Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

Streaming music platforms have been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for good reasons. A lot of people who use streaming music services (which includes virtually all of us) are also quite ...

Ever noticed rainbow colors on a CD? Learn why CDs reflect light this way and the science behind those dazzling patterns.

At the time, much was made of CD's resistance to wear and tear! In a 1981 episode of Tomorrow's World, presenter Kieran Prendiville dragged a stone across one poor disc's surface to demonstrate it's ...

In 1982, when the BBC's prime-time technology show – Tomorrow's World – did a segment on a new musical format called the "Compact Disc" the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

Sony launched the world’s first CD player on this day in 1982, kickstarting the compact disc digital audio era.

It’s not something you think about most days. In fact, it’s almost taken for granted: The compact disc’s days as a viable medium for music are nearly over. Oh, I’m not telling you anything you don’t ...

Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out online ...

Is this a recent development, or are you a die-hard compact disc fan? What do you like about the format?

Yamaha prepares for a new dawn of the Compact Disc, with a CD multi-changer named the CD-C603 The CD-C603 can play MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV or FLAC files stored on a USB thumbdrive, as well as music on ...