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Originally Posted by Win+Mac_Dude
Optical disc based media isn't going away in the next 100 years. It's too inexpensive, too easy, too reliable when compared with flash memory or hard drive storage systems.
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Inexpensive? Sure but is it more inexpensive than digital downloads? Market changes are driven, primarily, by costs. If something is cheaper it will be produced as long as it satisfies the market.
How many songs can you store on a HD compared to a CD? As an example, let's take a look at
this 1.5TB HD at $160. Let's also take the
new U2 CD at $15. That CD has 11 songs so a per song cost of ~= $1.36/song. Now, using Apple's 30,000 songs/120GB calculation (according to them, this is 30,000 4 minute AAC songs with a 128-kbps bitrate), that HD can hold ~= 384,000 songs. That is ~= $0.00042/song. So, if you want to claim CDs are inexpensive, then HDs are <insert extreme epithet of your choice> cheap.
Second, they are easy? What do you mean by easy? For me, this means it is easier to get a song from the record store than from the computer I am sitting in front of right now
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Third, reliable? Define reliability. It's easier for me to step on a CD and break it compared to a HD that is either in my MB or on my desk in an enclosure. Sure, you may have to replace a HD more often than you do a CD but at least HD's are easier to find (especially if you consider replacing an old record) and, as illustrated earlier, the costs of buying a replacement would still be worth it if you take into account the cost/song calculation.
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Originally Posted by Win+Mac_Dude
Can you buy a VCR? Have you been to Best Buy or Wal-Mart recently? Yes you can. And you can still buy VHS tapes.
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Perhaps but how many of those movies are new? The last company to ship VHS tapes stopped not too long ago. See
here and
here for example (the LA Times article linked to in the second link is good too). If no new titles come out, how much more use will VHS serve? This is even more problematic considering that many old titles are now put on DVD. In fact, I watched Live and Let Die last night and it was released in 1973.
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Originally Posted by Win+Mac_Dude
I was just sharing with the forum why I don't like the iPod. For you to tell me that I'm not thinking logically about it nonsense. With the iPod, you have iTunes and iTunes is a big turn off for a lot of people. I could say you are not logical with your thoughts on optical media.
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Like I said, I have no objections to your dislike of the iPod. I'm just arguing that your argument is illogical because you're arguing that you don't like the iPod because of iTunes. This is like arguing that you won't fly at all because you don't like Airline A when there are 4 other airlines you could choose from. If you want to claim that my argument is illogical, then please illustrate to me how it is instead of saying it could be.
Listen, I'm not trying to be mean (far from it). Don't expect a warm reception though or an easy time making your argument on a forum where many people probably use iPods as their PMP of choice. I am very open to being swayed - I have no choice considering the academic program I am in. You have to substantiate your claims though.