Origins and Successors of the Compact Disc Contributions of Philips to Optical Storage /

• Main Authors: Peek, Hans (Author), Bergmans, Jan (Author), Haaren, Jos van (Author), Toolenaar, Frank (Author), Stan, Sorin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Philips Research, 11
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Information storage and retrieval.; Application software.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Electrical engineering.; Electrical Engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; History of Science.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Computer Applications.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.

In March 1979, a prototype of a ‘Compact Disc (CD) digital audio system’ was publicly presented and demonstrated to an audience of about 300 journalists at Philips in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This milestone effectively marked the beginning of the digital entertainment era. In the years to follow,...