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CDs 'could be history in five years'
Ananova ^
| November 12, 2003
Posted on 11/12/2003 1:02:12 PM PST by Perseverando
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To: RightWingNut
Just download them and hope for the best.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:16:57 PM PST
by
stanz
(Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Oh...I'm sure they'll make the packaging NOTICABLE....that's what you'll be paying for.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:18:07 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(We are living in fantastic times....the breakup of the US DEM-Commie Party is in progress)
To: Perseverando
Boy am I feeling old!
To: Sabertooth
Yeah, as I get older and my eyes get worse I grow more annoyed with CD covers.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:19:31 PM PST
by
discostu
(You figure that's gotta be jelly cos jam just don't shake like that)
To: Perseverando
Well now I have reason #1,258 to explain to my wife why we do not need a new computer at this holiday season.....
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:19:40 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Five clicks gets you 2600' of bright soft grass in the murkiness of night.)
To: Sabertooth
Ahhh, Yes...
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:19:46 PM PST
by
abner
(In search of a witty tag line...)
To: Sabertooth
That's one thing I miss about albums. I like the sound, but you can't take them in your car, and I'm planning on having children someday anyway...
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:20:59 PM PST
by
stands2reason
(REWARD! Tagline missing since 10/21. Pithy, clever. Last seen in Chat. Sentimental value.)
To: Freedom4US
Yeah, sure....
To: Freedom4US
Cool! I've got an old "portable" GE with a slipping belt I've been wanting to refurbish. Sure I've got a cool snazzy new one too, but you can't have too many functioning turn tables.
The new ones coming out are cool. Classic retro stylings, and most of them also have a CD player.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:22:07 PM PST
by
discostu
(You figure that's gotta be jelly cos jam just don't shake like that)
To: RightWingNut
Let's see. First the albums (I'm old and remember albums), then the cassettes, eight tracks anyone (all the other old timers will remember those), and now CD's. You forgot reel to reel... My dad had reel to reel... It was great.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:22:29 PM PST
by
abner
(In search of a witty tag line...)
To: Perseverando
It's already history. So is the CD. I have this:
I'll never go back to lugging around CDs again!
I don't care if they make them the size of an aspirin. I don't need it nor do I want it. The ones I carry are the size of a bit and byte.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:22:41 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: Sabertooth
And let's not forget the perfect use for your album covers.....Those seeds just rolled out of the weed and could be neatly funneled down the crease.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:23:16 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Five clicks gets you 2600' of bright soft grass in the murkiness of night.)
To: discostu
I disagree with you IMHO. The fundamental limitation of CDs are that they require moving parts to work -- a drive to spin them. The trend of technology has always been away from moving or otherwise "active" parts, especially in the last 20 years.
For this reason alone the CD will become obsolete.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:23:18 PM PST
by
tom h
To: oceanview
Yea, the RIAA and MPAA would love to make everything a pay-per-listen/view instead of pay-per-copy.
Given their tyrannitcal actions over the years, I would love to see them go down in flames.
To: Perseverando
This just in, HDTV will make the traditional TV we all grew up with obsolete in a couple of years - 1988
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:24:11 PM PST
by
SengirV
To: discostu
You're right about vinyl still being around, but that's only because a good record player beats the pants off of a good cd player in sound quality any day of the week.
Now, I've only heard SACDs a couple times, and if Sony ever decides to lower the price of those things a little bit, they really might be able to give vinyl a run for its money.
But it all depends on the sound quality on these new things as to whether it goes anywhere in the long run.
To: tom h
I'm not saying CDs will be around forever, not by any stretch. But whatever replaces them will need to fit the environment. One of the reasons DATs never took off was they were too small and too easy to steal (or lose).
Everything becomes obsolete eventually, but I don't think this technology as is will do it to CDs. With some modofications it could, but right now it's too miniaturized (there actually are reasons not to keep making things smaller).
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:26:00 PM PST
by
discostu
(You figure that's gotta be jelly cos jam just don't shake like that)
To: Perseverando
"Scientists say each **paper-thin** device could store more than a gigabyte of information - equivalent to 1,000 high quality images - in one **cubic** centimetre of space"
Hmmm....
To: Freedom4US
Great link...Thanks!
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:29:15 PM PST
by
radioman
To: Viva Le Dissention
Some of it is sound quality, thoughg these days with EQs you can make that pretty even. I know for me there's a tactile sensation to LPs that nothing else has that makes them very emotionally satisfying. It feels good to take that 12" platter from it's sleave, look it over for flaws, give it a quick dust, put it on the turn table, start the spin, grab the needle (never liked automatic arm movement) and place it on the record, that {schwunk} sound as the needle first makes contact with the lead section. There's a part of me that will always consider that a vital part of listening to music and no other format has it.
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posted on
11/12/2003 1:29:39 PM PST
by
discostu
(You figure that's gotta be jelly cos jam just don't shake like that)
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