The compact disc’s last stand

True / Slant ^ | 22 March 2010 | Michele Catalano

[kitkat]

***I’m sorry - but as photographers having had 2 external hard drives crash and 1 we’re not able to open at the moment has made me LOVE CD’s. I like having that initial back up for the master copy of our pics.***

I had the same thought, and I don’t even have any tunes on my computer. But, if I did, I’d hate to start all over again collecting the music.

[America_Right]

Close! The Wall and Wish You Were Here.

[magritte]

Wow...I think it was Bop Til You Drop by Ry Cooder, maybe Jeff Beck - Wired ...

[norge]

Blanks aren't where you build a market for a media type...

Understood. But my use is utilitarian. However, in my experience with MD's, I am amazed that they didn't rise to a higher level of use, given their flexibility and durability vs. CD's. To me, it is a far superior format.

[Old Student]

“USB memory sticks have taken over that function.
The cost per gb keeps going down.
I have two or three of them that I can carry in my pocket, and have never filled any of them.”

Thumb drives die, too. I've killed about six of them, so far, starting with 128mb. The latest to die was a 4gb. Flash is not an archival format. Music and documents, both.

I'm a graduate student at OU, and having them die is PITA.

OS

[csvset]

While we are talking about music and the various formats, later today I hope to use my USB turntable to play my LPs and then burn them to a CD.

I received it as a gift last Christmas and am now just getting around to playing with it.

The software that comes with it has so many options and features,(many that I'll undoubtedly not use), but, if I can convert LPs to CDs, then I'll be happy.

[I still care]

I buy MP3’s of media I like and enjoy. I buy hard copies of things I adore and don’t want to risk, especially expensive cd’s. For instance, my Ella Fitzgerald songbooks. (These are not reallybooks; they are just the name of certain series).

Also, MP3’s come without any notes. As a real music lover, I like the notes along with info listed such as musicians.