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CDs obsolete?

LouStools said:
The March Of Progress dictates that they'll go the way of LPs.
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So they'll be deamed obsolete for 25 years then make a comeback when people realize that 'newer' and 'better' are not always the same thing?

See, nothing to worry 'bout then. 25 years from now we'll be surfing through theads on all the new re-burns out there to replace our scratched up vintage CDs.
 
JohnVF said:
So they'll be deamed obsolete for 25 years then make a comeback when people realize that 'newer' and 'better' are not always the same thing?
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They will be effectively obsolete for 99% of the population just like records are now. Minor curiosities that people will say "Gee, you've still got one of those players around?"
 
Yeah, in 25 years, we'll have cerebral cortex interfaces so that the audio we listen to will bypass the faulty mechanisms of our ears so that the music just happens inside our heads.

Perfect every time.

Or as Donald Fagen put it:

A just machine to make big decisions
Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision
We'll be clean when their work is done
We'll be eternally free yes and eternally young
 
I haven't listened to a CD in 10 years! Really!

(ashamed to admit I am a strict FLAC / MP3 / FM person)
 
Audio_Works said:
I was looking today at how cheap flash memory is. I dont know how much time data can survive on this kind of drives but mb we will see high resolution music files sold on flash drives since these media centers are all over the place now.
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That's a really interesting thought. Solid state flash memory is quickly becoming very affordable. Flash memory could take over the realm of CD's and DVD's. It simplifies writing and reading because the data doesn't exist on a physical medium, so to say. However, the usage of broadband internet is expanding. With the already proven market of on-line music sales, and the convenience of shopping at home I think it will be more likely to see music retailers turn to strictly on-line markets.
 
cool9 said:
Not sure about that but Bill Gates said DVDs would be obsolete within a few years.
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Bill Gates is neither Jesus, God or Allah. In fact, I think he is Satan incarnate in that he is making all humanity dependant on computers and aims to control everyone.

Funny, but as I recall a man who has control of himself feels no need to control others....
 
Mchaz said:
That's a really interesting thought. Solid state flash memory is quickly becoming very affordable. Flash memory could take over the realm of CD's and DVD's. It simplifies writing and reading because the data doesn't exist on a physical medium, so to say. However, the usage of broadband internet is expanding. With the already proven market of on-line music sales, and the convenience of shopping at home I think it will be more likely to see music retailers turn to strictly on-line markets.
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Isn't the flash drive a physical medium? And how is that better then the CD? In fact it's worse as it can be erased or degrade (yes I know a CD can degrade)
 
That slot radio that Radio Shack is pushing is probably what the record companies want us to migrate to.
a) physical media they can charge for.
b) manufactured in mass quantities.
c)can't easily be transferred to another device so ...
d)if you want a copy you have to purchase another one.
e)Content controlled by the producer.
 
Kerb said:
When was the last time you bought a CD or even walked into a record store?
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This would be a good thread title. i bet most of us here are in CD/Record stores at least 3 times a month.

I bought a Gordon Bok LP for $4 on Wednesday at Turn It Up! in Northampton, MA.
 
Ask any of the surviving Beatles or their fans how obsolete the CD is. How many of those did they sell again?
 
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Grab a paper bag nearby. Place it over your head, and breath in deeply, breath out deeply, breath in deeply, breath out deeply. :D
 
At least the formats aren't changing to the point that most of us have to get a new player. I mean, most of us have computers that are perfectly capable of running digital files.
 
Mark W. said:
Isn't the flash drive a physical medium? And how is that better then the CD? In fact it's worse as it can be erased or degrade (yes I know a CD can degrade)
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I suppose degradation over time could be a big issue. I am not sure of the memory longevity for flash drives. When I commented that flash drives aren't a physical medium I was referring to the way they store the data. Flash memory stores data via electrons trapped in transistors, and is read with MOSFET like sensors (my understanding here isn't full). A CD/DVD stores data in pits burned into a foil membrane, and is read via optics and lasers. A CD/DVD needs a full mechanical assembly to access the data, and good optics (read: not scratched) on the disc. A flash drive only needs electrical contact, and therefore has less avenues for failure.

Data longevity could be a major problem. However, there already exist measures to make flash memory read only, and therefore not erasable (think the locking tab on an SD card).
 
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blackfly said:
Bill Gates is neither Jesus, God or Allah. In fact, I think he is Satan incarnate in that he is making all humanity dependant on computers and aims to control everyone.

Funny, but as I recall a man who has control of himself feels no need to control others....
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Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel...
 
Whatever with the CDs. Just don't stop selling the quality music CD 'only ' players. That's my only CD worry.
 
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