RIP Compact Discs

[Callum]

Like 8-Tracks, cassettes and the vinyls that came before it, the compact disc will be meeting its end sooner than you think.

According to a new report, major labels are preparing to abandon the CD-format by the end of 2012 (if not earlier) as streaming/downloaded music has rapidly taken over the market. The idea is to make new releases available only in digital form, with CDs being released in only special, limited edition cases. We're hearing the distribution model for these remaining CD releases would probably be primarily Amazon which is already the biggest CD retailer worldwide anyhow.

But really, who didn't see this coming? Who doesn't have an iPod or the capability to hook one up to speakers, their car and otherwise. This is just getting with the times! And more so, this is a good thing for the environment. No one really buys CDs anymore, so think of all the money and resources we'd be saving.
Stepping into the 21st century. Wonder when movies will be doing the same?

Sad :( I much prefer buying physical CDs rather than buying an album from iTunes.

[Jarrod]

Noo D:

[Jack_]

I really hope this doesn't happen. I don't mind buying singles from iTunes, but an entire album? No, it doesn't feel right...I like to have a physical copy that I'll be able to keep and hold forever. I've always thought looking through your CD collection when you're old would be a really nice thing, there wouldn't be the same feeling with scrolling through an iPod...

I guess this'd be goodbye HMV :(

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

aww bye ttyn

[Maia]

No this can't happen! I still love going to HMV and buying physical albums, I'm really not a big fan of having to download them.

[Stu]

This is awful. People are horrible. Who are all these people who genuinly PURCHASE music that doesn't physically exist? At least steal it if your going to do it through your computer for christ sake.

[Ninastar]

This is awful. People are horrible. Who are all these people who genuinly PURCHASE music that doesn't physically exist? At least steal it if your going to do it through your computer for christ sake.

:worship:

[Barbie]

I love having the CD, give you a little collection rather than it all being digital

[Niamh.]

CDs were always worse than cassettes, they get scratched so easily

[Jords]

I think its a bad idea, everybody loves going into a music store and checking whats out.

[Stu]

I've always been mystified by people who scratch disks. Unless you have a dodgy system how the hell would you manage to scratch a disk? Surely it takes some gratuitous carelessness. I've never had any sort of disk scratch on me.

I've scratched a few myself - the Papa Roach years had to end - but that was a deliberate philosophical statement.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

niamh probably has them just lying about in her car without cases or anything :hmph:

[Niamh.]

I've always been mystified by people who scratch disks. Unless you have a dodgy system how the hell would you manage to scratch a disk? Surely it takes some gratuitous carelessness. I've never had any sort of disk scratch on me.

I've scratched a few myself - the Papa Roach years had to end - but that was a deliberate philosophical statement.

niamh probably has them just lying about in her car without cases or anything :hmph:

I do not Scott :nono: Mine seem to scratch themselves on their own, while they're still in their cases :hmph:

[LaLaLand]

I never download I always buy the CD, this is ridiculous. What exactly are shops like hmv going to sell then seeing as the CD section in most if not all takes up 3/4 of the whole store!

Ridiculous, not everyone has/wants iTunes or whatever.

[Stu]

I do not Scott :nono: Mine seem to scratch themselves on their own, while they're still in their cases :hmph:
Perhaps your music is trying to tell you something about your tastes :suspect:.

I think Jords has a point with what he is hitting on as well. Even if you're not going to buy the stuff outlets like HMV are basically massive walk in, 3D advertisments for music.

And also ... thinking about it ... this sounds like one of those analyst predictions that are a little too severe. Like how everyone thought in the late 90's that we would get all our entertainment through digital distribution in a little black box under the telly by about 2002.

Yeah it's happening now but it's not very central and it exists only as a parallel to hard copies.

[Niamh.]

Perhaps your music is trying to tell you something about your tastes :suspect:.

I think Jords has a point with what he is hitting on as well. Even if you're not going to buy the stuff outlets like HMV are basically massive walk in, 3D advertisments for music.

And also ... thinking about it ... this sounds like one of those analyst predictions that are a little too severe. Like how everyone thought in the late 90's that we would get all our entertainment through digital distribution in a little black box under the telly by about 2002.

Yeah it's happening now but it's not very central and it exists only as a parallel to hard copies.

You're mean :bawling:

[Lee.]

I honestly can't remember the last time I bought a cd... and I'm with Niamh; I've always found them to be just a nuisance as they are so scratchable!

And its certainly nowt to do with my music taste! I have the best taste on this forum :hmph:

[Stu]

I bet you both just have the things thrown on top of each other in between salted crisp packets and old insurance papers in the glovebox.

It's sickening.

[Niamh.]

I hate salted crisps actually, so there :idc:

[Lee.]

I don't have a car, a driving license or a glovebox.

[Stu]

Must be the fingernails then.

[Niamh.]

I don't even use CDs in the car anyway, I use my iPod so much better than CDs

[arista]

Sad :( I much prefer buying physical CDs rather than buying an album from iTunes.



CD's Are Alive
Loads still being made

And in Japan they are still producing rare CD's
in Quality Audio.




I have CD's that are not on Downloads
thats the Point here

[arista]

I don't even use CDs in the car anyway, I use my iPod so much better than CDs


Wrong you iPod is Poor Sound
thay you are used to.


24bit CD's and DTS5.1
Are miles above you

[arista]

CDs were always worse than cassettes, they get scratched so easily


Wrong Again
The Sound is Better


The Fact you never learnt how to hold a CD
is typical.

[Niamh.]

Wrong you iPod is Poor Sound
thay you are used to.


24bit CD's and DTS5.1
Are miles above you

Alright, alright, let me rephrase that, so much more convenient in the car :tongue:

[Shaun]

oh for goodness' sake :(

I refuse to pay for something that isn't *there*. I just refuse.

[arista]

Alright, alright, let me rephrase that, so much more convenient in the car :tongue:



Sure.

[Lee.]

I don't have fingernails

And yeah if we go anywhere in the car I take my ipod... much more convenient than taking a pile if scratched cds!

[Shaun]

then again I can't actually find this on a big news site, so it might just be baloney.

[Niamh.]

I don't have fingernails

And yeah if we go anywhere in the car I take my ipod... much more convenient than taking a pile if scratched cds!

:laugh:

[_Seth]

For music, I don't care. For films, I suppose I wouldn't care, but if it happened to games I'd be seriously pissed!

[arista]

then again I can't actually find this on a big news site, so it might just be baloney.



Many are not using CD's


Many Still are Buying CD's.



Some enjoy Low Quality Compressed sound of Ipod and the like.


Many Enjoy 5.1 DTS Music and 24bit CD's

[Niall]

I don't really care to be honest. It was gonna happen sooner or later anyways. :shrug:

[Stu]

Yeah because mongloids who don't care exist.

[Scarlett.]

Bye bye HMV

[SoBig]

I don't even own a CD. Last time I bought a CD was in like 02. Wouldn't miss them in the least.

[King Gizzard]

Still buy CD's if I like the album that much. **** legal downloads! To pay for music, I want to have a physical copy. Not just something that will be lost forever if my laptop gives in

[Omah]

Not bovvered - I'm happy with FLAC (for best) or 320kbps MP3 (for average)

[CharlieO]

This annoys me because it'll make pirating more common and then the law that is going to soon be either passed or denied will come into play.

A law by which the government can monitor every single thing you do on the internet. No more privacy. They will have permission to be Big Brother from 1984.

[Smithy]

I've bought one CD in my whole life :amazed:

But, anyway, fair enough for singles, noone buys them anymore, but aren't the majority of album sales still physical anyway, seems odd to get rid of them

[InOne]

It's a shame, because places like HMV will suffer, and then most DVD's will be sold at Tesco's :bored:

And I've always been careful with by CD's, they're never scratched. God knows what Niamh does with them :joker: They don't scratch themselves dear :tongue:

[Lee.]

I've bought one CD in my whole life :amazed:

But, anyway, fair enough for singles, noone buys them anymore, but aren't the majority of album sales still physical anyway, seems odd to get rid of them

What cd?

[Scarlett.]

It's a shame, because places like HMV will suffer, and then most DVD's will be sold at Tesco's :bored:

And I've always been careful with by CD's, they're never scratched. God knows what Niamh does with them :joker: They don't scratch themselves dear :tongue:

It's gonna be the death of the media store, first HMV will go, then Game and Gamestation will die

[Smithy]

What cd?

Born This Way :amazed:

But I bought it twice :tongue:

[arista]

Bye bye HMV



No.

Half will Go.


But they have Plans to change the other stores
with instant Download Docks.
And CD's and BluRay and DVDs

[Tom]

CDs annoy me. I cant be doing with them cluttering everything and everywhere up. Its just easier to have it on my computer/phone (no I don't sit at the back of the bus with my music on loud, its just for the car so I can just use bluetooth)

[MTVN]

Bit of a shame but I haven't bought a CD in years so I'm not exactly doing much to keep the trade going, I'm more concerned about the death of books and newspapers than CD's tbh

Wrong Again
The Sound is Better


The Fact you never learnt how to hold a CD
is typical.

:joker:

[Niamh.]

It's a shame, because places like HMV will suffer, and then most DVD's will be sold at Tesco's :bored:

And I've always been careful with by CD's, they're never scratched. God knows what Niamh does with them :joker: They don't scratch themselves dear :tongue:

They do so :hmph:

[Saph]

I love going to HMV to buy the latest NOW Thats What I Call Music CDs, wont be the same doing it online :(

unless I walk to an old HMV store with my laptop and buy them outside the shop :\

[Niall]

Yeah because mongloids who don't care exist.

Well the thing is they were gonna go the way of the dodo eventually.

I torrent most of my music anyway so its not a bother to me. I think CD's are cumbersome and I just don't like them. If physical media is your thing then whatever but personally I don't care. I haven't bought a CD in 3 years and I'm not really gonna buy another. Digital media is so much more convenient in my opinion.

But each to their own I suppose.

[Boothy]

I prefer having a collection of CDs, something to put up in my room and you know they're always 'there', I just don't trust iTunes to keep all of my music safe.

If they do stop making CDs, I won't buy music again. I'm not paying for something which is just as easy to obtain for free.

[King Gizzard]

Boothy has spoken everyone

End of thread

[Harry!]

This is so sad if true, HMV is one of my fave shops and I just simply love having a look through - even if not buying. I do buy a fair amount of CD's and you just can't beat buying one. The only music I buy legally is CD's. Not from iTunes or whatever (I hate iTunes etc and I refuse to use an Apple product). :(

[Doogle]

Why do you refuse to use an Apple product

[Harry!]

Why do you refuse to use an Apple product

Simply they make too much money and overrated. I could ramble on...

[Bollo]

I'm an old fashioned girl and love my CD collection, there is something about having the physical album artwork with lyrics etc and/ or limited editions, also a few of mine are signed by the bands..be a bit weird going to a concert and asking the band to sign your ipod...

[InOne]

I'm an old fashioned girl and love my CD collection, there is something about having the physical album artwork with lyrics etc and/ or limited editions, also a few of mine are signed by the bands..be a bit weird going to a concert and asking the band to sign your ipod...

Exactly. It makes you feel more personally connected to the music and artist if you actually go out and buy it. Plus the artwork and other various things you find within the CD. Downloading from the net seems cold and impersonal, plus there will be no need for album artwork so you'll just be downloading these little lines of text. Will be a sad day for the music industry when this happens. As I've said before, society is dead.