Along with launching various radios, Philips has many audio firsts to its name – it launched the first personal cassette player (EL3300) in 1963 and developed the compact disc (CD) with Sony in ...

Introduced by Philips in 1965, the "Compact Cassette" offered an alternative to the much larger vinyl record player as well as the 8-track cartridge. Not only was the drive battery-operated and ...