The CD Turns 25 Today 326
netbuzz writes "Seems like only yesterday to those of us of a certain age, but the CD turns 25 today. Philips, maker of the first CD on Aug. 17, 1982, estimates that more than 200 billion have been sold since. The younger set might have trouble appreciating the difference in auditory quality that the compact disc represented over vinyl or cassette tapes (some have probably never even seen a record). And all but true trivia buffs will have trouble coming up with the name of the artist on that first disc."
The First Discs Were Not ABBA (Score:5, Insightful)
He also forgot the part where they re-released a few new or live tracks on a disc just to make the die hard fans buy into another medium. That kind of practice really makes me sick. Of course, we're doomed to see it repeated until the end of time in the name of making another buck.
heheh (Score:2, Insightful)
I remember when they released. I commented something to the effect of "Bah, perhaps for classical music they'll be great but for stuff like Motorhead or Slayer? Why? So I can say 'this is the cleanest distortion around?'
Boy was I ever wrong. I still miss the large album covers and inserts from the LP days. Other than that vinyl is dead to me.
RIP (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Stupid CDs (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Happy Birthday! (Score:4, Insightful)
Auditory Quality? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:War on standards (Score:4, Insightful)
> the acronym soup of DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, etc. Then the HD/Bluray war.
You said, it brother.
I once witnessed the following discussion between a sales droid and a customer in a major department store:
C: (looking at blank media) What's the difference between the DVD minus R and the DVD plus R?
SD: The DVD plus R, you can read and write to it. The minus R is, well, you can only write to it, you can't read from it
*jesus fucking christ*
Re:Stupid CDs (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Stupid CDs (Score:2, Insightful)