02-02-2018, 09:15 PM | #1 |
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Best Buy to stop selling CD's in July
The end of an era, Target to possibly follow suit:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/b...-cds-only-when The all digital future is probably going to be a thing shortly. It might get to the point where blu-rays no longer exists either, all movies/TV shows will be sold digitally or streamed. |
02-02-2018, 10:28 PM | #2 |
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I stop buying CDs ever since I jumped on iTunes bandwagon. Digital era.
"Who still buys CDs?" - Nick Wilde, Zootopia. |
02-02-2018, 10:31 PM | #3 |
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I used to spend so much money on CDs, it's where all my money went even though I could download albums on broadband when I was a teen. I stopped buying CDs 12 years ago.
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02-02-2018, 10:43 PM | #4 |
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Not surprising at all. Though I hope the idea of an "album" doesn't become lost to time.
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02-02-2018, 10:46 PM | #5 |
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If CDs lasted this long, you can bet DVDs/BR will last another decade easily but it'll continue to become more and more niche as cd's were. I've said this for over a decade now and people called me crazy but look whose right ten years later. I have the right to gloat.
If I can't stream or easily pirate a movie I already own on dvd I just prefer not to watch it than get the movie out, I know it's the same for many, I don't even have a Blu-Ray/DVD player connected to the tv or any blu-rays for that matter . I put my entire DVD collection in a box which I bought so many because it was the cool thing to have in the early/mid 00's. I don't even know what to do with them. Hell not buying any BRs ended up being a good idea since now we have 4K blu-rays. I may buy some of my favorite films like Jurassic Park on whatever 8k format is eventually released in the future. The eye cannot see beyond 8k so it has to stop there besides other gimmicks like we saw with 3D. |
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02-02-2018, 11:00 PM | #7 |
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Aren't records really big right now too?
(Just give it about...30 years...CDs will revive with the new wave of Them Young Hipsters)
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02-02-2018, 11:11 PM | #9 |
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Man, all of this AND polaroids.
Next thing you know there will be "special edition" VHSes
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It's all bullsh**, of course. Invest in a good, $2,000 Bose sound system, and play those HQ .MP3s at the right level, I guarantee it will sound better.
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02-02-2018, 11:27 PM | #11 | |
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What do I mean? You watch a 4K blu-ray, you aren't seeing any compression. You're getting the raw movie, in full quality, at only the limits of your player and TV. There exists no streaming outlet right now that is able to deliver that same guaranteed solid quality without compression via streaming. At all. And if your daughter or buddy starts screwing around on FB on your wi-fi connection while you're watching your movie, it's going to dip down even more.
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02-02-2018, 11:29 PM | #12 |
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Last album I bought was Trevor Something's "Synthetic Love". Mainly because I wanted to support the artist.
What worries me about a completely digitialization of all media is they might stop producing alot of bonus features since that's whats generally used to sell DVDs. |
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Look at "The F8 of the Furious." You want to buy the blu-ray? You can. You want the "Extended Cut"? You have to buy the blu-ray... and the "Extended Cut" is only available to watch via a code within the blu-ray case. Truly infuriating.
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02-02-2018, 11:33 PM | #14 |
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02-02-2018, 11:35 PM | #16 |
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Hey, I was 200% willing to buy the F8 blu-ray. The "Complete Fast & Furious Box Set" even had the foresight to include a spot in it to tuck the F8 disc in it when it would come out, 6 months in the future. But buying the F8 blu-ray, a disc I'll never watch because there exists a better version but just buy to get a code... to watch the "full version" of it online? What? Why would I do that? Why wouldn't I just pirate it, if I'm just paying money to buy a code to watch an online version I'm just streaming?
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02-03-2018, 03:42 AM | #17 |
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It's kinda trippy seeing vinyls in stores and USB record players, that isn't these small niche hipster corner shops.
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02-03-2018, 04:01 AM | #18 |
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Hm, I still buy CDs...I just like having physical copies of things. If your music player or computer or whatever you use for your digital media conks out on you, at least you have the originals to listen to. I also like having cd jacket with the music information and all that stuff for some reason.
I don't think that's going to die out here in Japan, though anytime soon. They still have movie rental shops and CD rentals are a thing here. Ironically, it's still illegal for shops to rent out video games here to my knowledge...thanks Nintendo. >_> Last edited by ssjup81; 02-03-2018 at 04:09 AM. |
02-03-2018, 04:10 AM | #19 |
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Man, I just bought a new CD a month ago.
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02-03-2018, 04:24 AM | #20 | |
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Same with pics you took from your camera and phone. Do people still print ALL of them and put in album books? Nope. You'd print only the necessary ones and the rest goes into the hard drives. Digital is the future indeed. |
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