MP3s , compact platter , and even cassette tape made our music portable , but before they get in , vinyl radical records were middling much the metier of pick . And with a little help from Sharp , people were still able to bask those jumbo ( comparatively speaking ) twelve - column inch discs wherever they go with this impressiveold - school vinyl bombox .
This beast , known as theVZ-2000 , was released in Sharp in 1982 . And while it includes a cassette slot , its tangible appeal was the front - load erect platter instrumentalist . Not only did it supply skip - free playback , the boombox was also capable of playing both sides of a record without involve a somersault . That mind - blowing founding was probably the eighties equivalent of taking into custody - to - zoom for us . [ YouTubeviaBoing Boing ]
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