With digital downloading becoming increasingly popular among the masses of switched-on Internet users, the death of the CD format is inevitable, isn't it?
The convenience and low cost of downloading music, as well as the ability to play music files on a range of devices, has meant revenue from the sale of physical discs has been dropping for many years. However, reports suggest that 1 million CDs are still sold in the US each week, suggesting that there’s still a market out there of people who want to buy hard copies of music by their favourite artists.
Research by the discount vouchers site MyVoucherCodes revealed more than half (56 percent) believe all music will be purchased in digital formats in four years' time, while one in five (21 percent) believe the hardware to play CDs will no longer be available by 2015.
More than two in five (42 percent) say they have not purchased a CD in the past six months, while 12 percent claim they'll never buy a CD again. However, nearly two thirds said they'd bought a digital music file in the last six months.
are they not already?
I haven't used a cd in a number of years.
Mp3's for the win.
Also any burning I do is generally on a dvd.
I try to buy CDs as well, better sound quality in my opinion.
Apple is already trying to get rid of CDs. Hate them or not, can't change the fact that they innovate and move the industry forward in some way or another. I think they have been slowly trying to kill off the CD.
1. iPods
2. iTunes
3. iTunes icon changed, no CD anymore
4. MacBook Air
5. Mac App Store
They are trying to send a messege, CDs are like antiques now that we have this new technology, and more people are getting connected to the internet.
