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The history of the CD


Compact disc - Wikipedia

In later years, the compact disc was adapted for non-audio computer data storage purposes as CD-ROM and its derivatives. First released in Japan in October 1982 ...

The history and evolution of the Compact Disc (CD)

The story of the CD started way back in 1957 with experiments involving the rudimentary video disc by the Italian Antonio Rubbiani, that stimulated an entire ...

History of the CD: 40 years of the compact disc - BBC Newsround

The CD was invented in 1979. At a time before before online music existed, it became the most sophisticated way to store and play music. On ...

The Invention of Compact Discs - Dartmouth

In 1982 Sony and Philips introduced the world's first CD system – a 12-cm compact audio disc and a CD player – which quickly displaced the ...

The history of the CD - The introduction - Research - Philips

Based in Hannover-Langenhagen, the company had started CD production in 1982, making 400,000 discs in that year. The following year that had increased to 6 ...

Compact Disc Digital Audio - Wikipedia

CDDA utilizes pulse-code modulation (PCM) and uses a 44,100 Hz sampling frequency and 16-bit resolution, and was originally specified to store up to 74 minutes ...

The Compact Disc: The rise and fall of the CD | History Stories

The arrival of the CD in 1981 changed the music world forever. In April 1981, when star conductor Herbert von Karajan launched the marketing ...

The history of the CD - The beginning - Research | Philips

The 30-year-old Thomas Alva Edison accidentally discovered in 1877 that he had recorded sounds that resembled a human voice.

The Compact Disc (CD) is Developed - History of Information

. The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan.

The History of the Compact Disk | Sleeve City

The music CD, or compact disc, was a revolutionary invention that changed the way we listen to music forever. In this blog, we'll take a deep dive into the ...

Compact disc (CD) | Definition & Facts - Britannica

Coinvented by Philips Electronics NV and Sony Corporation in 1980, the compact disc has expanded beyond audio recordings into other storage-and- ...

Inventions That Changed Music: The Compact Disc

The CD was an evolution of the standard vinyl LP. They had the same circular shape, but technology allowed them to store more data, like songs and, eventually, ...

When Were CDs Invented, and How Do They Work? | HowStuffWorks

The invention of the standard compact disc revolutionized the way music, data, and later video were stored and distributed, marking a ...

Compact Disc - New World Encyclopedia

In 1979, Philips and Sony set up a joint task force of engineers to design the new digital audio disc. Prominent members of the task force were Joop Sinjou, ...

History of the CD and the Story of the Compact Disc - Voices.com

Development of the Compact Disc, CD-ROM, DVD and Blu-Ray. 1841: French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy proposed Sampling Theorem, which was ...

Billboard Explains: The Story of the CD - YouTube

The latest episode of Billboard Explains dives into the evolution of CDs, beginning in the '80s, to its downfall in the mid-2000s, ...

The history of the CD's rise and fall | Digital Trends

The CD evolved from multiple optical mediums, and was eventually finalized in 1980 when Sony and Philips created the famed “Red Book” standard.

The Audio Compact Disc: A Business History Case

In this article, I present the CD as a business history case, from being a unique innovation to its commercialization.

compact disc - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

Invented by Philips Electronics N.V. and Sony Corporation in 1980, the compact disc (CD) is a molded plastic disc containing digital data that is “read” by ...

Molecular Expressions: History of the Compact Disc

The second book was written in 1983 and is known as the "Yellow Book", comprising the basis of the Compact Disc - Read Only Memory (CD-ROM).