Introducing The Amazing Compact Disc | 1982 | Retro vintage 80s technology
3.7M views · Jun 10, 2015 · Science & Technology
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@VilleMetsola · 6 years ago
How I miss this elegant, articulate presentation that used to be the norm.
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@mielthesquid6536 · 4 years ago
Love how they pay respect to old technology before introducing the new one.
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@romanhorak5503 · 7 years ago
Lol “scratch proof and dust proof”
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@ErnestTBass644 · 2 years ago
That lady had an A++++++++ introduction to the segment. VERY well done.
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@Zoomer30 · 6 years ago
1982: CDs are so much better than LP vinyl records.<br>2019: Vinyl records being sold in stores again.
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@jasonedward · 6 years ago
"Until the day that someone perfects the method of putting Beethovens 9th on a silicon chip" she was pretty damn close
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@emilyapricot1313 · 4 years ago
I appreciate that they took significant time here to discuss the history of home audio, and with authentic museum pieces.
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@ronvitale · 2 years ago
I still have my first compact discs from 1986 and they still work fine. Amazing technology.
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@PixelDrift64 · 6 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tx6TYnPat8&t=341">5:41</a> "You're listening on a conventional TV set" - Imagine explaining how we're actually watching it
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@TorukMakTor · 6 years ago
2089:<br>- Dad, what is YouTube?<br>- An ancient radio, or something like that.
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@MegaTeeruk · 4 years ago
Can we take a moment to appreciate how actually informative this was?
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@batson4297 · 8 months ago
Damn 1982. I saw cd for the first time in 1996
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