In 1948, a 33-rpm vinyl disk was invented that could hold 16 minutes of sound per side; this was later extended to 30 minutes per side. These vinyl records gradually displaced the 78, which was capable of holding only 3.5 minutes of sound per side. In the 1950s, electrical phonographs supplanted gramophones, and by 1962 the production of 78s had come to an end worldwide.
1948 年一面可錄製 16 分鐘（而後進展為 30 分鐘）的 33 轉黑膠唱片發明，逐漸淘汰一面只能錄製 3 分半鐘（通常只有單曲，雙面則為 7 分鐘）的 78 轉唱片；1950 年代，電唱機取代了留聲機；1962 年全球 78 轉唱片紛紛停產。