The CD soon to Disapear into Oblivion

[Steve R.]

Best Buy will stop selling CDs as digital music revenue continues to grow


I stopped using CDs years ago. Now, the only thing that I have used a CD for is to make a "live" disk for Ubuntu. Many years ago, I bought one of those CD mega packs. At the rate of about one CD per year, I probably have at least a 75 year supply. Actually, that will soon change (to zero) since I will be setting-up a bootable "live" USB flash drive for Ubuntu with the next release.


I guess the proverbial CD has now gone the way of the "a" drive.

 

[AccessBlaster]

It’s going the way of 8 tracks.

 

[Gasman]

TBH if it is going to cost me the same or nearly the same to get 8 tracks of mp3 or 8 tracks on a CD, I'll buy the CD and rip them myself.

I still have all my 500+ CDs, though they are all ripped and stored on a NAS box for distribution around the house and garage.

I ripped most of mine when I was on dialup and out of work. A long process.

 

[Gasman]

Well I do not have a collection, but still have a few knocking around with a player somewhere.

Perhaps you meant Betamax ?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

As long as I can still make selective backups with them, I'll use them.

 

[AccessBlaster]

The makers of these devices that run CD's will stop producing them. Already its tough to buy laptops with a player. Next will be the USB devices.

 

[scott-atkinson]

What ever happened to the Midi Disc, seems to have came and went in the blink of an eye...

 

[scott-atkinson]

My Uncle had a Laser Disc player, remember them, they played 12inch Vinyl sized Laser Discs, they quickly went the way of the DoDo too...

 

[Minty]

I used to fix Laser Disc players.
Somewhere I think i have a Car Radio/Mini-Disk unit. Must be worth a mint.

Still have and occasionally buy both CD's and Vinyl LP's

Just need to fix my turntable (Linn LP12) as the PSU board has gone west, and it needs a minimum of about £1000 spending on it

 

[Gasman]

What ever happened to the Midi Disc, seems to have came and went in the blink of an eye...

Sony tried to bring out an ElCassette that was slightly larger than a normal cassette and ran at a different speed for better quality.


Barely got off the ground.

 

[ColinEssex]

I can still play my 78's on our gramophone.

Col

 

[AccessBlaster]

I still play my 4 track in my horseless carriage.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

My abacus is doing fine, considering that it has room enough for my bank account. Darn the bad luck that my account is that small...

 

[kevlray]

I still have CD's (mostly just to play in the car on long trips) and VHS tapes (a few hard to find titles). My son-in-law and his parents have a entire (long) hallway with shelves full of DVD's and VHS tapes. I can only speculate that they have a few thousand titles.

 

[Frothingslosh]

No one knows. It has made appearances at least as far back as the 1700's.

 

[Vassago]

I'm a nostalgic pack rat when it comes to technological products. I have a hard time letting things go. I own my original NES, SNES, Sega Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, Virtual Boy (migraine anyone?), Com64, and Playstation 1 and 2. I keep so many spare parts that I have a hard time parting with because you know, you just might need it one day!

Does anyone else have a crate/box of cables in their closet?

 

[Minty]

I have a Sinclair Spectrum 48k somewhere along with my cassette copy of Elite , still intact with the keyboard map, and "LensLock" security gizmo

 

[AccessBlaster]

My oldest piece tech is a pair of BOSE 301 SERIES II speakers. And the Techniques receiver, that came with it

 

[kevlray]

My oldest piece tech is a pair of BOSE 301 SERIES II speakers. And the Techniques receiver, that came with it

And I bet the system still sounds great.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Many years ago, Technics was into all sorts of things. I have a Technics F-5 console organ (two x 61-note keyboards, one x 25-note pedalboard) that meets MIDI standards. Still sounds great decades after Technics got out of that line of business.

I have heard but have not recently seen evidence of Technics still being in the portable keyboard business. If their quality is anything like the quality of the F-5, it would be one heck of a keyboard for a rock band.

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