Is the Compact Disc dead?

[Johnny Rockets]

I just bought "Kids Bop 24" because my daughter loves that sh*t and since I love her I don't mind buying it for her and playing it as loud as she wants as we roll gangsta style down the road with all the windows down.

 

That is the first CD I have bought in several years though. In fact I recently moved and took about 250 CD's and started going through them and reminiscing then about 15 minutes into that I realized I would never listen to them and threw them all into a dumpster never to own a CD again.

 

[Anybodyhome]

I just bought "Kids Bop 24" because my daughter loves that sh*t and since I love her I don't mind buying it for her and playing it as loud as she wants as we roll gangsta style down the road with all the windows down.

 

That is the first CD I have bought in several years though. In fact I recently moved and took about 250 CD's and started going through them and reminiscing then about 15 minutes into that I realized I would never listen to them and threw them all into a dumpster never to own a CD again.

 

Aw, dude... I would have come and got them all from you... provided you're within a couple hours driving distance...

[Crixtala]

haven't bought a physical CD in a long time... i finally got a new turntable last year, so I try to get everything in vinyl now if i can

[Johnny Rockets]

Sorry Anybodyhome...I thought about sending them all to Goodwill but didn't think anyone would really buy any of them. I had quite the variety of music in that collection also.

[CCS]

Too late on this too.  They'll last a few more years in the Walmart 4.99 bin but stores like BestBuy have been making plans to phase them out and free up floor space for years :(.

 

 

I'm still holding out hope that it doesn't happen. With music it's different because you really lose no quality with getting it digital and in my opinion digital is a lot superior when it comes to music. But when it comes to movies I doubt very seriously that digital will ever be as good as bluray. 

 

 

1. If you don't have a really good internet connection you can't stream in HD

 

2. Those streaming sites could just go away at any time and then you'd be fuged out of your entire collection

 

3. It's just as easy to just pop in a DVD or bluray

 

 

Things like Netflix instant and ultra violet are nice but they're really no replacement for actual physical media. 

[Zcustom]

Well this has been a kick in the nuts.

 

still not going to tell my bandmate he was right, fuger

[Zaximus]

Well this has been a kick in the nuts.

 

still not going to tell my bandmate he was right, fuger

 

 

You should buy a bunch of cheap thumb-drives instead and put your music on them and sell those at shows, etc.  You don't need a ton of space for an album.

[Zcustom]

we can get download cards, they have a code on them you put into itunes or cdbaby and download the album.

 

I'm still going to have some CD's pressed for live shows, people do still buy them at shows, plus I want one for my own personal discography.

 

at this point my main concern for my own music is recording quality, It still sucks to see CD's go away though, at least now I know that statement makes me old

[88 Bronco]

Sorry man, hell, when I first moved out I had a newspaper subscription

[Zaximus]

Yeah having some cd's for shows isn't bad though, I mean anything to get your name out at this point probably.

[iamcline]

I still buy CDs.  I still prefer to have a hard copy of an album even when I rip it to iTunes or to my MP3 player.  I don't think they're completely dead, but they are in many ways dying.  The convenience of MP3s and MP3 players are just hard to ignore these days.  Especially when many can plug right into your CD player in the car.

[Davidson Deac II]

I haven't bought any music period in the last several years.  Well, except for a Beatles greatest hits CD that I bought for my wife last year. 

 

I am thinking about buying a Certificate of Deposit in a few months.  :)

[Chimera]

DVD's are dead with arrival of Blu-ray, which will probably be the last physical format for videos.

DVDs have a little more life in them than people think. The jump from DVD to Blu Ray wasn't as dramatic as VHS to DVD, so adopting the new format doesn't really appeal to many people.

[Chimera]

I find the typical didigtal formats (e.g. mp3) and devices to be less convenient to use and a lower quality sound than popping in a CD, so I don't own an mp3 player and still listen exclusively to CDs or CDs riped in a lossless format (huge files). To answer the question though yes, digital media is taking over for a multitude of reasons and CDs will likely be marginalized entirely in the near future.

How is a digital format less convenient? That's probably the main reason people make the switch. I have ~800 albums worth of music on an ipod that I take to work. It fits right there in my pocket. I'm not taking 800 CDs around with me.

You can rip music to lossless files and no sound quality is lost. Even if you rip at a 256kbps bitrate, the difference is almost nonexistent, even on high end systems.