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About LinkBacksRead more.The first Compact Disc rolled off the production line 25 years ago to the day. It became the standard for storing audio. And now, in 2007, we clamber through the ruins of what the CD created, thanks to the Internet, and corporate greed.
Read more.The first Compact Disc rolled off the production line 25 years ago to the day. It became the standard for storing audio. And now, in 2007, we clamber through the ruins of what the CD created, thanks to the Internet, and corporate greed.
Last edited by Steve; 17-08-2007 at 09:48 AM.
I will go on iTunes now and download Happy Birthday for it
Pay extra for the DRM-free version.
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Yep and then I might, just might put it on a CD and play it in my car - infact, mebbe I will put it on my IPOD and play it via an FM transmitter saving the my CD's lens for another 25 years
I wouldn't quite say its betrayle in the usual sense, but I can somewhat see your point, however, we aren't being forced to upgrade to blu-ray or HD-DVD.
However, I will personally miss the days of attempting to make 1:1 back-ups of my games and mostly succeeding and the elusive "FADE" and so on, it was rather personality shaping for me at a time when I needed it most, which happened to be when I was mid-way through secondary school.
Its been great knowing the CD even though I still have about sixty blank CDs knocking about in my room as I type this, I don't think CDs will truly be gone, what with the majority of the world still years from getting anything HD.
Even in the UK, I'd imagine sales of the trusty Compact Disc for the purpose of music or data will carry on for many more years.
as much as i love the ease of downloading stuff in itunes, i still like to buy CD's i like having the case and inlay and stuff
Exactly, CDs and DVDs have something over mp3 downloads, that physical ownership, you physically own the object, wheras, a hard drive failure can spell the end of your immaculate mp3 collection.
That doesn't quite happen on the physical item.
CD = quality, DRM free (well mostly) and costs the same (or less). iTunes sucks.
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As above; I've bought one record off iTunes and even that only because I simply couldn't get it anywhere else. CDs all the way.
Originally Posted by dangel
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Only ever bought two download tracks. Both of with are by my cousins band. Got them from TuneTribe, 320kbit MP3s with no DRM. Also bought the 7" single they released to
I buy all my music on CD and will continue to do so for as long as i can.
I dislike iTunes too. I have to buy CDs to get the sort of quality audio (in mp3 or OGG) that I want.
My wife doesn't understand my insistence on having 'actual' music. I ave to own the CD and shun all downloading.
Not around too often!
Mine's just got a new laptop and transferring the downloads she rather ill-advisedly bought from Tesco's a bit of a 'mare...
I have severely admonished mine for all of her iTunes purchases. She still takes no notice...
Not around too often!
You could back them up on to a CD-R
How many of the billions of CD's produced a year are for AOL for them to use as free drinks mats ?
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