Such players were typically a less expensive alternative than either the hard drive or flash-based players when the first units of these were released.
In contrast, analogue portable audio players play music from non-digital media that use analogue signal storage, such as cassette tapes or vinyl records.ĭigital audio players (DAP) were in the past often marketed and sold as " MP3 players", even if they also support other file formats and media types. The data is typically stored on a compact disc (CD), Digital Video Disc (DVD), Blu-ray Disc (BD), flash memory, microdrive, or hard drive most earlier PMPs used physical media, but modern players mostly use flash memory. A small DAP: the SanDisk Clip Jam (2010s)Ī portable media player ( PMP) (also including the related digital audio player ( DAP)) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files.