The modern digital jukebox Beatbox

On this occassion we'll present you a modern jukebox: the Beatbox. Among it's characteristics are:

- Bill and coin acceptor
- 19" LCD touch monitor (touchscreen)
- Multicolor leds
- AUX input
- HD video output
- Over 150,000 song capacity
- Weight 66 lb

Beatbox is an example of a modern jukebox, huge song capacity, little size and weight, and a modern LCD touchscreen to select the song of your liking.

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A little more on history about jukeboxes

Jukeboxes are a much loved piece of the games room or main living area because of their synonymous history dating back as far as the 1920s. Made famous in America due to programs such as Happy Days, the jukebox became world famous, and a must have in most homes. The first jukeboxes were made of wood, and made up for a simple coin system and a limited amount of records. Then along came mass production and amazing designs and uniqueness for each jukebox was born, leading to some amazing designs. The vast array of choices consumers had or are still having been mainly due to the fact that large electronics manufacturers were competing to create the best designs, just as they do in any other market.

Jukebox designs originally started as being simple without decoration, but as they became more common, being used in restaurants, diners, fairs, parks and other public areas there became a need for them to look attractive. Thus the manufacturers added lights, curves, chrome and sleek designs. Away came the wood, in went the metal and plastic and the new modern jukebox was born.

As technology advanced the old vinyl style record became a compact disc or CD which meant that huge amounts of records could be stored in jukeboxes, which meant a new era for the jukebox, propelling it once again to a must have in public places, with even more modern designs to replicate modern advances. To even more recently the Jukebox system has been overhauled to include digital music, LCD computer and internal monitors for song selection.

It seems as society has evolved so has this prestigious piece of furniture, which seems to keep reinventing itself as huge changes times take place. It seems modern jukebox will be around for a long time yet!

Welcome to Jukeboxes and Entertainment

Hello, this blog is meant to talk about Jukeboxes, billiards, and entertainment in general.

First let´s talk a little about what is a Jukebox and their history:

A jukebox is like a large, coin-operated stereo that contains a set of albums and the mechanism to select and play songs. Originally, jukeboxes played vinyl LPs of every size, but newer models use CDs or even digital music files.

During their heyday in the 30s-60s, jukeboxes were installed in restaurants, dance clubs, diners, and bars to blast out their popular tunes so young people could dance and be coaxed into spending more money. Nowadays, a jukebox is more likely to be a valuable collectible in a private collection than entertaining people at the corner soda fountain.

he advent of the phonograph, an instrument that could play and amplify sound from an album, changed the way people experienced music. A modernized version of the phonograph which had to be operated by hand, was the jukebox. In the early 1930s, several companies began manufacturing these automatic phonographs that could be stocked with dozens of albums. It could play any single song off the album as soon as you rolled a coin into a slot and pressed the right button. The songs were listed on cards that corresponded to different combinations of buttons, such as D-4. Various models could play both 45s and 78s.

Dance halls in the Southern United States were the first to establish the jukebox as a great way to earn extra money by giving young people some control over the amplified music. It's believed that "juke" became a nickname for the coin-operated phonograph because dance halls were already being called "juke joints." That was probably derived from African-American slang where "jook" meant an excitable pandemonium of dancing kids.

Of course, the jukebox design took on many colors, sizes, and shapes over the years. However, one model has become emblematic of the classic jukebox. This is the Wurlitzer Bubbler, named because air bubbles floated up through glowing tubes of water along its sides. The top was curved and similarly outfitted with jewel-tone glass vials and shiny, chrome trim.