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Do You Think Compact Discs Will Soon be just a Memory ?

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I think it's a definate possibility.

I was in Best Buy tonight. and noticed a strange sight... The part of the store that sells puters and iPods and generic mp3 players was hopping, while the half stocked aisles where the cd's are sold might as well have had tumbleweeds blowing through it.

It kind of symbolized for me what's happening in the music business.

Companies have been losing money for years, now. I think 'hard copies' of music will soon be a thing of the past.

Is this a good thing ? Will it actually happen ?

Thoughts ?
 
There will always be a market for physical media, for both music and movies. As much as its demand may have declined, it's hardly a failing endeavor to produce CDs and DVDs. I don't even think the physical media itself will change that much, at least not in the near future. The compact disc has remained unchanged for the last 20 years. It works. Even with the advent of high definition DVDs, they're still just a slightly better version of the same thing. The disc format works well for both music and movies and depite all of the movement toward digitally-obtained entertainment, I don't see CDs and DVDs going away anytime too soon.

There will always be people who enjoy having something tangible for their money. I'm one of them.
 
CDs are already just a memory for me. I haven't bought one since. . .uh. . . .I can't even remember. Two years ago I got a new car equipped with a 6 cd disk changer. It's never been used.
 
doctorsun said:
There will always be a market for physical media, for both music and movies. As much as its demand may have declined, it's hardly a failing endeavor to produce CDs and DVDs. I don't even think the physical media itself will change that much, at least not in the near future. The compact disc has remained unchanged for the last 20 years. It works. Even with the advent of high definition DVDs, they're still just a slightly better version of the same thing. The disc format works well for both music and movies and depite all of the movement toward digitally-obtained entertainment, I don't see CDs and DVDs going away anytime too soon.

There will always be people who enjoy having something tangible for their money. I'm one of them.
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i totally agree with you. and besides i am not about to have another piece of equipment in the house i cannot figure out how to use. i have enough trouble as it is with cd, dvd, vhs, and and audio/vidio player.

i cannot keep track of them now as it is and i find it most irritating when i cannot get the remotes to work as i think they should.

i really need someone to come to my house and show me again, how all these things work.

as it is i have enough trouble dealing with change. i really do not think i could take having to deal with another change regarding cd/s.
let them wait until i am no longer around and then they can do what ever they like.

i just bought a new cell phone and i still cannot figure out how the voice activation works. and in addition this one does not beep when there is a message waiting for you as did the old one. i needed this new cell phone like a hole in my head - the other one worked fine until the FCC changed their rules about supporting certain features.

blaah humbug.](*,)](*,)](*,)​


eM.:(​
 
CD's will always be around no matter what! Most people buy MP3 devices for its convenience, but there are still many others that won't sacrifice the quality of the music for it's convenience.
CD's have a greater bit rate, and greater dynamic range. With MP3's you lose all of that! I have an Ipod, but I get everything ripped from my CD's at a bit rate of 320 Kbps. I'll only use my ipod when I'm running or traveling, but in my car and in my home, I always use cd, even though I have an iPod AUX Input.
CD's Will always be around, and hopefully everyone will begin to realize that they are losing the quality of their music when they listen to MP3's!!
 
Some of us do not have iPods or MP3 players. . . nor are we ever likely to own one.

Besides, believe it or not, there are still people out there who do not have access to the Internet. . . and some don't even have computers!!
 
Unfortunately for Croynan, Yes, I think that CD's will be just a memory in the not too distant future.

Why use physical memory when you can carry around a memory chip with all of your music on it?

Everything will just be positive and negative charges in the future.

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Also consider that January is a very slow selling month for music for two reasons. There are very few new releases and the stores are still restocking from all the selling they did before Christmas which is their busiest time of the year.

The younger crowd don't buy CDs like we used to 15 years ago but its far from dead yet.
 
Love my ipod and I will never go back....they will be pulling those little white headphones outa my cold dead ears.
 
what the f**k is a compact disk????


j/k yea they are on their way out like the cassette tape and those before it. mush cheaper and easier to dl it.
 
I know cds are on the way out.

I work at Target, and on our new release wall we sell cards. the cards allow you to just download the mp3s, and it's a dollar cheaper than the cd.
 
The CD had a lot to offer in 1984. It was smaller, lighter, lasted longer, and sounded better than the current popular music medium of choice (LP/cassette).

The CD has nothing to offer in 2008. It's larger, bulkier, and costlier to ship than the current popular medium of choice (mp3/mp4). They do sound better than mp3s, but the public has announced that they don't mind - actually, they don't even notice - the difference in sound quality. Once more people learn to get their music into digital devices, the CD will fade. It might still stick around in a limited way for "audiophiles" - classical and jazz lovers especially aren't overly fond of mp3 players - but it certainly won't be the dominate form of music delivery by 2015. Or perhaps 2009.

Lex
 
gsdx said:
Some of us do not have iPods or MP3 players. . . nor are we ever likely to own one.

Besides, believe it or not, there are still people out there who do not have access to the Internet. . . and some don't even have computers!!
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its ok ill buy u one :kiss:





remember me?? :-<
 
What's a CD? :rotflmao:

I am sure they will be around for a while yet...mind you they said that about vinyl and look what happened there.
 
I could care less about ipods and mp3 players.I still play my old albums on my turntable.
I do not conform easily.
I never even bought a cd player till 1994!
This world is in too much of a damn rush all the time to change things.What's the damn hurry?:grrr:
 
Dead. Done. Kaput. I say embrace and enjoy the new technologies. That's what they are there for. I still can't beleive you can carry around a lifetime supply of music on a device the size of a thumb drive which has no moving parts. Oh yeah. CD's are done. Not a hope in hell.
 
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