CD's

[Spawn67]

Saw this article today.No more Cds by the end of next year if not sooner. Doesn't suprise but I do miss going to the old stores back in the day.
Anyone else remember when cds were supposed to never skip..lol? Whats your oldest cd?

Music Lovers, Prepare to Say Goodbye to the CD - DailyFinance

[Mikey]

The first CD i ever bought was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

The oldest CD I still own is The Cars / The Cars .... It's so old it was pressed in Japan.

[GlobalObserver]

I still buy a lot of CDs, DVDs, and books. I'll never pay for digital downloads of any kind. I also don't like the growing trend of manufacture-on-demand CD-r/DVD-r.

[HardyGirl]

Yeah yeah, just like the record, and we see those making a resurgence. Don't get caught up in the hype.

[raider5gt]

Coming late getting into CD's my oldest is from about 1996 Logical Progression by LTJ Bukem,a breakbeat album,which i still play,i was more into cassette and vinyl but now i do like the CD format.

I too have never paid for digital downloads,can get most tunes through my smartphone then put them on my pc to burn on to disk.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i still have all my cd's, never had one break or go bad. you just have to take care of them. i think my first was the Beatles Let it Be

[SeattleEd]

Interesting article. Thank you for posting.

Seems most is hearsay and hasn't been verified but by seeing the trends in consumer ingestion of music, video and written media, it seems digital media is getting more popular.
For those that haven't noticed, cloud storage and computing is getting a huge shot in arm lately from Apple, Google and Amazon. Amazon just opened up another facility in Portland.
Younger generations are fully immersed in the delivery method and tech savvy trend followers certainly have embraced. I mean of the countless weddings and social functions I attended this year, 100% of music all digital. No CD's or Vinyl.

Interesting how some refuse to acknowledge evolution of technology when they slowly get "assimilated" into the tech wave.

I love my vinyl collection and still buy it, but I've been buying less and less CDs and have been downloading a lot more. Last CD I bought was on ebay for Heavy Metal: The Score since it was not available on iTunes. What I do like about CD's is the linear notes, same thing with vinyl. Of course this can be embedded on the file but it would make it big so in time I'm sure that won't be an issue. Let alone the artwork.
I too think CD's will be around but not as prevalent as today, but more niche. They do take up space and are limited when you can get same quality of sound and more tunes on a thumb drive or from your cloud locker. As for data storage, just use a small thumb drive that holds 128GB.
I love convenience and for now, my CD's have become cumbersome. I relegate my vinyl listening as a treat rather than a standard. Plus I like a HUGE playlist of various tunes and no way can a CD do that.

I won't miss CD's.

[Adam West]

The first CD I ever bought was Genesis "Three Sides Live". I currently don't own an MP3 player and never really felt the need because I only buy one or two CD's a year. I have a huge collection of CD's so I'll simply rip and convert what I have to mp3 format and just buy downloads from there. I have most everything I want on CD anyway. If something new comes out that I like; either my daughter or one of her friends are sure to have it and will dump it onto my mp3 player so it will actually save me money.

[toys2cool]

Debbie Gibson electric youth

[Mikey]

It seems the age of huge albums are gone.... Huge meaning very popular.

Back in the day when you bought an album for a particular song or two you might also listen to the other songs on the album ... evenually you liked them too and suddenly a mega masterpiece album was born.

Today, that never happens because people just buy individual songs

In a way, today is like the 1950's

Sadly, the days of Sgt Pepper, Dark Side and Aqualung are long gone.

[thunderbolt]

Sorry, but there are still a LOT of people without download capability in the US, especially rural areas. So, I don't see it dying off that fast.

[clemso]

I'm having a bit of a clear out, and will probably chuck most of my vinyls (mostly from the 80s) Useless, same as Videos. It wouldn't surprise me if CDs went the same way soonish, everything is mp3-able these days.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i don't download music. i want a disc in my hand I can look at and in some cases still appreciate the art on the disc. i am not interested in ipods or any other digital music player

[Mikey]

I touched an IPOD once in my life

My fingers were too fat and I couldn't select a song I wanted

That was my brief experience with an IPOD

They are made only for people with skinny tiny fingers

[Den82]

A lot of smaller labels still press vinyl so there is NO WAY they will stop pressing CD's, unless every pressing planet on earth happens to shut down.