CDs: a quarter century

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toberodiFri 17/08/07 22:55

 

Exactly twenty-five years ago the world's first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany. Eeek! Has it really been that long? Can you remember the episode of Tomorrow's World where they smeared jam on a CD, sandpapered another, and then tried to play them?

What was the first CD you bought? I was a late starter as an impoverished student, mine was Enigma's MCMXC a.D.

How much longer do you think CDs have got left, in this era of downloads and solid state memory?

tigg_in_brumFri 17/08/07 23:00

 

I was given my first CD as a Christmas present long before we had a CD player - it was Classic Rock: The Living Years, guess it would have been late 80s. Oh the shame of it... Not one that was missed when I had my CD collection nicked when at uni!

Although I now generally listen to most music as MP3s, I still like to have the CD. The cover graphics, sleeve notes, the physical presence of the disk, just something you don't get with downloads.

myiguanodonFri 17/08/07 23:04

 

quoting > "I still like to have the CD"

Me too. As much as I listen to music virtually I like to have something tangible to keep it on.

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