by DzM Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:53 pm
Graek wrote:That single came out well before CDs were being made.
Ummm. No.
It would be accurate to say "That single was released before audio CDs were in mass production" or "Before audio CDs were widely accepted by the public," etc.
For a brief history of the audio recording technology in use throughout the world today, see
this very interesting timeline.
For this conversation the relevant bit is that audio CD players and audio CDs themselves were publicly introduced in Europe and Japan in Fall of 1982, and in North America in Spring of 1983. Interestingly the CD-ROM was demonstrated to the public in Spring of 1983 as well.
Wow. I feel old.
[quote="Graek"]That single came out well before CDs were being made.[/quote]Ummm. No.
It would be accurate to say "That single was released before audio CDs were in mass production" or "Before audio CDs were widely accepted by the public," etc.
For a brief history of the audio recording technology in use throughout the world today, see [url=http://www.oneoffcd.com/info/historycd.cfm]this[/url] very interesting timeline.
For this conversation the relevant bit is that audio CD players and audio CDs themselves were publicly introduced in Europe and Japan in Fall of 1982, and in North America in Spring of 1983. Interestingly the CD-ROM was demonstrated to the public in Spring of 1983 as well.
Wow. I feel old.
