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| March 2025 |
Phonograph cylinder
Needlejuice Records released four new wax cylinder singles: Tally Hall's 'Hidden in the Sand' and 'Mucka Blucka', Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements', and Napoleon XIV's 'They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!'.
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| August 2023 |
Stem Player
The newly established Stem company launches a new Stem Player variant developed with Bhavi, featuring exclusive music.
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| June 2023 |
Stem Player
Kano Computing Ltd goes into administration and is acquired by Alex Klein in a pre-packaged transaction.
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| May 2023 |
Phonograph cylinder
Needlejuice Records released wax cylinder singles for Lemon Demon songs 'Touch-Tone Telephone' and 'The Oldest Man On MySpace'.
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| April 8 2023 |
Stem Player
J DILLA skin for the Stem Player becomes available, including a 1-year subscription to J DILLA-related content and previously unreleased instrumentals.
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| January 2023 |
Stem Player
Following West's antisemitic remarks, Kano ends collaboration and announces discontinuation of the Donda Stem Player after selling remaining 5,000 units. They also announce a new Stem Player variant with Ghostface Killah.
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| 2022 |
Stem Player
Emulated versions of the Stem Player service were widely circulated online following criticism of the device's cost.
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| February 2022 |
Stem Player
Kanye West announces he will release music exclusively through the Stem Player, beginning with his album Donda 2, marking a significant shift in his music distribution strategy.
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| 2021 |
Compact Cassette
Cassette tape sales in the UK reached their highest number since 2003.
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| October 2021 |
Stem Player
Stem Player begins shipping to purchasers, pre-loaded with three tracks from Donda's deluxe release: 'Life of the Party', 'Never Abandon Your Family', and 'Up From The Ashes'.
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| August 25 2021 |
Stem Player
Stem Player launches for pre-sale under the initial name 'Donda Stem Player'.
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| April 2019 |
Phonograph cylinder
The podcast Hello Internet released ten limited edition wax cylinder recordings.
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| January 2019 |
Stem Player
Kanye West meets Kano Computing CEO Alex Klein at CES Technology Show in Las Vegas, which leads to an invitation to West's Calabasas home for breakfast. West confirms he is developing a portable stem player.
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| 2018 |
Blu-ray Disc recordable
Launch of quadruple-layer BD-R XL with 128 GB capacity, which only exists as a write-once variant.
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| 2018 |
Compact Cassette
National Audio Company began producing their own magnetic tape, becoming the world's first known manufacturer of an all-new tape stock.
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| 2018 |
Blu-ray
A 'Blu-ray renaissance' began, with boutique Blu-ray labels gaining popularity among collectors and physical media enthusiasts.
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| December 2017 |
Blu-ray
The specification for an 8K Blu-ray format was completed, specifically designed for Japanese public broadcasters like NHK for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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| June 2017 |
Phonograph cylinder
The Cthulhu Breakfast Club podcast released a special limited wax cylinder edition of a show.
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| 2016 |
Compact Cassette
Cassette sales in the United States rose by 74% to 129,000 units.
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| January 2016 |
Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and players became available in the first quarter, offering an enhanced variant compatible with 4K resolution and storage capacity up to 100 GB.
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| 2015 |
Compact Cassette
Urban Outfitters began selling new pre-recorded cassettes, blank cassettes, and players, contributing to the format's modest resurgence.
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| 2015 |
Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray specification introduced, supporting 4K UHD video with up to 60 progressive frames per second, high dynamic range (HDR), and 10-bit color depth using Rec. 2020 color space.
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| 2014 |
Compact Cassette
National Audio Company mass-produced the 'Awesome Mix #1' cassette from the film Guardians of the Galaxy, producing over 10 million tapes.
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| 2011 |
Compact Cassette
Diamond Studios opened its cassette production plant in Botswana.
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| August 9 2011 |
Blu-ray
PlayStation 3 software update version 3.70 enabled playing DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio while playing 3D Blu-ray.
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| 2010 |
Phonograph cylinder
The British musical group The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing released the track 'Sewer' on a limited edition of 40 wax cylinders, with only 30 put on sale.
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| 2010 |
Blu-ray Disc recordable
Introduction of BD-R XL, BD-RE XL (triple-layer) Blu-ray discs with 100 GB storage capacity.
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| 2010 |
Compact Cassette
Botswana-based Diamond Studios announced plans to establish a cassette production plant to combat piracy.
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| December 2010 |
Blu-ray
By the end of the year, 28.5 million Blu-ray Disc playback devices were sold in the United States, demonstrating substantial market adoption.
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| October 22 2010 |
Compact Cassette
Sony announced the end of cassette Walkman production, marking a shift away from analog portable music players due to the rise of digital music devices like Apple's iPod.
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| September 21 2010 |
Blu-ray
Sony added Blu-ray 3D support to its PlayStation 3 console via a firmware upgrade.
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| April 21 2010 |
Blu-ray
PlayStation 3 gained 3D gaming capability through a software update.
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