Compact Discs Reach the Market
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Popular Culture, Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Business
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Japan, United States
- Date: 1983
Article abstract: The introduction of the compact disc opened a new era in sound recording and revitalized the recording industry.
Summary of Event
The digital system of sound recording, like the analog methods that preceded it, was developed by the telephone companies to improve the quality and speed of telephone transmissions. The system of electrical recording introduced by Bell Laboratories in the 1920’s was part of this effort. Even Edison’s famous invention of the phonograph in 1877 was originally conceived as an accompaniment to the telephone....
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