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- aacidusX, on 08/19/2008, -10/+152disks are already dead, discs aren't.
- secrity, on 08/19/2008, -6/+112It is still a very good physical medium and there really isn't any reason to replace it.
- norman, on 08/19/2008, -0/+71I can't wait for the inevitable AOL sign-up DVDs and USB thumbdrives
- seldon452, on 08/20/2008, -9/+68Thank you for telling me that a CD is a "Compact Disk". I was under the impression it stood for Compact Disc.
- georgemason01, on 08/20/2008, -0/+57Article summary: People still use CD's.
- WallnutBoy, on 08/20/2008, -5/+49THANK YOU.
- ThirdPrize, on 08/20/2008, -0/+38An 8 inch floppy? Now there is no need to brag.
- Mr.Gone, on 08/20/2008, -5/+42Please. Everyone knows that compared to an MP3, CDs record music the way the artist intended it to be. You can keep your solid state players. The subtle wirrr of the electric motor spinning that perfect silver disk to speed always adds a little something to the music. Minute scratches and skips make the music sound warmer, more natural. Keep your iPods.
- mweflen, on 08/20/2008, -1/+36CD won't die until something comes along to replace it that does what it can do better.
What it can do:
Storage- certainly, there are media that have bested this.
Price- At a buck a track, most online vendors still haven't bested the commodity pricing at most big box stores.
Bundling deals help, but there seems to be no clear winner.
Sound quality- MP3 compression just doesn't cut it for serious audiophiles.
Interoperability- You can still play CDs in many more places and on many more machines than you can an MP3.
Durability- As long as you're not a fool about it, CDs are quite durable, more so than hard drives or flash memory.
Compatibility- unencrypted WAV files which can be played by every optical drive machine in existence are a much safer investment than proprietary file schemes (with or without DRM) which may fail when their maker goes under or leaves the music business.
So far, that seems to make for one out of six aspects of CD which have been eclipsed by other media, one which is tied (price), and four which CD still does better. So why won't CD die? Duh... why should it? Put out something better, and people will probably adopt it.
PS - lame article, no real research or information, just dumbass opinion-blogging. No Digg. - gamben0, on 08/20/2008, -1/+36Everyone says they used AOL Cd's for coasters, when they actually just threw them away. No need to lie.
- jezsik, on 08/20/2008, -3/+38Yawn. CD's are cheap, convenient, well established in computers and stereo systems, and hold a goodly amount of data. Why should they die? How long were vinyl records on the market? How long have we been putting up with AM radio?
- vdubski, on 08/20/2008, -0/+32I have my drink sitting on a AOL cd right next to me. You sir, are a liar.
- j0nnyDiGITAL, on 08/20/2008, -0/+31I don't think I'd mind the thumbdrives if they were user erasable.
- inactive, on 08/20/2008, -5/+33Is a CD like an Mp3?
- Mr.Gone, on 08/20/2008, -0/+27The K is for "Kool"
- Supergaxx, on 08/20/2008, -0/+27Yep, for some reason, even though there is essential only about 5c difference per disk, if that, I cant bring myself to burn 400mb of data onto a DVD
- 5xSTUN, on 08/20/2008, -0/+26In four more years the crystal on the CDs palm will turn red, and it'll either go to Carousel or be hunted down and vaporized by the Sandmen.
- dynamojoe, on 08/20/2008, -0/+26...and props to Philips for defending the spec. When antipiracy schemes rewrote the format to screw with computers, Philips said "You can't call it a Compact Disc nor can you show the logo".
- erichw1504, on 08/20/2008, -7/+33I still use my 8 inch floppy drive.
- schnikies79, on 08/20/2008, -0/+25It not cheap to give away thumb drives.
- Akairenn, on 08/20/2008, -3/+26Not really. Ever need to toss more than 1.44MB, but less than 700MB of files to someone? CDs are still cheaper than DVDs.
- gbarger, on 08/20/2008, -2/+22And Blu is correctly spelled blue, but disc is the correct spelling for Compact Disc. It's actually spelled disc in this case.
- MtheoryX, on 08/20/2008, -0/+18An 8 inch floppy drive? Dang! That's gotta be, what, about an 11 inch hard drive?
/horrible pun - WillyWonka, on 08/20/2008, -5/+22USB Sticks are doing that.
- id000001, on 08/20/2008, -5/+22Impressive satire.
- schnikies79, on 08/20/2008, -0/+17Read my above comment. They are cheap to give away and you don't have to worry about them being returned.
- BufordT, on 08/20/2008, -2/+19How about an article on the continued use of the 3.5 floppy. Now that is outdated.
- Culyt, on 08/20/2008, -0/+16Cheap flash based RAID!!!
- merr, on 08/20/2008, -1/+16Coasters? Nonsense... I like to use them as throwing weapons.
- Mr.Gone, on 08/20/2008, -1/+16^woosh^
- Haxker, on 08/20/2008, -3/+15You can probably tell the difference because of your Monster Cables, man, thats pretty sweet.
- RockSlice, on 08/20/2008, -5/+17"The CD of course wasn’t without its drawbacks. They disliked abuse and absolutely had to live in their cases."
And 26 years later, we're seeing the rise of the Blu-ray, and hey! look! Is that the EXACT SAME PROBLEM I'm seeing?!
Why haven't we learnt? - allyant, on 08/20/2008, -0/+11And it's 26 years old.
- Skurt, on 08/20/2008, -1/+12Wait... but if you no longer own the physical CD, then you are not allowed to have the ripped songs.
...right? - VigRoco, on 08/20/2008, -1/+12I still buy CDs because I am refuse to become a slave to the DRM machine
- belumaves, on 08/20/2008, -0/+10dugg for ergo
- caseycoold, on 08/20/2008, -0/+10Or worse, "Is that an ipod?" to every mp3 player.
- KMartSheriff, on 08/20/2008, -3/+12That reminded me of questions people used to ask me when I was working at Best Buy...
"Is that an iPod or an MP3 player? Because I don't want to buy an iPod, they're too expensive. I want an MP3 player." - kiensoy, on 08/20/2008, -11/+20A good reason to replace it is capacity.
- TehDoctor, on 08/20/2008, -0/+9I have mini CD's which hold 256 Megs because I feel guilt burning a 700 Meg disk if I don't really need to.
WillyWonka, I get what you mean, but flash won't replace CDs for at least two reasons: first, CDs are more durable than flash (wear leveling ain't perfect) and second, CD's are cheaper and better for permanent storage. I see CD's being today's backup tape and flash drives the floppy disk/zip drive. One is more archival while the other is for transfers. - mickstephenson, on 08/20/2008, -1/+10@wattersm, a pleasing warm tone doesn't constitute better sound quality, and your second comment is just stupid, the quality of digital sound has nothing to do with the storage medium, or its capacity. For the same reason that expensive gold plated hdmi cables are only bought by idiots.
- dn11, on 08/20/2008, -0/+8i have a 10 lbs bag of AOL CDs and other assorted crapware. someday i'm going to use it for an arts and crafts project or something .
- Sraza, on 08/20/2008, -1/+9I use them daily. There are still some programs and devices that use them in the business world which can move very ***** slow when adopting new tech.
- SniperZero, on 08/20/2008, -1/+9Yeah I don't think they will die until a new format comes out not using a "CD like format" as such. Because there is no need to. They are a cheap smaller sized DVD. Everything pretty much can read them so yeah.
- efitz11, on 08/20/2008, -0/+8dugg for the attempt
- Maninmirror, on 08/20/2008, -2/+10CDs at home still have the optimum value of sound quality, ease of use, speed, price, and durability.The CD also has artwork and VCD versions. Mp3 is ideal for portable music due to battery life, size and the ability to get to a song or album pronto. Ergo, the walkman's demise the ipod reigns. Mp3 has great sound quality though on earphones and cheaper because you can buy an indvidual song easier. The CD/mp3 combination works best for me.
- saigumi, on 08/20/2008, -0/+8So... when are CD's going to be cheaper than cassettes? I've been waiting 26 years for that promise of "once mass producing becomes less expensive, we will be able to offer music CD's for less than cassettes".
Well, I'm thinking that since I can buy a spindle of blanks for about 5 cents a disc when I buy in bulk, it should be there.
Back in the 80's: New release cassette $8.99. New release CD: $15.99.
Today: New Release casette: Huh? New Release CD: $19.95
Wow, progress. - cdmarcus, on 08/20/2008, -1/+9mickstephenson, SACD and DVD-A actually use much higher sample rates and bit depths than CD, so the quality is actually improved over normal CDs. Whether the listener will actually notice this is a different problem.
- suckanucka, on 08/20/2008, -7/+14Horrible attempt at calling someone out for their horrible attempt at being a grammar nazi.
Since you subscribe to wikipedia as "the source", I will follow your lead...
Why does http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disk redirect to the Disc?
There are 10x as many results in Google for "compact disc" than "compact disk".
Searching google on compact disk without the quotes automatically shows compact disc results. - mismetti, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7My son used to refer to my vinyl records as "those big black CDs".
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