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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ThaDood on October 30, 2026, 1642 UTC

Title: Compact Discs are on the uptick again, and someone else has also noticed.
Post by: ThaDood on October 30, 2026, 1642 UTC

https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/08/cds-suddenly-back-demand-thanks-surprising-audience/
Well, well, well... What goes around, comes around. There´s even Boomers & Gen X´ers that are re-buying CD´s, since they regretting unloading their old collections for .MP3 media and Cloud Storage. There´s just something to having tangible media to keep on-hand, and having someone, or something else, store that for your is just asking for trouble. What happens when those Clouds demand a fee & paid subscription, for the A/V media that you´ve uploaded to them? That´s already happening. With me??? I´ve got like 95% of my stored media still with me, 8-Tracks, LP´s, 45´s, Cassettes, Open-Reels, VHS & BETA Video, DVD´s, CD´s, and a bunch of 30-some year accumulated MiniDisc, recorded here. Yes... I do have WMA & .MP3, MPEG2 & 4, files here as well on hard drives and USB Thumbdrives, but it´s all with me. And, at least 1/2 of that has aired on radio somewhere through the years. We are on our own folks. I still say it´s best to keep what you have, while you still have it. You will regret it other-wise.  (Thanks for FWR the article Boomer!)