Compact Discs Turn 25-Years-Old

Considering the fact that compact discs are still widely used today, it’s almost hard to believe that today marks their 25th birthday. In celebration, I think we all owe it to the format to think back to your very first audio CD purchase. That’s what the staff at Engadget did, and all I can say is Billy Joel? Seriously? Mine was Green Day – Dookie, an album I still listen to quite frequently.

Now with some 200 billion discs having been sold worldwide — and probably twice as many distributed gratis by AOL in its dial-up heyday — it would seem that the original shiny little platter is unquestionably in its golden years, with more convenient or capacious formats replacing it on almost every front.

Source: Engadget