Charting the Evolution 1877 - 2017 - Features - Mixmag

Storing stuff in the Information age

Television video tape recorder (RCA 1964 TR-4) 1966 promo film

Explore the insides of these devices and how they work.

The Story of the First Format War | by Jamie Logie | The Startup | Medium

Kodak failure case study. There are a bunch of film companies but none as large as Kodak back in the day. I included this information because I used to live in Rochester, NY. Kodak and Xerox were both really important to so many people back in the day. Unfortunately, Kodak went bankrupt and is now only a shell of its' former self.

I remember my friend's family owned this technology. Even cooler was the LaserDisc of the complete Steelers super bowl game! This was back in the early eighties.

Why did the Laserdisc not catch on? This gentleman explains.

Learn more about floppy disks in this video

Wikipedia explains CD-ROMs in detail.

Learn more about the DVD through Wikipedia's in depth research.

Sound Matters explains how this beloved recording media is made.

I like this PDF describing recording history. Well done!

Wikipedia does a good job in describing recording media which makes recording possible.

First Recorded Sound: Scott, Edison and History of Invention | Time

1860 'Phonautograph' Is Earliest Known Recording : NPR

Origins of Sound Recording: The Inventors - Thomas Edison National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

The First Video Recording Ever Made and How Far We’ve Come– Legacybox

November 11, 1951...First Video Image From Magnetic Tape - Eyes Of A Generation...Television's Living History

The New York Times explores Kodak's invention of the digital camera

A Brief Illustrated Historical Overview from FILMDAFT

Everything you can ever want to know about this groundbreaking invention.

Video of a vintage reel to reel recorder. My parents owned a recorder quite similar to this recorder. This recorder still contains the sound of my voice and my brother's voice from some point in the mid 70s.

Here's a nice overview of recording technology

Search recording technology on Google

Here's some more history about early recording technology.