The History of the CD-ROM 299
Gammu writes "The inventor of the compact disc, the most popular medium in the world for playing back and storing music, is often disputed as one individual did not invent every part of the compact disc. The most attributed inventor is James Russell, who in 1965 was inspired with a revolutionary idea as he sketched on paper a more ideal music recording system to replace vinyl records; Russell envisioned a system which could record and replay sounds without any physical contact between parts."
Re:Now if we could only go back in time... (Score:3, Funny)
The flames are out ther, let the war begin!
Sony CDP-101 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Original CD Players (Score:4, Funny)
Re:CD isn't obsolete (Score:5, Funny)
Re:12" vinyl (Score:2, Funny)
Re:a ton would be about right. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Original CD Players (Score:4, Funny)
Are you new here?
Size Change (Score:5, Funny)
The disc diameter was changed from 115m to 120mm to allow for 74 minutes of playback with the sampling rate and quality chosen.
Thank god. I'd hate to imagine the storage rack I'd need to keep those 115m discs.
Re:a ton would be about right. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How much longer will we be using CD's (Score:3, Funny)
The diameter was reduced from the original design (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they thought it might be hard to get consumers to put a 115 meter playback device in their room. And of course they would get complaints from record stores who should have to get bigger doors to get the disks through, not to mention storage space.
Re:Only natural.. (Score:1, Funny)
La, La, LAAAAAA, Can't hear you....
humms.......America, the beuuuutiful, La la la,