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O Rly · #31 09-17-2006, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by General Patton

Well, just download it!
Why order it off of amazon, and have all these problems, when you can just download it for free?

He wants the CD itself. As a thing that would remind you of her, for a collection... just for yourself. It's completely different than just a song.

General Patton · #32 09-17-2006, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by O Rly

He wants the CD itself. As a thing that would remind you of her, for a collection... just for yourself. It's completely different than just a song.

CDs are a thing of the past aready.... it didn't take long, in a few years, it will just be mp3s.

HibyPrime · #33 09-17-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by General Patton

CDs are a thing of the past aready.... it didn't take long, in a few years, it will just be mp3s.

Erm, ~1 billion CDs are sold yearly, it is going to take awhile for that to go away.

I say a billion because all mainstream american cds sell 1 million+ records (platinum). I am estimating throughout the world, from that figure, that CD sales are well over 1 billion. Assuming $15/CD that is $15 000 000 000 of gross sales.

But MP3's are on the rise, and they will probably overtake CDs at some point in the future (or a different encoding platform?)

General Patton · #34 09-17-2006, 08:08 PM

At the present moment there are so many mp3s being downloaded then CDs are being sold, it will take at lest...over three years.

DJ_Greg · #35 09-17-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by General Patton

At the present moment there are so many mp3s being downloaded then CDs are being sold, it will take at lest...over three years.

Of course there are more mp3s downloaded than CDs being sold. If you download a whole album (as opposed to buying it), that's ~12 mp3s/1 CD. A more reasonable comparison would be to divide the number of mp3s by the average number of songs per CD.

Still, just because mp3s are downloaded doesn't necessarily mean people aren't buying CDs. Many people (myself included) use download services as a means of previewing an album before buying it.

I'm not making an argument either way, I just like statistics to be used appropriately.

General Patton · #36 09-17-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ_Greg

Of course there are more mp3s downloaded than CDs being sold. If you download a whole album (as opposed to buying it), that's ~12 mp3s/1 CD. A more reasonable comparison would be to divide the number of mp3s by the average number of songs per CD.

Still, just because mp3s are downloaded doesn't necessarily mean people aren't buying CDs. Many people (myself included) use download services as a means of previewing an album before buying it.

I'm not making an argument either way, I just like statistics to be used appropriately.

Oh yea thanks Greg, I worded my statement wrong.