One of the most common early names was "gramophone". By the 1930s the name had become "phonograph" in the U.S. but the U.K. usage tended to remain gramophone.
There are sewing needles, needles on old record players, the act of bothering a person constantly is also called needling.
There are no USB adapters for record players, but you may be able to use a S/PDIF connection.
Radios and record players (sometimes called victrolas.)
Cheap record players are mostly plastic. High end record players are mostly aluminum and steel.
Boetsch Bros in New York manufactured Birch record players. Boetsch Bros is known to have created Birch record players from at least 1930 to 1960.
Steepletone sells various types of record players. Ones that play 45s and ones that have a CD player compartment attached. Steepletone sells record players on Amazon.
No they didnt
Yes, some Blu-Ray players offer the option to record, and you can record anything you can record with DVD or VHS, only at higher quality.
Mag holds the record of having the 256 players online.
Yes most portable cassette players get radio and also record as well
You can buy record players at antique shops or junk shops. They sometimes sell them in markets similar to flea markets here.
Yes, there are plenty of DVD players that also record. They are just as simple to program as a VCR, and many are very afforadable.