[SunkenCiv]

CDs have been under pressure for a over a decade — number one, they became trivial to reproduce; number two, their price didn’t come down appreciably even with the advent of the DVD; number three, music downloads, mp3s and other compressions, including piracy in said format; and number four, BluRay, which one of Sony’s people said would be the last optical format.

I still like reading the little booklets, and miss gatefold LPs. Don’t you? ;’)

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Yup. I still prefer to purchase music on CD because I like having artwork and liner notes.

[Mad Dawgg]

" Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today..."

"CDs have been under pressure for a over a decade — number one, they became trivial to reproduce; number two, their price didn’t come down appreciably even with the advent of the DVD; number three, music downloads, mp3s and other compressions..."

I've noticed lately that local bands who record their music for sale at their gigs are replacing CD sales with Flash Drive Sales.

Seems many of the services that deal in reproducing music for unsigned/independent bands now have a product that is a non-erasable Flash Drive that can hold not only a band's music but videos and photos and even links to the band's website.

So this claim of Apple killing the CD is a bit of a misnomer being that companies like "Disc Makers" have offered this service for nearly a year now.

[dmz]

I still like reading the little booklets, and miss gatefold LPs.

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And the gatefold lps doubled as a very convenient way to rid your stash of seeds as well. Uh, so I heard.

Try doing that with a memory stick or even a cd.

[dragnet2]

Funny how these new developments surrounding computers cause the most wasted time and wasted productivity.

Whatever new PC technology creates like new operating systems etc, it is outweighed by the time wasted converting over to the new latest technologies...

It's all about $....Force people to buy more stuff.