playback devices
Reproduction hardware units
Playback devices are equipment used to reproduce recorded audio or video—turntables, CD players, DVD players, streaming boxes, and the like.
The term distinguishes devices that play back recordings from those that create them: The studio had separate recording and playback devices.
In legal and licensing contexts, the phrase often appears in discussions of format compatibility and digital rights.
- DVD playerDevice for watching films
- boomboxPortable stereo with speakers
- portable speakerWireless audio playback device
- hi-fi systemQuality audio playback equipment
- CD playerOptical audio device
turntable · record player · smartphone · television set · cassette deck · Walkman · tablet · VHS player · home theater · gaming console · car stereo · radio receiver · DAC · laptop · desktop computer · DVD · iPod · video monitor
- Home VideoVHS, video cassette, DVD, camcorder, home movies
- teaching mediaeducational films, instructional videos, teaching aids, learning aids, teaching tools
- language labheadphones, listening station, microphone, audio booth, microphones
playback devicesrecording devices
Equipment capturing audio or video
recorders · video recorders · input devices · microphones · cameras