Comments on: 1980 vs 2010 http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/ News for web and pop culture fanatics Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bolillo_loco http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/#comment-22098 bolillo_loco Wed, 26 May 2010 04:14:12 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=8133#comment-22098 Posted by somebody previously, "A CD in 1980? No way!!!" and that got me to thinking about it. I can clearly recall the first time I saw a CD and heard of them. I had just finished boot camp at Parris Island, and I'd gone into the Fleet at Camp Lejeune just as 1983 began to end. I'd seen CDs in the PX, and I'd also heard a local radio DJ boasting each time he'd play a song on the new CD format that was so crystal clear. Prior to that, I don't remember hearing about them, but information moved a lot slower back then. Being from the east coast, but sometimes stationed on the west coast, I couldn't believe the difference in television. It was like being in two different countries. I got to see Elvira the princess of darkness a full three or four years before she finally made it to main stream east coast TV. Back to the original story. I went to wiki and they stated that CDs had become commercially available in 1982. If I read correctly, the CD as we know it today, was first pressed in 1981, but the technology goes back to the middle 1970s. I remember seeing the huge silver discs in the late 1970s. They looked be the same size as a 12" record, so cds are exactly what they say... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc</a> Posted by somebody previously, "A CD in 1980? No way!!!" and that got me to thinking about it. I can clearly recall the first time I saw a CD and heard of them. I had just finished boot camp at Parris Island, and I'd gone into the Fleet at Camp Lejeune just as 1983 began to end. I'd seen CDs in the PX, and I'd also heard a local radio DJ boasting each time he'd play a song on the new CD format that was so crystal clear. Prior to that, I don't remember hearing about them, but information moved a lot slower back then. Being from the east coast, but sometimes stationed on the west coast, I couldn't believe the difference in television. It was like being in two different countries. I got to see Elvira the princess of darkness a full three or four years before she finally made it to main stream east coast TV.

Back to the original story. I went to wiki and they stated that CDs had become commercially available in 1982. If I read correctly, the CD as we know it today, was first pressed in 1981, but the technology goes back to the middle 1970s. I remember seeing the huge silver discs in the late 1970s. They looked be the same size as a 12" record, so cds are exactly what they say…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

]]> By: Juan Quijano http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/#comment-19052 Juan Quijano Mon, 03 May 2010 18:20:53 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=8133#comment-19052 CD in 1980? No way!! CD in 1980? No way!!

]]> By: Paquito http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/#comment-19037 Paquito Mon, 03 May 2010 15:48:11 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=8133#comment-19037 It took 30 years to compact all that staff into an smartphone (or iphone, i don't care)... but 30 years later we continue to use those huge DJ headphones! Isn't it a paradox? It took 30 years to compact all that staff into an smartphone (or iphone, i don't care)… but 30 years later we continue to use those huge DJ headphones! Isn't it a paradox?

]]> By: Shard http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/#comment-18751 Shard Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:42:38 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=8133#comment-18751 Thanks to Apple...? All cell phones do pretty much the same thing as the Iphone. And they were out well before it. If anything, Apple's just costlier. Thanks to Apple…?

All cell phones do pretty much the same thing as the Iphone. And they were out well before it. If anything, Apple's just costlier.

]]> By: Aquagoat http://topcultured.com/1980-vs-2010/#comment-18725 Aquagoat Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:51:13 +0000 http://topcultured.com/?p=8133#comment-18725 That iPhone was definitely just shopped in there. He is doing the same thing with both hands. Maybe you should throw an iPad in his other hand. That iPhone was definitely just shopped in there. He is doing the same thing with both hands. Maybe you should throw an iPad in his other hand.

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