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Compact Disc death foretold for 2012
Reghardware ^ | 11/07/11 | Caleb Cox

Posted on 12/01/2011 6:16:52 AM PST by Libloather

Compact Disc death foretold for 2012
Major record labels to kill format?
By Caleb Cox
7th November 2011 15:45 GMT

The major record labels are planning to kill off the CD format by the end of next year to make way for digital downloads only.

That's the claim made by music site Side-Line which says it heard whispers that the end of the CD is nigh from music industry insiders.

That said, it has failed to get any official confirmation from the labels, though that's not perhaps surprising.

The notion is that, by the end of 2012, the majors will focus entirely on downloads. The only CDs that will go on sale through 2013 and beyond will be special editions and albums from the biggest artists.

If true - we're not entirely convinced; we can't see the majors acting in such harmony - the news could spell even bigger profits for digital content suppliers Amazon and iTunes, while ruining bricks'n'mortar stores like HMV, which already struggles due to the rise in digital-download popularity.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; cd; compact; disc
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To: kalee

Feel the same and ‘do’ the same/lol. Love mah books! They are as much a part of my home as is the furniture. (Husband downloads; I can do same on my i-pad; but no; paper versus notebook/tablet; no comparison/sigh. Of course, realize the ‘day will come’. Just will not be mine; however.


41 posted on 12/01/2011 8:43:56 AM PST by cricket (Newt. . .the 'anti-Obama' ; and America's antidote, for Obama presidency.)
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To: luvbach1
And yes, I know there’s already Kindle.

And the Kindle is a mass market device that didn't enter the field until the technology had already reached a level of maturity warranting the risk of a huge inventory mass market launch.

Electronic book sales online already outnumber paper book sales online, and the market for practical purposes did not start until Sony launched the Sony Libre (only available in Japan) back in 2004. Seven years to surpass paper is fairly rapid adoption.

42 posted on 12/01/2011 9:19:48 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Mygirlsmom

What is wrong with earbuds?


43 posted on 12/01/2011 9:34:52 AM PST by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: luvbach1

Books are nice but bulky. I’ve gone over to a Kindle simply because I don’t have room for all the books!
Personally, I think the Kindle readers are nicer than the Kindle Fire (which is pretty darn good!). The Kindle Fire’s primary advantage is that I can read PDFs off it.


44 posted on 12/01/2011 9:38:37 AM PST by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Little Ray
"What is wrong with earbuds?"

For starters they suck sound quality wise.

No Bass reproduction and so kids TURN UP the Volume even louder trying to get a fuller sound which damages their hearing faster.

45 posted on 12/01/2011 9:47:13 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: kalee

We are out of room for bookshelves and books

Three of the walls in My bedroom are floor to ceiling book shelves. The next project is pulling the bed out from the wall and putting in more book shelves. I feel very secure sleeping in the midst of knowledge.


46 posted on 12/01/2011 10:02:10 AM PST by W. W. SMITH (Obama is an instrument of enslavement)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Then I’m fine. I just use them to listen to books. I was worried there was something medical.
Thanks!


47 posted on 12/01/2011 10:24:03 AM PST by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Surely you have an optical drive in a computer?


48 posted on 12/01/2011 11:04:25 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
Surely you have an optical drive in a computer?

I had to check, but I do. I've never used it.

49 posted on 12/01/2011 11:07:12 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: discostu

>>Actually CD will probably stick around more for the small guys than the big guys. Touring bar bands make most of their money on the merch table, and item #1 on the merch table is CDs.

Most of my CD purchases fall into this category.


50 posted on 12/01/2011 11:09:51 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Little Ray
One in Five U.S. Adolescents Has Hearing Loss
51 posted on 12/01/2011 11:25:41 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (Disgusted with it all.)
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To: kalee
For book lovers, never mind the rest, there will never be a good substitute for a leather- or buckram-bound book, printed letterpress on fine laid paper, redolent of ink and wood pulp. And then to have the pages disappear as one enters the world created by the author.
52 posted on 12/01/2011 11:57:00 AM PST by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: FreedomPoster

Over and above the possibility of getting things autographed there is something very satisfying about buying a CD when the band is in the same room.


53 posted on 12/01/2011 12:25:55 PM PST by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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To: Mygirlsmom

Too late for me - but my hearing was damaged by artillery not loud music.
Its still pretty good though. I never turned the music up all that high.


54 posted on 12/01/2011 12:57:38 PM PST by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: luvbach1

One summer in the mid 50s in Logan WVA, I visited the library at dead man’s curb on Stratton St. I saw the Wizard of Oz books leather bound. Read them all. I will never forget the fell of those books. While I like the experience. I also like the convenience of traveling with my wife’s Kindle and having so many books at my command, so conveniently.

I saw a short video in the mid or late 80s, produced by Apple and I think George Lucas. Guy puts his lecture together by telling the computer assistant on screen what he needs and what to include, checks e-mail and plans dinner without touching the “pad.” Comes back makes a few moves and his lecture is ready, complete with video. That’t with some voice command is the iPad. and that’s what there will be more of over the next few years. Get on the plane or the carriage. It’s your choice.

Let’s face it, the world is changing and some of us are in the express check out line. Enjoy the amazement going on around you. I’m 65 and I look forward to what comes along while I can use and enjoy it. But feel free to buy me a gift book or take me on a carriage ride around the park.


55 posted on 12/01/2011 1:28:39 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Owl_Eagle
Thanks for the tip on Sound Hound -- amazing app.

My wife is always asking for a list of music she hears in movies or on tv.... she'll like this!

56 posted on 12/01/2011 2:17:23 PM PST by DaveMSmith (Evil Comes from Falsity, So Share the Truth)
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To: luvbach1

Exactly.


57 posted on 12/01/2011 2:25:21 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: DaveMSmith

Dave, the BEST is when my wife is driving the kids and I to school/work and I use it to identify whatever’s on the radio, and soundhound gives you the lyrics and I sing loud, slow and off key the lyrics.

My kids LOVE it, I’ve had to walk to work several times though...


58 posted on 12/01/2011 5:17:20 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: ctdonath2
Retailers will have nothing to sell.

You mean the $15 - $20 CDs that I can buy online for $10?
59 posted on 12/01/2011 7:42:10 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: Libloather
BS


60 posted on 12/01/2011 7:45:04 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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