when was the first portable mp3 player released
Portable media player The first portable MP3 player was launched in 1997 by Saehan Information Systems,[19] which sold its “MPMan" player in Asia in spring 1998.[20] In mid-1998, the South Korean company licensed the players for North American distribution to Eiger Labs, which rebranded them as the EigerMan F10 and F20.[21] The flash-based players were available in 32 MB or 64 MB (6 or 12 songs) storage capacity and had a LCD screen to tell the user the song currently playing.
DVD player The first DVD player was created by Sony Corporation in Japan in collaboration with Pacific Digital Company from the United States in 1997.[citation needed] Some manufacturers originally announced that DVD players would be available as early as the middle of 1996. These predictions were too optimistic. Delivery was initially held up for "political" reasons of copy protection demanded by movie studios, but was later delayed by lack of movie titles. The first players appeared in Japan on November 1, 1996, followed by the United States on March 26, 1997 with distribution limited to only seven major cities for the first six months.