Karaoke Technology: The Evolution of Singing Along tedium.co

Today in Tedium: Apologies to Chris Carrabba and his decades-old heartbreak, but my favorite karaoke song is totally at the Dashboard Confessional singer’s expense.
During the height of the emo era, I was shocked that the heart-bleeding-on-floor anthem “Screaming Infidelities” was commonly featured in the books at karaoke bars, because it seemed like the opposite of a good karaoke song.
Speaking of karaoke, tonight's Tedium is about the technology that makes karaoke possible.
Major technology companies, like Pioneer and JVC, were also big players in the karaoke industry during this era.
There was not a karaoke industry in the United States a decade prior, but it was a big enough deal that the Summer Consumer Electronics Show that year had a dedicated event to highlight the karaoke industry.