Compact Disc Timeline of Events

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Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs , PhotoCD, PictureCD, CD-i, and...

Timeline of Events

1979

3.8.1979

Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.

1982

8.17.1982

The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.

10.1.1982

Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).

1983

3.2.1983

Compact Disc players and discs were released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had only been available in Japan before then.