ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY -- DIGITAL SOUND TAKES A MASSIVE LEAP INTO THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY AS WE KNOW IT.
PICS INFO: On this day, on the 8th of March, 1979 -- The Philips Compact Disc System is finally unveiled.
MINI-OVERVIEW: "In May 1978, Philips announced that they were working on an audio PCM disc; at a seminar held at their headquarters in Eindhoven coincidentally with the Festival du Son, they introduced their "Compact Disc" system to journalists and engineers. Unlike the Japanese, who have been working on a video/audio compatible system using a 30 cm disc and the same player for each function, Philips have gone for a separate audio system based on a one-sided 11.5 cm disc which plays for one hour and which is totally incompatible with their VLP video disc, now on sale in America. Their reasons are mainly that by keeping the physical size small and designing an audio-only system, price for both disc and player will be competitive — they quoted prices, when asked, of around £5 and £150 respectively at today's prices."
-- DUTCH AUDIO CLASSICS, "8 March 1979, The introduction of the Philips Compact Disc System"
Sources: www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/8-march-1979-introduction-philips-compact-disc-system, Facebook, various, etc...
