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28 April 2006

"A laser sounds boring until you hear it work." "Digital audio is awesome!" Learn more about an astonishing new innovation, the Compact Digital Audio Disc Player. Available now from Sears^TM for only $589.99.

post by: killdevil at: 08:15 | 19 comments

Ah, for the days of wondrous technology concealed inside large metal boxes.

posted by selfnoise 28 April | 08:18

I like how the aforementioned pizza box has "LASER" in large capital letters on the disc tray. It's highly techmological.

posted by killdevil 28 April | 08:20

It'll never catch on.

posted by mike9322 28 April | 08:21

I love the little "light ding!" on the play button. You never see those anymore.

posted by selfnoise 28 April | 08:22

Here's the rest of the 1983 Sears Wishbook catalog.

posted by killdevil 28 April | 08:22

The leather telephone pictured on this page is pretty sweet.

posted by killdevil 28 April | 08:25

Interesting that they say "60 minutes" instead of the correct 74 (the length of Beethoven's 9th).

posted by kmellis 28 April | 08:28

Was the 74 minutes of the 9th a coincidence, or is that the reason we have 74 minute/650MB discs?

posted by GeckoDundee 28 April | 08:34

Makes you kind of miss 8-tracks.

posted by jonmc 28 April | 08:42

Ah yes, indestructable compact discs. They will never skip, pop, or get scratched.

posted by mygothlaundry 28 April | 09:11

It is the reason we have 74 minute disks.
Or, maybe not.

posted by seanyboy 28 April | 09:13

I have a few CDs from around the time they were introduced, and I love the way there's a blurb on the back explaining the technology, "handle as you would a record", "this digital audio Compact Disc provides..."

posted by Capn 28 April | 09:17

The length of Beethoven's 9th very much depends on how fast it is played...

posted by altolinguistic 28 April | 09:18

P.S. CDs are up to 74 minutes long because that was exactly the length of my commute to university.

posted by Capn 28 April | 09:18

squeeee!

posted by Capn 28 April | 09:55

jon, I just discovered that my roommate had never even heard of 8-tracks! She's not THAT young- 27, I think.

At the very least this shows she's had insufficient pick-up truck exposure. Our truck had one til the 90s.

posted by small_ruminant 28 April | 10:32

Ah yes, 8-tracks. I had a bunch of them right up to college in Rochester. They didn't handle the Rochester winters very well. But by then I was way more into my CB radio to care.

posted by tommasz 28 April | 11:36

The length of Beethoven's 9th very much depends on how fast it is played...
posted by altolinguistic 28 April | 09:18

Indeed.

posted by BoringPostcards 28 April | 11:47

I still have an old 8-track player, with record feature on it, no less. The record quality is better than cassettes cuz the tape is thicker.
Did/does anyone have a CD player from back in the day that had a loop feature on it? They no longer have the feature, but hours of fun if you have it.

posted by Hellbient 28 April | 11:49

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