Apparatus and equipment for recording, receiving, broadcasting, transmitting and reproducing sound and images, namely video cassette recorders, audio cassette recorders, mini-disc recorders, audio mixers, audio amplifiers, radio receivers and tuners, television receivers and tuners, and videophones; audio and video apparatus, namely compact disc players, turntables, loudspeakers, and amplifiers; blank image and sound carriers, namely compact discs, CD-ROMS, hard discs, floppy discs, videodisc...