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Re: The end of physical media.
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The cost of LPs and tapes was an issue even when they were all there was, so people had no cheaper alternative (except the wireless) and they were produced in their millions, so economies of scale made them relatively cheap. I fear you'd have to have deep pockets to be able to afford a custom-made one now ... Cheers, GJ
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27th Jul 2021, 7:56 pm | #102 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
I see my preference for physical media led me to pay £12.73 in 2012, inclusive of carriage, for what turned out to be a CD-R manufactured by Amazon in the US with very basic printed inserts: apparently produced on demand. Print-on-demand books are of course commonplace, covering even much of the Oxford University Press back catalogue: large savings in warehousing costs no doubt. As I recall there was much speculation a few years ago that automated print-on-demand book booths would spring up on various places, I don't know whether such things currently exist anywhere: anything similar for CDs doesn't seem at all likely absent a major resurgence in the popularity of the form, and there's no sign of that.
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27th Jul 2021, 10:27 pm | #103 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
I've got the feeling in the Far Eastern countries it was possible to get custom make Minidiscs from a vending machine, selecting the tracks from a database.
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28th Jul 2021, 12:46 pm | #104 |
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Yes, although this was popular in these countries due to the cost of purchasing an album. Techmoan covered this in one of his recent videos on minidiscs.
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28th Jul 2021, 6:50 pm | #105 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
The good thing about DVD's and CD's being deemed "old hat" is that those of us (like me) who still want to buy a film on DVD can get them
for next to nothing. Most films l have bought on DVD or blu-ray recently have been from popular auction sites for under £5, and sometimes 99p Same with CD's, £2 being the average price paid. |
28th Jul 2021, 7:30 pm | #106 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
I agree re the cost of music I do not mind paying a royalty fee to the artist and studio
but think on this Why produce millions of cd,s that no one wants What happens to unwanted cd's more landfill Trev |
28th Jul 2021, 10:17 pm | #107 |
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I picked up 4 DVDs from a charity shop for a Pound about 2 years ago!
Just before the lockdown I was quite intrigued to see a copy of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On? from a pound shop, & didn't think twice about buying it!
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29th Jul 2021, 4:13 pm | #108 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
The charity shop was once a happy hunting ground for vinyl – I got many LPs I was much desirous of in my youth this way – in fact probably more than I had previously bought at full price.
Now it is CDs and DVDs. One shop in my town puts them on a large trestle table outside. There is a nominal price for each or a bulk offer. Sadly, I must have missed somebody donating a heritage railway part-work as I was only able to scoop up the remains but was more than happy to pay the asking price. I rather think they are pleased if someone steals the stuff – it saves putting them back into store. |
29th Jul 2021, 5:20 pm | #110 |
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Me and the wife still enjoy DVD's and BlueRay. In fact most of what we watch is on them; we don't do streaming.
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29th Jul 2021, 8:14 pm | #111 |
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Re: The end of physical media.
While the 'burn your own compilation CD' idea may seem attractive to some, I can only think that if there was really sufficient demand then someone would have monetized it and it would be available as a service.
15 years ago - when I last moved-house - I'd have been happy if there was someone-out-there who offered a bulk CD-to-FLAC digitising-service - let's say a fiver per CD - and I'd have shipped them a couple of hundred CDs, hoping to get a handful of USB memory-sticks in exchange and seen the CDs get 'recycled' in a heating-furnace somewhere. Truth is, though, if such a service had been available, I probably wouldn't ever have listened to more than 10% of the results. Musical tastes change and evolve. Stuff I was happily paying £15.99 per CD for in the mid-90s - though fun at the time - does not turn me on these days. I still have a few 'legacy' CDs here, along with a Philips CD710 player, which hasn't been powered-up for years - it serves as a convenient 'riser' for the monitor I'm typing this on! |
30th Jul 2021, 8:14 am | #112 | |
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30th Jul 2021, 9:02 am | #113 | |
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Sadly, it seems that service is no more. I did hear rumours last year that it might be getting killed off, and they seem to have come to pass. A pity, as I don't believe there's a way to officially order some of the more obscure titles now. |
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