Optical Disc (First Generation)

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The optical disc is a form of technology that first emerged in the late 1970s and progressively developed throughout the 80s and early 90s. The optical disc consists of a round plastic disc encoded with data through the use of pits on the disc's surface which are read by an infrared laser. The laserdisc, the first iteration of the optical disc format, was capable of audio and video playback through analog encoding. Subsequent iterations of first generation discs were capable of digital playback, but without the ability for video playback.

What makes a first generation optical disc

The commercial interests

Geography/regional development

Recording vs. consuming ... spectrum of capabilities

Dematerialization (Kittler) Discretization (Stiegler)

LaserDisc

Laserdisc graveyard in the future

Video CD

Sony MZ1 MiniDisc Recorder

MiniDisc

Sony MZ1 MiniDisc Recorder
Cartridge Assembly
MiniDisc Trademark Logo

Interesting Conclusions

Works Cited