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
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Philips Research, 11
• Subjects: Engineering.; Science > History.; Information storage and retrieval systems.; Computer science.; Information systems.; Physical optics.; Computer engineering.; Electrical Engineering.; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices.; History of Science.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Computer Applications.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9553-5

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,...

Table of Contents:

• 1 General introduction
• 2 The Philips prototype of the CD system
• 3 The CD system as standardized by Philips and Sony
• 3.1 Introduction to publication of the CD digital audio system
• 4 CD standards and formats
• 5 Digital Versatile Discs
• 6 Blu-Ray Disc.