Consumer Electronics

Entertainment (flat screen TVs, television sets, MP3 players, video recorders, DVD players, radio receivers, etc.),communications (telephones, cell phones, e-mail-capable personal computers, desktop computers, laptops, printers, paper shredders, etc.), "consumer electronics" encompasses a variety of products ranging from home theater systems to cellular telephones to personal computers. Though no one person can be identified as the "founder" of consumer electronics, Thomas Edison would be most deserving.