At one point, the disc format felt unstoppable. After phasing out vinyl records in the 80s, it came for video game cartridges in the 90s. The PS1's use of CDs put the console ahead of the more ...
The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...
Memorializing the Compact Disc. Once upon a time, the CD was the ubiquitous music platform. Our story outlines how the disc-based music technology was adopted, loved and eventually abandoned by a ...