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Old 17-02-2008, 21:33
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I'm getting very worried about the future of the CD now everyone prefers to download. How long does it have left?, Save the CD!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 17-02-2008, 21:40
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LOL, from what I heard vinyl is making a comeback. So I don't see any reason why it should die, people will always have CD players in some form in their lives.
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Old 17-02-2008, 21:44
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I'm sure they've been saying this for many years. First Mini-disc was going to end CD's, and now MP3's. CD is still very much with us though. I wouldn't worry too much, I know that I personally prefer owning the CD of an album rather than relying on empty space on my computer. I would hope many more people are like that
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Old 17-02-2008, 21:56
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The CD is here to stay. Even people that download music like to burn it to cd to listen to at home.
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Old 17-02-2008, 22:56
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I really do hope they stick around for quite some time - I always think holding it in your hand, flicking through the artwork etc enhance the experience of listening to an album for the first time. Long Live physicals!
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:06
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I think that CDs are a long way from being dead. Hidef formats aren't catching on, and although downloads are useful there are still issues about DRM, compression and intangibility that will keep people buying CDs.

However, I think that music servers will kill the CD player before the CD itself is dead. I still buy plenty of CDs but haven't switched on my CD player for well over a year.
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:11
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I hate CD''s bring back vinyl!
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:18
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I say bring back 78's.
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:34
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I'll kill it tomorrow, it deserves death.
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:44
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I'll kill it tomorrow, it deserves death.
...because of?

The problem I have with downloading is that imagine all the songs you have purchased (assuming you are being a good boy or girl) and one day you get a hard drive failure and if you haven't backed up your hard drive then you can wave goodbye to your music collection in one swoop. On the other hand you couldn't do that with a CD collection in one go unless it got stolen lol

I would rather lovingly show off my CD collection then ponder aimlessly through a sub directory on my pooter.
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Old 17-02-2008, 23:46
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Just for a giggle.
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Old 18-02-2008, 07:03
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...because of?

The problem I have with downloading is that imagine all the songs you have purchased (assuming you are being a good boy or girl) and one day you get a hard drive failure and if you haven't backed up your hard drive then you can wave goodbye to your music collection in one swoop. On the other hand you couldn't do that with a CD collection in one go unless it got stolen lol

I would rather lovingly show off my CD collection then ponder aimlessly through a sub directory on my pooter.
Exactly my feelings. And what do you back up your music files to...? Yes, a compact disc!

Ah well, I'm an old luddite; I still have loads of vinyl I love to play.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:44
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Well considering over 80% of all music purchased is in CD format, rather than digital, I think it'll be a few years yet.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:50
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It will be some time yet. Perhaps CD singles will go first or they will be totally reinvented... ie free merchandise, extra mixes, new tracks etc. I do remember the total buzz in 1988 when I got my first CD player and I've loved building up my massive collection (think 11 crates during last move) and never thought downloading would impact my love for the physical CD. However, as I get older, I get less sentimental and more practical (ie, the next house move would be far easier with less CDs) so I've started selling off the CDs I own for just one track or the numerous compilations. But I won't be getting rid my fave artsits or rare items just yet, as I have more of an attachment to those.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:52
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I hate CD''s bring back vinyl!
I say bring back 78's.
I say bring back the piano and my toothless grandmother.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:53
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i hope they never get rid of the CD!
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:55
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Remember the days of cassettes tapes?

I still have so many songs from the 90's and early 00's on tape. Brings back great memories.

My parents have many classic vinyl cd's and an old vinyl player. Great for nostalgia.

I can't see CD's dying out soon. Downloads are the "in thing" but i still love to buy CD albums from my local HMV.
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Old 18-02-2008, 12:56
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I say bring back the piano and my toothless grandmother.
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Old 18-02-2008, 13:14
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I really do hope they stick around for quite some time - I always think holding it in your hand, flicking through the artwork etc enhance the experience of listening to an album for the first time. Long Live physicals!
LOL That's EXACTLY what everybody said about vinyl before CDs replaced it.
Incredibly ironic. It's like travelling in a time machine and hearing people back then in the 80s say EXACTLY the same thing about vinyl records and why they prefer them to CDs.

Personally I think CDs will eventually be replaced by something else.
They sold the idea of CDs to us with a lot of lies and bullshit. They were telling us that they're cheaper to make, so therefore they'll be cheaper to buy for the consumer.
They had some presenter on 'Tomorrow's World' demonstrating how tough and indestructible CD discs are by scratching the f'ck out of one with a compass, bending it, twisting it, and then smearing jam all over it. Then telling us they last a lifetime

LOL...it turns out that CDs tend to be incredibly delicate and fragile things. Now they tell us to not even get a fingerprint on one, and to not let any dust get on one or it might get scratched and get ruined for good, and that they do eventually wear out over time.
I hate CDs, they're always failing on me. I think that vinyl was probably more reliable for me.

So personally I think I'd prefer a more stable form of medium which I don't have to worry about scratching or getting greasy fingerprints on. I'm always worried that I might have ruined a CD. You have to be so careful and delicate with them that it feels as though you're handling an undetonated bomb that might explode if you handle them wrongly.

I think it's just a matter of time that CDs will be replaced by a different medium. probably a memory stick of some kind.
Already technology is arriving where you can just download a film onto a memory stick from your computer, then go and plug the memory stick into your TV and watch it there.

So if that technology becomes commonplace where computer and television equipment can speak to each other via information being stored on memory sticks for film,....then I think it would simply be a logical step to use that same medium for music as well.

So I believe that a form of medium like a variant of the flash memory stick will eventually replace the CD disc in time.
It's just going to be a whole lot easier than worrying about dust and scratches damaging the medium.
You've got an album on one of these memory stick things,...you plug into your computer, or your television, or your hi-fi, or your mobile player,...and you're good to go. Much more versatile.
They can still sell them in nice, pretty packaging for record releases.

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Old 18-02-2008, 13:32
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...because of?

The problem I have with downloading is that imagine all the songs you have purchased (assuming you are being a good boy or girl) and one day you get a hard drive failure and if you haven't backed up your hard drive then you can wave goodbye to your music collection in one swoop. On the other hand you couldn't do that with a CD collection in one go unless it got stolen lol

I would rather lovingly show off my CD collection then ponder aimlessly through a sub directory on my pooter.
But the OP is about the CD as a medium.
It's not CD versus 'nothing' (just space on your hard drive), at this point in time,... it's about looking at the future and about CD versus the new storage medium that may come along in the future.
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Old 18-02-2008, 13:37
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Exactly my feelings. And what do you back up your music files to...? Yes, a compact disc!

Ah well, I'm an old luddite; I still have loads of vinyl I love to play.
But you're looking at the question in context to the present moment in time.
You look at your computer and see a CD drive, and that's it, that's the only medium to burn your music onto as things stand right now. So of course that's going to be your only choice.

The question is about the future and emerging technology when you have the option of a new alternative and some new medium to copy music onto.

In the future you probably won't even need to 'burn' your music onto anything. You'll probably be able to just download your music directly onto that new storage medium, then unplug that storage medium from your computer. Then you have it in a physical form, stored as part of your collection, and can then plug it into your mp3 player to listen to it if you want.
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Old 18-02-2008, 14:12
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I must say I rely more on USB sticks and portable hard drives to back up my MP3 files rather than burning them to disc.
However, I still like to have the CD if it's one of my favourite artists.
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Old 12-03-2008, 19:14
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With a CD or a Vinyl.... If the product is rare, or whatever.... You can auction it off in 25 years time and make some money.

Now how exactly can one do that with downloads?
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Old 12-03-2008, 19:30
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With a CD or a Vinyl.... If the product is rare, or whatever.... You can auction it off in 25 years time and make some money.

Now how exactly can one do that with downloads?
Well, being downloadable probably means it's not too rare.

Physical copies can be limited, numbered etc... whereas digital ones can't (well, they can but not in the same way).
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Old 12-03-2008, 19:37
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Well vinyl didnt die for me as I have 1000s in my spare room as for CDs I do buy them but only albums by bands that I really like the rest I just download.

I can see single sales of CD diying but not albums.
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