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.