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  1. CD player - Wikipedia

    • American inventor James T. Russell is known for inventing the first system to record digital video information on an optical transparent foil that is lit from behind by a high-power halogen lamp. Russell's patent application was first filed in 1966, and he was granted a patent in 1970. Following litigation, Sony and Philips licensed Russell's recording patents (then held b… See more

    Overview

    A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. … See more

    Inner workings

    The process of playing an audio CD, touted as a digital audio storage medium, starts with the plastic polycarbonate compact disc, a medium that contains the digitally encoded data. The disc is placed in a tray that either … See more

    Tray design types

    Sony released its CDP-101 CD player in 1982 with a slide-out tray design for the CD. As it was easy to manufacture and to use, most CD player manufacturers stayed with the tray style ever since. The tray mechanis… See more

     
  1. In 1982 Sony and Philips introduced the world’s first CD system – a 12-cm compact audio disc and a CD player – which quickly displaced the vinyl record and launched the music industry into a new world of high tech music production.
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    On October 1, 1982, Sony released the CDP-101, the world’s first commercial CD audio player, in Japan. A month later, Philips launched the CD100 in Europe. Soon, these CD players were introduced worldwide in March 1983.
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  4. When Were CDs Invented, and How Do They Work?

    Mar 6, 2024 · Though originally released in 1978, Billy Joel's "52nd Street" was the first compact disc produced for commercial purposes. The introduction of the CD and its players brought about a transformative impact on the music …

  5. History of the CD: 40 years of the compact disc - BBC

    Mar 12, 2019 · Forty years ago the world got its first glimpse of what would become one of the most important music devices in history - the compact disc (CD). The CD was invented in 1979. At a time before...

  6. 30 years ago, the CD started the digital music …

    Sep 28, 2012 · After years of research and an intense period of collaboration with Philips, Sony shipped the world's first CD player, the CDP-101. Music — and how we listen to it — would never be the same.

  7. Exploring the Invention and Evolution of CD Players

    Jan 12, 2023 · The first CD player was invented in 1979 by Dutch electronics company Philips. The device was the result of years of research and development into digital audio encoding. Philips partnered with Sony to create …

  8. James Russell (compact disk) – Computer Timeline

    The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor to now ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late 1960s by the American physicist James Russell, who was quite frustrated with the wear and tear of his vinyl records …

  9. The history and evolution of the compact disc (CD)

    In the late 1970s, the two companies Philips and Sony, separately developed prototypes in a bid to become the first to develop the Compact Disc (CD). Below, we delve into the history of the CD and its evolution.

  10. World presentation of the "Compact Disc Digital Audio …

    In April 15, 1981, Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) organized a press conference at the ORF regional studio in Salzburg to introduce to the world a revolutionary new medium, the Compact Disc Digital Audio …

  11. Portable CD player - Wikipedia

    A portable CD player is a portable audio player used to play compact discs. The first audio player released was the Discman D-50 by Sony. [1]

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