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When it comes to music, portability is key. If you have older music equipment that includes cassettes, you don't need to throw it all away and spend a lot of money upgrading. You can play your mp3 player, portable CD player or iPod through your cassette player by using a cassette adapter. They are inexpensive and can be used in home... more »
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A portable CD player is a portable audio player used to play Compact Discs.
History
Portable Compact Disc Players were first introduced in the 1980s. Companies introduced Electronic Skip Protection in 1993 to minimize audio skipping.
Features
The basic features to a portable CD player are:
*Play/Pause
*Stop
*Rewind
*Fast-Forward
*Hold (Some models)
*Liquid crystal display
*Headphones
Some CD players also have anti-shake protection, MP3 capabilities and CD-R/CD-RW capabilities.
Competition
Portable CD players have been predominant for years, and have boosted many electronic companies success, namely Sonys. But since digital audio players were introduced, the popularity of CD players has decreased. CD players are still being made, but many newer players have MP3, WMA, and CD-R capabilities to keep sales up. Thinness is also a big factor. Models are getting thinner and smaller with each revision. As adding more seconds of anti-skip memory is expensive, MP3 players are a preferred choice for environments where physical shock persists (e.g. off-road, jogging, etc.).
Despite the phaseout of portable CD players verses digital audio players, they have still remained profitable through the late 2000s.
See also
*CD player
*Portable DVD Player
Category:Audio players
Reference: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Electronic_Skip_Protection_-_History/id/5017343
History/id/5017343http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-2/h1.html read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable+CD+player
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