McAvoy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:40 amNow with CDs going the way of the dinosaur
Going? Oh that ship has sailed about 15 to 20 years ago, with the advent of Steam, broadband internet and USB-Sticks.
And CDs had their nostalgia-phase begin in 2021, when, for the first time in almost 20 years, yearly CD sales actually increased (from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million). Ironically at the same time vinyl-sales soared, increasing their sales amount to +50% compared to 2020. Though I really can not fathom why. Cassettes and vinyl do have a different experience in terms of the audio at least, due to their hardware's limitations. But comparing a CD's audio to digital (uncompressed) data on any electronic device is an exercise in futility, since there's just no distinguishing effect. Heck, distinguishing a 320kb MP3 to uncompressed audio is barely doable and I am one of those people whose hearing-spectrum is slightly wider than the averge person's, even compared to a young person (me being 42).
I meant even more so than cassettes or records. With a handy mobile music player in your hand at all times, and CD players not being able to fit in any pocket, they are definitely on the way out. My somewhat up to date 2018 Honda Civic doesn't even have a CD player. Not even sure how many new cars will carry it.
I don't even own a CD player for the few CDs I have left. Long ago I left my three binders of CDs in my car with the car unlocked. Lost it all. Never bothered to replace them.
There is also that thing about their lifespans. The plastic deteriorates after a certain amount of years.
Yeah, these things don't last as long as we would like. I have a decent collection of optical media and I've been scared to look at it in the past few years after spotting disc rot on a DVD. It was barely 20 years old too. Still works for now but it's probably not long for this world. I don't even want to know how my 80s-90s CDs look.
remagynona wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 2:54 pm
Yeah, these things don't last as long as we would like. I have a decent collection of optical media and I've been scared to look at it in the past few years after spotting disc rot on a DVD. It was barely 20 years old too. Still works for now but it's probably not long for this world. I don't even want to know how my 80s-90s CDs look.
remagynona wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 2:54 pm
Yeah, these things don't last as long as we would like. I have a decent collection of optical media and I've been scared to look at it in the past few years after spotting disc rot on a DVD. It was barely 20 years old too. Still works for now but it's probably not long for this world. I don't even want to know how my 80s-90s CDs look.
Yeah, this is going to become a real problem for old video games soon. That all digital future is going to be forced on us one way or another.
Yeah. Well at least with old video games you can practically get all of them on one of those handhelds you see on Amazon. Or at the least you could get the emulators that's been around for 15 years. I have a SNES mini that has all of the SNES games on it. Though I only mainly play FF2, FF3 (also known as Final Fantasy 6), Link to the Past, both Super Mario Worlds. And both Breath of Fire.
CD rot has been happening to my Dad's collection. Big time. But he has been buying his CDs now at flea markets.
I've transfered all my media to digital storage a long time ago, even rigged my VHS-recorder into my computer, to get the cassettes transfered in some cases
So far I've been lucky with disc rot. Literally one disc and, ironically, it's the last disc I ever purchased and, at the same time, the first movie I ever purchased as a digital download. The DVD holding "The Girl who leapt through time."
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Madner Kami wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:14 am
I've transfered all my media to digitial storage a long time ago, even rigged my VHS-recorder into my computer, to get the cassettes transfered in some cases
So far I've been lucky with disc rot. Literally one disc and, ironically, it's the last disc I ever purchased and, at the same time, the first movie I ever purchased as a digital download. The DVD holding "The Girl who leapt through time."
I stopped buying physical media years ago. I think the last one I may have bought was Pacific Rim. Maybe Robocop. Not sure.
Anyway long ago I started to store everything on a hard drive. A 8 tb one in fact. Lots and lots of movies and TV series in there. Haven't even put in a DVD or blu ray in years either.
Though recently I did find a couple of VHS tapes that was made in 1992 of my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. Wondering if they are still good or not. Originally thiught about buying the cheapest VCR I could find so I could do it myself but now the more I am thinking about it, maybe let the professionals do it just in case the tape is fragile. I do have a ton of slides they can do to.
