I can't see the drives becoming obsolete any time soon, especially as DVD drives play CDs too, and I'm sure Blu Ray do too, or can be made to.

I still have a video tape player as well. I've loads of old tapes from TV that I still watch, everything from horror films to Copa America matches.

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Originally posted by euphoria rip them and sell the CD's back while they still have some value.

If you knew more about CDs, you'd know that some albums will sell for way more money later on. I've made some good money reselling early house, trance and techno CDs (extra originals that I found).

Original CDs are good for backup and copy, and mixed albums are easier to playback in CD format in mobile mode.

And many other reasons listed.

I still collect and sell CDs and have amassed a big collection. Its no the same way when it comes to digital format music, you cant call that a collection. It doesnt even feel the same.

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Originally posted by supersaw abuse ... which come as bound hardcover booklets with photographs of the show inside. this is the sort of unique thing that digital media simply can't provide

Yea, until someone invents a way of displaying digital photos/images... oh wait.

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Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty Yea, until someone invents a way of displaying digital photos/images... oh wait.

That has been around for over a decade now. Its called a personal computer with a scanner. Still not the same feel as CD though. Most people I know, myself included, would only spend a second or two if ever on looking through digital artwork. CD inserts are better in almost every way. Its much more fun to look through inserts than digital scans, especially when you're off internet or with friends, or checking out a CD to buy or to listen.

If you're with friends, and then they want to play some music on a stereo, would you shove your flashdrive or a music CD? Another example, would it be better to show your music collection to the friends in the MP3 collection or your originals CD/vinyl/DVD collection? Style points is one of the considerations. Also, remember that you're supporting the music artists and labels.

Lets wait and see until a better hardcopy format will come and replace the compact discs. Because mini-discs lost the battle to the CDs already, and most people I know who would buy movies or music prefer to have it as authentic and hardcopy format. Otherwise its throwing money away - why buy MP3s when you can download them for free? You only pay for lower sound quality and risk of losing the files to a technical problem later on.

Few years back here in Southern Ontario there was a massive power outage like never seen before. My CD collection really came to a good use, with all computers off for a full week ...

For home use at least, for people like me with large music collections, CDs are much more convenient to use than Ipods.

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Last edited by Magnetonium on Jul-22-2009 at 19:08

CDs will survive imo someway or another. 90% of the people i know hate to use money on mp3 beacuse its not a real product. only the elitist, desperats or djs buy mp3 it seems. music industry just need to accept that a change is needed, both price and avaliability, and somehow the government needs to stop piracy. When that happens everything will be back to normal, just wait for internet v2. If I could get my music on CD i would gladly pay for it anyday, but its just too much work to find it if its even avaliable. Then u have shipping waiting etc. One of the interesting things today is Spotify (eventhough it sucks) its somehow new thinking. If u could cache stuff and play it offline it would be graet

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Originally posted by palm ..and somehow the government needs to stop piracy. When that happens everything will be back to normal, just wait for internet v2...

agreed

however with the closing of companies like tower records. hopefully the physical product- cds and vinyl will still be around if there is ever a comeback to be made.

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I still buy CD's. Part of the fun of buying music is picking the album off the shelf, reading through the booklet outside the store with that brand new smell, and popping the disc in the car stereo for the ride home.

With mp3's it's boring...just a bunch of cold, lifeless files. You really don't get anything.

Plus I like having the lyrics and other interesting goodies in one place. The last album I bought, Solarstone's AnthologyOne, had a cool written history of the group in the booklet (something you wouldn't find by buying online).

With the album Never Better by P.O.S. (a rapper), it comes with like 30 inserts you can mix and match to create your own cover art. The digital copy? 14 mp3's with metadata for only a buck or two less. No point...

I like having a CD collection in my house cos wehn people come round they can look through it, same with the dvd collection (and to some extent the vinyl, but only the geeks look at that). It gives people who dont know me that well a little insight into who I am. You cant really do that with an mp3 collection.

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I rarely buy CDs anymore. If I like a track I buy the single and that way I can also play it out too.

Sometimes a damn nice artist album or compilation comes along though and I get it as a collectible.

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Originally posted by Magnetonium If you knew more about CDs, you'd know that some albums will sell for way more money later on. I've made some good money reselling early house, trance and techno CDs (extra originals that I found). Original CDs are good for backup and copy, and mixed albums are easier to playback in CD format in mobile mode. And many other reasons listed. I still collect and sell CDs and have amassed a big collection. Its no the same way when it comes to digital format music, you cant call that a collection. It doesnt even feel the same.

That may be the case but he never said he had anything rare or special edition. Most CD's in general decrease in value as time goes on. It's not gonna make him rich or anything. Even if he does have the one or two rare CD's here and there it would likely only give him enough to make back what he lost by purchasing the rest of the CD's at full price then reselling them for less. If he breaks even or makes a lile pocket cash then he's lucky. If you feel sentimental about your collection which it appears that you personally do then by all means what is any TA's going to do to stop you from keeping it

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