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The creation of the Compact Disc
The Savvy Minute (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
The compact disc is a spin-off of the Laserdisc technology. Philips publicly demonstrated a prototype of an optical digital audio disc at a press conference called "Philips Introduce Compact Disc" in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on March 8, 1979.Three years earlier, Sony first publicly demonstrated an optical digital audio disc in September 1976. In September 1978, they demonstrated an optical...
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11 Reasons To Buy Music On Compact Disc
Retro Thing (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
1. Purchasing a CD makes you seem clinically insane eccentric, especially when your new album is four times the size of your iPod nano. 2. CDs are rarely copy protected so you can load them onto whatever devices you have...
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Download pcdtojpeg To Convert Kodak Photo Compact Disc (PCD) Format To JPEG Format
My Digital Life (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Kodak’s Photo Compact Disc (PCD) format is a multi-resolution compressed graphic file format commonly used by Kodak especially on its Pro Photo CD discs. Since PCD files are only used by Kodak, most of the time Kodak users might have difficulties to open and convert the photo format into other widely supported formats such as [...] [ This is a content summary only. Visit My Digital Life or Tip...
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1979 Rumor: Leaked Docs of "Compact Disc" Audio Format Using LASERS [Giz 79]
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
From 1979: A source "close to the matter" claims this document outlines a future Audio format that would utilize a tapeless design, and *snort* use lasers as some sort of record needle. Sounds like Bullshit to me. First of all, a laser is going to burn up whatever it touches, so, like, do you listen to it once and then throw it away? That sounds like a great idea if you're one of those guys...
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Sony RCDW500C Compact Disc Player / Recorder
Portable Media Players (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
With a five-CD/dual-deck capacity and 4x dubbing speed, the Sony RCD-W500C does much more than merely play your favorite CDs–it lets you mix and burn your own. The device records on both CD-R and CD-RW formats, and is compatible with CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 playback. To improve the recording quality, the RCD-W500C [...]
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Compact Disc inks deal with BBC Films to co-produce film
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MUMBAI: Compact Disc India has signed a joint venture deal with BBC Films to co-produce Blame It On The Bhangra. Written and directed by Paul Angunawela, the budget of the film is pegged at Rs...
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Poet Fridolim Kamulamcamwe Sells Compact Disc
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/27/2009
The writer, Fridolim Kamulacamwe, sold various poetry works recorded in compact disks and signed autographs on Thursday in northern Malnaje province.
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Compact Disc to launch animation film with Pele at Cannes
Businessofcinema.com (Free subscription) | 04/15/2009
MUMBAI: Compact Disc India will be launching its animation film on football with legendary Brazilian football player Pele at this year's Cannes Film Festival.The festival is slated to be held from 13 - 24 May, 2009. The animation film on football will be launched on 14 May.This will be first ever feature film produced on football game in the world. Pele will also ...
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The Compact Disc Turns 30
Pop Culture for the Cultured (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Thats right, the CD turned 30 years old over the weekend. How much longer do you think the old timer has left?
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Happy 30th birthday, Compact Disc!
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Apparently, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the first-ever demonstration of the original CD prototype. Okay, so this is a pretty silly milestone, since nobody much cares about some long-ago technology demo (won't the 2012 anniversary of the first commercially...
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Billy Joel: Compact disc turns the big 3-0
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Over at Gizmodo , they've noticed (with some sarcasm) that the compact disc is now 30 year old. If that seems a bit premature, it's because it's really only the technology that's turning 30. The first actual compact disc didn't ship until Oct. 1, 1982. That disc, as they note, was Billy Joel's "52nd Street." It was only after then that the audiophiles of the '80s started dumping their albums...
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The Compact Disc Turned 30 Yesterday
Geekologie (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
That's right, March 8th marked the "historic demonstration of the first CD prototype codenamed 'Pinkeltje' on March 8th, 1979." Well congratulations, compact disc , I almost forgot you were still here . While many would argue that the CD is on its way out in favor of smaller, highly portable MP3 files, the disc has definitely left a lasting mark on the industry. To date, over 3.5 billion...
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Happy 30th Birthday, Compact Disc!...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Compact discs weren’t always impromptu drink coasters. Once, in the not-so-distant past, they played music, contained pictures, and let people play video games with tacked-on FMV sequences. And today, the venerable CD turned 30. Happy birthday! 1979–2009.Thirty years. Pretty amazing that it’s been that long since those crazy Dutchmen at Philips spun the technology off of laser discs...
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Compact Disc Turns 30
Switched (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Filed under: Audio/Video We're not quite sure how much related celebrating went on this past weekend, but the iconic Compact Disc managed to hit the big three-oh. The IEEE was credited with presenting its prestigious IEEE Milestone Award to Royal Philips Electronics for its contribution to the development of the CD, and as the story goes, the award coincides with the 30th anniversary of the "historic...
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The History Of Compact Disc Media
robertoms2003 | 05/10/2008
A typical CD will have a diameter of just 12 cm and about 80 minutes audio data can be stored on it. Smaller CDs are also manufactured for storing single songs (called CD singles). They are 8 cm in diameter and can store 24 minutes of audio data. The major research and development work was done by Phillips and Sony. One of the first CDs came in market way back in the year 1982 and till date, remains...