In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The ...

For a 40-year-old format that peaked in Y2K, the CD has sparked an awful lot of debate lately. In mid-January, Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield wrote an endearing love letter to compact discs, ...

Former Sony Corporation president Norio Ohga, the man widely attributed for pushing Sony into a new generation that led to the standardization of the Compact Disc format, passed away on Saturday from ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

The CD has been around for more than 30 years, and it's always been 100 percent uncompressed and super reliable. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio ...