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Impeccably Accurate CD Player Scans Discs Multiple Times For Errors
It turns out that even the most expensive of home stereo CD players are still occasionally susceptible of incorrectly reading the data on the disc, which can ruin the listening experience. So a company called Parasound has created the CD 1, a Linux-powered standalone CD player that actually reads a disc multiple times during playback to find and eliminate errors.
How Often Do You Use Your Computer’s Optical Drive?
Thirty years ago, the CD was born. This, of course, was the medium that would usher in the era of optical drives, a technology that dominated personal computing for decades. And though it’s not completely dead, it’s certainly on its way out. In fact, I honestly can’t even remember the last time I used mine. How often do you still use yours?
What Did You Do With Your Old CDs And DVDs?
Because we’re not all artists who can turn dead media into a gigantic skull, I’m curious as to what you guys have done with your dusty collection of CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, VHS tapes and all other old, physical media? It seems heartless to toss ‘em out but they’re also so completely useless. What to do?
Huge Skull Made From VHS Tapes And CDs Is A Fitting Afterlife For Dead Media
I have a gigantic case full of CDs that I have no idea what to do with. Do I toss them out? Do I save them for my kids? I’m sure other people have the same questions with their dead physical media — CDs, video tapes, DVDs, soon to be Blu-rays — what’s going to happen to all of that? Why not turn it into a giant skull?
What Was Your First CD Purchase?
It’s the 30th anniversary of the world’s first CD today, and it got me thinking about my first CD purchase. It’s a special time in a person’s life when they buy their first CD with their own money. I know that when I bought my first CD I raced home, tore of the clear packaging and threw it into the player. That CD didn’t see light outside of the tray for weeks. Sadly, upon reflection, it was a pretty embarrassing purchase.
The History Of The Compact Disc
30 years ago today, workers in a factory outside of Hanover, Germany played host to executives from Polygram, Sony and Philips. These executives were here to see something they knew was going to be special. After a while, they were handed a small, circular disc. These executives were holding the first Compact Disc ever pressed. 30 years have passed since that day, and now, on the technology’s 30th birthday, we take a look back at how it became one of the world’s most popular formats.
Toshiba Laptops: Shiny But Deadly?
There’s a word for this story, and that word is “ouch”. A New Zealander is seeking compensation from Toshiba after a spike of metal flew out of his laptop and impaled his hand.
