Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/09/05 18:16

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:57:44 GMT, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
us:

>Goro wrote on [9 Dec 2005 09:06:16 -0800]:
>>
>> Black Locust wrote:
>>> In article <b3rhp1de7j86gbc9tvupc7tgs7mef5frao@4ax.com>,
>>> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
>>> > <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
>>> > >system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
>>> > >kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
>>> > >DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
>>> > >hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
>>> > >protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.
>>>
>>> Major hole in your timeline here. DVD-A/SACD failed to kill CD. As far
>>> as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs. The same could very
>>> likely apply to DVDs for the video world.
>>
>> iPod is killing CD sales (well, that and insane DRM placed on CDs).
>
>Why people buy crappy sounding lossy files for the same price they'd pay
>for a CD I don't know.
>
>Also, not everyone has or wants an iPod.


ipods are lame and overpriced, just like everything else Apple
sells.

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