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| Thread ID: 82159 | 2007-08-17 09:07:00 | CD celebrates 25th birthday | JSF_enthusiast (8536) | PC World Chat |
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| 581958 | 2007-08-17 09:07:00 | The loyal and dependable CD is 25 years old! news.bbc.co.uk |
JSF_enthusiast (8536) | ||
| 581959 | 2007-08-17 09:22:00 | I was just reading the article. They were fairly pricey when they first came out but quite amazing compared to tapes. Somehow I think the blank CD will be with us for some time yet probably much longer than the music CD. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 581960 | 2007-08-17 20:16:00 | Yes I think music CDs were about $45 each when they first came out. Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 581961 | 2007-08-17 20:28:00 | Yes I think music CDs were about $45 each when they first came out. Regards Digby Just goes to show... when Blu-ray and HD-DVD get their fighting over and done with, Hi Def will be as cheap as CD's The two camps are really just a pack of plonkers I feel. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 581962 | 2007-08-17 20:42:00 | Vinyl beats all of them on every count other than convenience - and convenience is what will make server-based music collections win the format war altogether. | Deane F (8204) | ||
| 581963 | 2007-08-17 22:12:00 | CD's are crap, They are big, weak, over priced by a country mile, and rely on being mechanically spun in order to collect the data. The new HD and Blue-Ray crap have the same issues, Its crap technology, and we have had much better replacements for years. But no, Lets stay with the spinning disc. All a stereo needs is a memory card slot and possibly a hard drive on more expensive models. Same for your MP3 player. Same for your car stereo. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 581964 | 2007-08-18 02:59:00 | Just goes to show... when Blu-ray and HD-DVD get their fighting over and done with, Hi Def will be as cheap as CD's Ken Don't count on it. If there had been no war do you think that HiDef players in the US would be as low as $200 currently?? Nope they would be around the $1000 make and if the war is won I suspect that movie prices will climb.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 581965 | 2007-08-18 04:52:00 | All a stereo needs is a memory card slot and possibly a hard drive on more expensive models. Same for your MP3 player. Same for your car stereo. I agree, but memory cards are far dearer than your overpriced CD ! Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 581966 | 2007-08-18 04:56:00 | I agree, but memory cards are far dearer than your overpriced CD ! But not for long. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 581967 | 2007-08-18 07:11:00 | I agree, but memory cards are far dearer than your overpriced CD ! Regards Digby Ah ha....But if it were implemented properly you wouldn't need to buy the container to buy the media, Just insert your memory card into the kiosk, pick the album you want and it gets transferred. You could then play it on any media device with a memory card slot, it could have thousands of songs on it and fit in your wallet, and perhaps have a license built into to allow transfer onto your hard drive,either on your home stereo or on your PC...Though in that regard I consider the home stereo in its present form to be obsolete. Surely you would just have your PC feeding purely digital directly to an amp, rather then all these crap devices to playback redundant media (Cassette, CD, LP) |
Metla (12) | ||
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