hmmm how long do you guys think cd's will last...

[Longbluesquid]

after all itunes, zunemarketplace and all other digital downloads will not take place of cd's.. how long do you think cd's will obselete?..

 

[jamie2112]

Never ...........

 

[Adam]

I give 'em another ten years.

After that, we (those of us left on this forum) will be viewing threads about the resurgence of CDs.

 

[mike c]

it would be fun to have something like:
a Bluray Disc for ALL the 90's songs.

 

[corey]

it would be fun to have something like:
a Bluray Disc for ALL the 90's songs.

If you'll settle for just the GOOD songs of the 90's, a CD might do.....
I lean more towards 1964 - 1974, if picking a 10 year period.

A 4.5 MB DVD of high quality mp3's will give you a pretty large collection on one disk, maybe 6 or 7 hundred songs, unless you lean towards long jams, or other long format music. If that's not enough on one disk, you could go double layer.

 

[fmw]

We still have vinyl records after nearly a century.

 

[bandphan]

media is a changing ive stated my feelings in the past, expect changes within the next decade as normal distrubution is changing and artist defecting to private lables. My car has a usb controller installed, so just pop in a thumb drive and go.

 

[mike c]

If you'll settle for just the GOOD songs of the 90's, a CD might do.....
I lean more towards 1964 - 1974, if picking a 10 year period.

A 4.5 MB DVD of high quality mp3's will give you a pretty large collection on one disk, maybe 6 or 7 hundred songs, unless you lean towards long jams, or other long format music. If that's not enough on one disk, you could go double layer.

i prefer the time period i started to appreciate music the most

maybe late 80's to the first half of the 90's.

im guessing thats the reason you picked 64-74 as well

i do use a DVD for my mp3's, but a single DVD doesn't fit all the music i have (not necessarily like) but im too lazy to pick which songs to put in the dvd. so i use an external hard drive. but it would be nice to be able to play anything and everything i have in the car and other portable places

 

[mtrycrafts]

We still have vinyl records after nearly a century.

Yes, many in museums

 

[mtrycrafts]

after all itunes, zunemarketplace and all other digital downloads will not take place of cd's.. how long do you think cd's will obselete?..

Well, the planet is saturated with CD playback of one form or another. It will take a good while before another method can replace that much saturation of a market.

 

[Adam]

Yes, many in museums

I've never heard my closet referred to as a "museum" before. Thanks.

 

[corey]

it would be nice to be able to play anything and everything i have in the car and other portable places

I don't think you'll have to wait much longer. The secure digital HC spec goes up to 32gb, and it wouldn't surprise me to see 64gb in a year or 2.

 

[wire]

after all itunes, zunemarketplace and all other digital downloads will not take place of cd's.. how long do you think cd's will obselete?..

If i wouldn't have had thrown my crystalball out
, I could have gave a good answer

 

[cornelius]

Thursday...

 

[Audioholics]

How long will CD's last? Well, let's just see:

Looks like around 5 seconds using this method... But how about launching them from a Dremmel tool?

Oooh... I'd say about 1 second flat. And of course in this scenario I wouldn't bet on them lasting much longer than a few minutes:

And who can forget the plasma globe experiment:

 

[Joe Schmoe]

Never ...........

I wish that I could agree with that, since I love CDs (and will certainly be keeping mine forever.) I have recently seen both Borders and Barnes & Noble drastically reduce their CD stock, however. (Borders now has fewer than 1/3 as many CDs as they did!) This makes me think that the format could disappear in my lifetime.

 

[jamie2112]

I wish that I could agree with that, since I love CDs (and will certainly be keeping mine forever.) I have recently seen both Borders and Barnes & Noble drastically reduce their CD stock, however. (Borders now has fewer than 1/3 as many CDs as they did!) This makes me think that the format could disappear in my lifetime.

That could be but I am holding on to the format as long as possible. I used to record on DAT back when that came out and have 3500 dat tapes from various tours I have done over the years. I now have 2 dat machines just to transfer to the digital realm. I hope that cd's stay for a while as I love the sound...

 

[3db]

and the vinyl selection in stores are beginning to grow. To what extent vinyl will come back remains unknown but its definately seen a marked growth compared to last yera. Who knows, it may out live CD.

 

[3db]

This article doesn't bode well for CDs

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2587236.ece

That being said, I wonder if this takes into account the indie scene. If not I wonder how much the affects of the indie scene would affect the stats.

 

[Joe Schmoe]

and the vinyl selection in stores are beginning to grow. To what extent vinyl will come back remains unknown but its definately seen a marked growth compared to last yera. Who knows, it may out live CD.

The threat to CDs comes from downloads. Vinyl is a niche market, and always will be. Sure, a few audio hobbyists are into vinyl, but ipods rule the world.