Wednesday, 21 July 2010
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Is the Death of the CD Looming?
I was just reading and article that asked the question, "Is the Death of the CD looming?"
The author of the article mentioned that more people are getting their music through iTunes and other Internet sources. Here is the link: Link
I guess I am the only one that still buys CDs to listen to in the car.
Is the death of the CD looming?
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Yep.
I still use CDs. I have noticed an increasing amount of people using microchips though. At least here in Germany it's becoming a big hit.
records are making a comeback. so I don't think CDs are dead quite yet. they'll have their day again.
Slowly but surely.
As an audio format it is. Though the CD has taken over floppy disks.
I think so. I do see a comeback of vinyl though, which I think is awesome. I want a turntable and some sweet records to listen to music at home. We don't listen to CDs anymore except in the car and I would rather listen to MP3s in the car if I had one of those players.
I never buy CDs, but I'm also a pirating fiend.
For me yes. I buy about 1 a year.
I still buy CDs to play in my car. However, the end seems to be near...slowly but surely.
err, whats a CD?
They'll still be around for quite a while longer. Artists are still going to produce them. I only buy CD's from bands that I REALLY support. If I like a band enough I'll buy all their CD's.
I've always been interested into turning spare CD's into spinning projectiles of death.
I think they'd always have a place in recreational serial killing or third world torture dungeons.
Yep. In most cases, $15 for 12 or so songs, half or more of which I won't like or listen to, or $1 a song for stuff that I actually like. Damn, that's a tough one! The hubby still buys the occasional CD and I coast off of his collection for car rides.
I haven't bought an album in years. But I do still burn CD's for my car since I'm too lazy to keep my iPod charged / bring it everywhere.
I think the CD still has some life in it, but it's definitely not as amazing as it was in the '80s. If anything, it'll continue as a form of cheap data storage, along with all the other forms of data storage that are co-existing right now.
No. People will still want physical media and I don't think we've found the Next Best Thing from the CD. Flash memory devices could be an alternative, but the studios don't have a way to DRM those to death that can't be defeated in a trivial amount of time, so no, I don't think CDs are dead. On the decline? Yes. But dead? Absolutely not.
of course it is, same way that tapes and albums died. However i do think they are good for giving off music or information to other people. until they start making 1 dollar flashdrives it still makes more sense to burn music for friends onto cds.
vinyl sounds better than cd
I still buy CDs. I hate iTunes-bought music.
Is it just sad that I can recall having a similar conversation when 8 tracks started to phase out? We use our ipod in the car. I haven't purchased a CD in a year at least.
I still buy CDs and burn them onto my computer. I asked for an iPod for Christmas a couple of years ago because I think CDs will be phased out within 10 years.
I still use my CDs and I do like getting CDs of music that is not available on Itunes, but yes, I think CDs are on their way out.
@suggestivetongue - I have a turn table and all my old records still lol. It's fun to break them out and play them on Saturdays while I clean house or whatever. I'd buy records again if I saw them out for sure.
I don't buy CDs anymore, unless an album is genuinely unavailable in MP3 form.
My local Wal-Mart has trimmed considerably the number of CDs it offers for sale.
I sure hope not... The day the CD dies is the day I stop legally buying music. Everything else is packed with DRM that doesn't let you do anything with the music, including burning it to a CD, transferring it (easily) from one computer to another, and in some cases putting it on your personal listening device. It's ridiculous, I payed for the damn song, I shouldn't have to jump through all these hoops to use it, it's nothing but a burden on the paying customers, which is exactly why it fails. I have never used iTunes and never intend to, and it will be a cold day in Hell before I ever trust buying music from the net again.
@Soul_Pizza - I buy all my MP3s through Amazon.com and Napster (the new legal service, not the old pirating one!). Both sell tracks that are DRM free. To heck with iTunes, lol.