Today, Sony's Digital Audio Disc Corp. will welcome crowds of people into its highly competitive and even higher-tech world to celebrate a milestone -- 20 years of production at its flagship plant in ...

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James Russell's mother told him that his first invention was the “automated battleship” he built when he was 6. By the time he was 13, he was fixing toasters, irons and fans at a local appliance store ...

World’s first CD manufactured at Philips factory near Hanover, Germany, on August 17, 1982 Philips and Sony co-developed CD – over 200 billion CDs sold in last 25 years CD ushered in shift from ...

After nearly 30 years, the surround sound format war enters a new chapter with DTS:X soundtracks now available on Disney+. A long time ago, on a medium far, far away, two companies began a format war.

If you’re looking for ways to clear out space in your living room, ditching your collection of Blu-ray and DVD movies is one option, but you don’t want to get rid of the movies themselves, fo course.

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...