<P> Lateral - cut disc records were developed in the United States by Emile Berliner , who named his system the `` gramophone '' , distinguishing it from Edison 's wax cylinder `` phonograph '' and American Graphophone 's wax cylinder `` graphophone '' . Berliner 's earliest discs , first marketed in 1889 , but only in Europe , were 12.5 cm ( approx 5 inches ) in diameter , and were played with a small hand - propelled machine . Both the records and the machine were adequate only for use as a toy or curiosity , due to the limited sound quality . In the United States in 1894 , under the Berliner Gramophone trademark , Berliner started marketing records of 7 inches diameter with somewhat more substantial entertainment value , along with somewhat more substantial gramophones to play them . Berliner 's records had poor sound quality compared to wax cylinders , but his manufacturing associate Eldridge R. Johnson eventually improved the sound quality . Abandoning Berliner 's `` Gramophone '' trademark for legal reasons , in 1901 Johnson 's and Berliner 's separate companies reorganized to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden , New Jersey , whose products would come to dominate the market for many years . Emile Berliner moved his company to Montreal in 1900 . The factory , which became the Canadian branch of RCA Victor still exists . There is a dedicated museum in Montreal for Berliner ( Musée des ondes Emile Berliner ) . </P>
<P> Lateral - cut disc records were developed in the United States by Emile Berliner , who named his system the `` gramophone '' , distinguishing it from Edison 's wax cylinder `` phonograph '' and American Graphophone 's wax cylinder `` graphophone '' . Berliner 's earliest discs , first marketed in 1889 , but only in Europe , were 12.5 cm ( approx 5 inches ) in diameter , and were played with a small hand - propelled machine . Both the records and the machine were adequate only for use as a toy or curiosity , due to the limited sound quality . In the United States in 1894 , under the Berliner Gramophone trademark , Berliner started marketing records of 7 inches diameter with somewhat more substantial entertainment value , along with somewhat more substantial gramophones to play them . Berliner 's records had poor sound quality compared to wax cylinders , but his manufacturing associate Eldridge R. Johnson eventually improved the sound quality . Abandoning Berliner 's `` Gramophone '' trademark for legal reasons , in 1901 Johnson 's and Berliner 's separate companies reorganized to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden , New Jersey , whose products would come to dominate the market for many years . Emile Berliner moved his company to Montreal in 1900 . The factory , which became the Canadian branch of RCA Victor still exists . There is a dedicated museum in Montreal for Berliner ( Musée des ondes Emile Berliner ) . </P>
what year did the record player come out
what year did the record player come out
1889
1889