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do you still use physical media?
after a comment on one of my other threads expressing surprise that I still had physical CDs in one of my pics, I post a few more and ask the question: Are you still using physical media?
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Not for music, but I do occasionally buy 4k Blu-Rays because it's not really viable to stream 4k HDR yet. Although even for video the quality on the premium tiers of Disney + and Netflix is catching up, but some content is only available on physical media at that quality.
I sold all my CDs back in 2010, My records in 95.
I don't miss CDs, but I do miss LP sleeves, they were a big factor in the experience, and I think the whole culture of music is diminished without them. Moving house with a record collection is something I do not miss however.
Have you found your way of listening to music has changed? I had to sell off my much larger physical media collections along with my home recording studio back in the late 00s. I found that I skipped through music too easily and missed the encouragement that listening to physical media made me play whole albums.
I too think album covers added much to the experience of enjoying music. I originally sold my albums for beer money when I was younger and still regret it to this day!
I have hundreds of CDs from the 90s and early 2000s in storage in my former home country, but most of them have been copied to a hard disk and then to an SSD, so I don't think that counts as "usage" 😉
Yes and no. I listen to music pretty obsessively and I listen to new stuff (or at least stuff that is new to me) every single day. I make a point of never skipping a song until I've listened to it at least 3 times previously, because obviously you need repeated listens to really appreciate some songs. Having said that I am better at judging what I will and will not like on first listen than I used to be, just from years of practice.
When I discover a new artist or a new album I will listen to the whole album several times, then I will rate the songs I like and buy them as downloads and they go into my giant collection that I shuffle through as if it was my own personally curated radio station.
I love playlists, as long as they are my own, and I spend a lot of time making and curating them, and even more time just listening to music to find new stuff that I like. But I also like listening to albums.
At least you still have them and are listening to the original tracks. If the record company decides to change lyrics or alter a song, or all your back ups fail, you still have your original bought versions!
Yes, love making playlists. Before getting ill, I used to have lots of parties and would make playlists to last the whole night! So much fun. I knew how well I had done my list by how few times I would be asked for a music change. I even tried to put on weird background stuff at the start as friends arrived and have a build up of the music with some quieter stuff for when I presumed the party would be tapering off. I found this better than having someone DJ the night as I’m a control freak but can’t be bothered to DJ myself.
Always on the move, I basically carry my house “on my back”. I gave up on physical media a long time ago, it takes too much space.
Yes of course, my music collection is absolutely sacred to me, no matter the technicalities. My toenails roll up when I see people only "consuming" on Spotify or storing their entire collection in iTunes or Apple Music or whatever it's called these days, always at risk of losing it due to either a bug in iTunes or because Apple decides they have been naughty 😄
Still have 5000 CDs. Sold most of my vinyl. About 500 records left.
Just bought a new CD player! A Tangent from Denmark. I thought about ripping them but decided it’s just easier to listen to them. Quite enjoy digging through the collection.
No. Over time I have gradually replaced any physical media with digital versions. CDs and books were probably the last to go, and I still have half a dozen print books that I couldn’t part with (Complete Works of Shakespeare, Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy in Five Parts, etc.).
Don’t miss it to be honest. I have a lot less clutter now:
Yes absolutely! I have a CD collection that has way outgrown the storage space I had originally allocated to it! Two large boxes of vinyl in the cupboard - unable to play them at the moment because the belt on my turntable snapped. Two drawers of cassettes which I still play in a Teac cassette deck in my hifi stack. A load of minidiscs which I still play using a Sony minidisc deck also in the stack.
Not very much, but I do sometimes go to the university library and watch hard to find DVDs of unusual art films.
Physical media is always probably going to be best for archiving and finding of obscure stuff which will disappear easily otherwise.
I thought about sending everything to Murfies a few years back but then they went out of business and this dude suddenly owned a million CDs 😂
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21121594/crossies-murfie-madison-wisconsin-arkansas-1-million-abandoned-cds
Same here I had to slow down buying cds because of storage space. I have 2 large moving bin full of cds and more on shelves.
Yes I tried that a bit when younger but it wasn't my thing to be honest. I'm a home bird.
I've lost hundreds of tracks and videos that are no longer available on my iTunes. Luckily I have most on other media, but it kind of defeats the point of iTunes for me. I no longer buy any media beyond music apps from Apple.
A new CD player is on my list of stuff to get in time. I currently use a DVD player, but it's not as nice as a decent CD player. As my new CD collection is now about 1500, I think it warrants something at least in the starting hifi arena like a Marantz at least! I'm actually getting given CDs quite often as people are getting rid of them. Shame I missed the Vinyl giveaways before people started buying them again!
I've never enjoyed reading on a tablet or those e-ink readers. Give me a big weighty tomb any day!
Digital all the way.
I still have a banker box of CDs but never listen to them, tossed all the booklets and jewel cases though, except for a couple, people I met etc. I pulled a bunch together a few years ago with the intention of ripping them, which is super fast and easy now of course, but I just find the streaming sites so easy and handy.
For movies I felt I wasted a ton of money on DVDs so never bought a bluray. People post director commentary tracks etc to YT now anyway.
As for books I have not read a physical book in over 15 years I think.
Started getting LPs about 15 years ago and that lasted a couple years until I came to my sense. Really do enjoy sample foddering that way though. Especially when you find small town indie stuff at garage sales out in the country that likely will never be digital ever. Ahh well, space and fresh non moldy air is much better.
Minidisc and cassette. O how I miss them.....well maybe my short run with minidisc, my cassettes were always breaking as that's what I had when I was a kid : my Walkman knockoff and ghetto blasters were both naff! Lol
Yes, true! I think a resurgence in buying DVD from charity shops will happen sometime in the future.
Yeah, I think the better half would have something to say if I had that many! Lol
I see YT videos where people resell tapes, DVDs and CDs from thrift stores and garage sales etc. Certain genres like hiphop and punk/metal do well.
A local charity shop asked if I wanted any CDs and DVDs last year: they said they get so many now they have to get rid of loads. I had to stop after the first few thousand as sorting them out is too time consuming!
Yah that is why garage sales can be better as they stumble on focused individual collections.
The problem I've found with garage or boot sales is that you have to be up early to get the good stuff - even my fishing doesn't get me up early these days! Lol
I think at this point I only have about 20 CDs left (out of about 500), and those I just consider safety back ups of my all time favorite albums. I still have about 100 vinyl records from my DJ days, but only because I can’t find anyone to take them (even at the local record store for free). I was trying to avoid tossing them in the garbage, but that’s looking more likely in 2024.
Recently had to throw away 200+ pricey Taiyo Yuden blank CDs I used to keep on my hand for my mastering business. Haven’t had to make a physical CD master in about a decade at this point. Tried for 2 years to just give them away online, but no one was interested except a gentleman in China which would have cost me almost $120 in shipping and he wouldn’t pay me anything.
I’m fine being totally digital these days personally, so much less clutter if nothing else.
Hehe, very true.
Such a shame about the Vinyl. If you lived near Dorset in the UK, I would take them off your hands!
Sorry, west coast US