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Article: CDs: more than music. (understanding the various types of compact disc)
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- School Arts
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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A few years ago, you brought your stereo system toward state-of-the-art sound by buying a CD player, which brought you perfectly reproduced music through digital sound. Now, lots of you have a CD-Changer which costs about the same as your single player. Soon you'll be looking it Kodak's Photo CD or one of the new CD-I players. There are several pieces of equipment brandishing the -D monogram. Let's try to clarify the various CD drives and players, what they do, how they differ and what you can do with them in your art program.
In 1982, just a few years after videodiscs made their debut, CDs (Compact Discs) were introduced as an audio-delivery medium. This ...