| CD or DVD will never be replaced CD or DVD will never be replaced. The word is Longevity. With CD and DVD, the media is mine as long as the disc last. I still have CD I have bought in 1984. Compared to Comcast On Demand for Videos and Rhapsody for music where one month I find something I like but gone the next. Furthermore as a Classical music connoisseur, it is difficult to find classical music in a searchable format except for rhapsody. Much of the on-line music is geared to separate young people from their money. Rhapsody has don better by offering whole symphonies instead of select movements. Apple and Napster are appalling. |
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barkyPremium
join:2001-03-17
San Diego, CA | 84'? I remember buying tapes through the late 80's and even early 90's. I didn't realise CDs have been out that long. I thought that with CDs, the layer of aluminization eventually lost its bond to the plastic disk, or just degraded. Is the CD still playable? Does anyone know the current expected avage lifespan (without scratches) of audio CDs, CD-Rs, and DVDs? I'm just curious. |
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 Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL | Pretty much forever...A few brands of the first CDs would lose their aluminization and developed disk "mold", but that's a thing of the past.
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I have a shaved head, a goatee, and tatoos. Don't you realize the rules don't apply to me. |
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| You ARE kidding right? CDs AND DVDs can and WILL fail eventually. It may take them a few years but it does happen. |
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Blisk
join:2001-01-15
Orlando, FL | yea i gotta agree with bigpoppa, esp with cd-r's ect.... the very best will only last ~50 years (those kodak cdr-s and other high end brands) and thats if its burned with a good burner.
pressed discs will probably have a logevity around that, supposedly its around 75-100 years but even then i doubt that as i've had a few cds (well cdrs) go bad on me after just a few years. |
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