more compact equipment, such as the hi-fi and the music centre. -
Stereo Music Centre
The Stereo Music Centre was invented and made popular in 1972, it was very similar to the Radiogram however its appearance was much different. Instead of it being in a big bulk of wood, it was neatly arranged in a plastic container, the main importance however is that the equipment in it was not trying to be hidden like in he Radiogram. Also it was much more modern and came with a tape deck which you can record and create your own mix tapes. -
Sony Walkman
Walkman is a Sony brand trade name, which was used for portable audio cassette players. The Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through lightweight headphones. The original Walkman was marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan and, from 1980, the device was popular in many other countries including the US, Sweden and the UK. Now a day, the Walkman can be compared to the iPod back in them days. -
Compact Disk
Compact disc, or CD for short, is a digital optical disc data storage format. The format was developed to store and play back sound recordings. Audio CDs and audio CD players have been commercially available since October 1982. One new feature which the Compact disc had was that you could skip tracks on the cd. -
Mobile Phone
Nicknamed the brick, the first proper mobile phone was launched in 1993 and would cost £1400 now a days, it offered 30 minutes of talk time and 8 hours of standby, and a LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers, not only this but it also cost 50p per call. -
Apple Quick Take
The Apple was one of the first consumer digital camera lines. It was launched in 1994 by Apple Computer and the camera had a resolution of ½ a megapixel. Not only this but it cost £740 and could only take 8 photos! -
PS1
The PlayStation1w first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December. The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. As part of the fifth-generation of gaming, it beat Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. Not only could you play games on the PS1 But also listen to CD’s. it cost roughly £500. -
Internet
The internet was first popular at houses in 1997 and only 6 million households had access to it, this may sound a lot but that is only 10% of the population. The internet allowed people to downaload and upload things. -
Ipod 1
In October 2001, Apple introduced its first iPod portable digital audio player. The iPod started as a 5 gigabyte player capable of storing around 1000 songs and cost £245. What people liked about this one was it was small, portable and modern.
