Compact disc technology was developed by Sony and N.V. Philips of the Netherlands. Sony realized it needed to make the technology accessible to a mass market, ...

An obsolete form of optical media known as the "Compact Disc" celebrates its 25th birthday tomorrow. In a press release issued Thursday, Philips said a staggering 200 billion of them were produced ...

When the compact disc was. first commercially introduced in the early 80s, it was marketed as a more durable, more portable, and higher fidelity alternative to the vinyl record.

The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.

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 ...

“The Compact Disc has proven its significance in bringing the highest quality of music to consumers who wish to enjoy scratch free music. The enormous success of the CD over the last twenty-five years ...

To most people, it's a foregone conclusion that the day of the compact disc has passed, with the music format having gone the way of the 8-track tape - to the great compost pile in the sky ...

David Bowie`s entire 1969-80 output, from ”Space Oddity” to ”Scary Monsters,” formerly on RCA Records, is being digitally remastered and issued chronologically by Rykodisc on compact disc.

It’s a little-known fact that a Battelle scientist’s love of classical music led to the development of the compact disc. In the mid-1960s, Jim Russell began looking for a way to improve the ...

With a working width of 60 inches, the disc mulcher is purpose-built for 75- to 132-hp skid-steers and compact track loaders that operate with as little as 30-50 gallons per minute (gpm) of ...

Superdups launched The Compact Disc Recycling Center of America on April 15 in Salem, N.H. The center is accepting unwanted CDs and DVDs from both consumers and companies. The campaign will promote ...