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The CD is 25 years old today!

msdn.com » 2007 » August » 17th » The CD is 25 years old today!

Tagged: music, audio, cd, compact disc

On August 17, 1982, Philips manufactured the world's first compact disc, so it's 25 today. For those of you who think the world was in black and white back then too, here's some trivia to educate you ;-) The CD was jointly developed by Philips and Sony The first CD players cost about UK£1000/$2000/€1300 at today's rate (!) More than 200 billion CDs have been sold worldwide The companies Continue Reading »


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