by TLC Staff | Jan 26, 2017 | Throwback Thursday
It was in 1962 that Philips invented the Compact Cassette medium for audio storage and only a year later in 1963, with the cassette player, that audio files and listening to music became portable. In its early years, the sound quality was mediocre, but as soon... 
by TLC Staff | Jan 19, 2017 | Throwback Thursday
The boombox was such a status symbol in the 1980s, particularly a favorite with the young urbanites. It became closely linked to American hip hop culture and was instrumental in the rise of hip hop music. However, the wide use of boomboxes in urban communities led to... 
by TLC Staff | Jan 12, 2017 | Throwback Thursday
These old record players, or gramophones, are now making a comeback as aesthetic decorative pieces for homes aiming for the vintage look, especially with them coming in different retro colors. A gramophone is an ancient instrument allowing to play mechanically a... 
by TLC Staff | Jan 5, 2017 | Throwback Thursday
The ‘Lunchbox’ Back to the time where laptops weren’t widely available and the personal computer just became feasible, portable computers were introduced. A portable computer as its name suggests is designed to be moved from one place to another and... 
by TLC Staff | Dec 22, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
We all know what a telephone is and how its usage has evolved from just for talking to basically doing almost everything, like controlling your house lights and all. But this Alexander Graham Bell invention had humble beginnings, as its essential elements only... 
by TLC Staff | Dec 15, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Two weeks ago, we talked about the MiniDisc and how it was killed by the introduction of… the MP3 player! This is also called Digital Audio Player and it’s an electronic device that can play digital audio files. It is a type of portable media player. The...
