The 78rpm recording medium lasted from the 1920's to the 1950s. 30 years or so.
That was clearly superceeded by the long play LP
The LP lasted from the early 1950s to the 1980s..
Golly another 30 years.
The Cd quickly supplanted the Lp starting in the 1980s.
The CD has lasted about Golly Again!! 30 years, and now the death of the Cd is pronounced: the 30 years are up time to die.
The problem with that scenario is the LP did not exactly die. And in fact is still being produced.
I think the Cd will be in the same boat. It may not be 'THE" cutting edge technology, but it has a large following, and BILLIONS of CDs out there in the market, and in collections.
I think the "Death of the CD" is a little premature. And true the numbers in sales are definitely down, due to saturation of the market.
Same thing with DVDs, They have saturated the market. So the growth is zero. That does not mean they are going to all be tossed out tomorrow.
I buy used CDs. A LOT of used CDs, and things are great for CD buyers.
I have a decent sounding CD playback setup, (along with LP playback) and am not concerned about what is going to happen to CDs. As long as those Billions of CDs are out there, players are going to be made to play them. And since DVD players, and other devices play CDs, I think the future of CD playback is fine.
Even 78rpm machines are still being made to play old 78s.
For worry-warts, i suggest investing in a server.
The other side is the poor quality of the end product. that is stricktly up to the folks producing the CDs.
HDCD was around, and it did sound better, did it fly. nope.
Go complain to the folks making the crummy CDs to stop making them so poorly.
Other CDs are just fine.
That was clearly superceeded by the long play LP
The LP lasted from the early 1950s to the 1980s..
Golly another 30 years.
The Cd quickly supplanted the Lp starting in the 1980s.
The CD has lasted about Golly Again!! 30 years, and now the death of the Cd is pronounced: the 30 years are up time to die.
The problem with that scenario is the LP did not exactly die. And in fact is still being produced.
I think the Cd will be in the same boat. It may not be 'THE" cutting edge technology, but it has a large following, and BILLIONS of CDs out there in the market, and in collections.
I think the "Death of the CD" is a little premature. And true the numbers in sales are definitely down, due to saturation of the market.
Same thing with DVDs, They have saturated the market. So the growth is zero. That does not mean they are going to all be tossed out tomorrow.
I buy used CDs. A LOT of used CDs, and things are great for CD buyers.
I have a decent sounding CD playback setup, (along with LP playback) and am not concerned about what is going to happen to CDs. As long as those Billions of CDs are out there, players are going to be made to play them. And since DVD players, and other devices play CDs, I think the future of CD playback is fine.
Even 78rpm machines are still being made to play old 78s.
For worry-warts, i suggest investing in a server.
The other side is the poor quality of the end product. that is stricktly up to the folks producing the CDs.
HDCD was around, and it did sound better, did it fly. nope.
Go complain to the folks making the crummy CDs to stop making them so poorly.
Other CDs are just fine.