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CD-R A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session.

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Super Audio CD Super Audio CD (SACD) is a high-resolution, read-only optical audio disc format developed by Sony and Philips Electronics , the same companies that created the Compact Disc. SACD is designed to provide high-resolution audio in...

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...(Sony) or around 44,000 samples/s (Philips). When the Sony/Philips task force designed the Compact Disc, Philips had already developed a 14-bit D/A converter , but Sony insisted on 16-bit. In the end, 16 bits and 44.1 kilosamples per...

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...of cannibalizing its video recorder sales. Later Philips would join with Sony to launch the first commercial laser disk standard and players, and again in 1982 with Sony to launch Compact Disc. This evolved to the present day DVD, which...

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Teamed with Sony, Philips used the Magnavox brand name to introduce Compact Disc standard and equipment for consumer audio with the Magnavox player sold in department stores while the Sony CDP-101 went to high-end audio stores. The...

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...with MCA, Philips brought the optical videodisk to market in 1978. The cooperation between Philips and MCA did not last long, and discontinued after a few years. The Compact Disc (CD), which is based on MCA/Philips Laserdisc...

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...Green Book , which was co-developed by Philips and Sony in 1986 (not to be confused with MMCD, the pre-DVD format also co-developed by Philips and Sony). The first Philips CD-i player, released in 1991 and initially priced around USD $700, is...

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...Disc in partnership with Sony. In 1991, Philips introduced CD-i, the Compact Disc Interactive system which was sold in the interactive kiosk market with some models featuring video game related content. In 1992, Philips launched the...

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...based on optical videodisc technology. In 1979, Philips and Sony decided to join forces, and Immink took part in the joint Sony/Philips task force, which developed the Compact Disc standard, the Red Book . He contributed to the EFM and CIRC...

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