You're right. There's a lot of consumers on this list because... Multiple Choice:
1. I consume occasionally 2. I consume at least once a week 3. I consume daily 4. I consume more than once a day unless ill or broke Nobody is arguing the extreme swing of the pendulum, as you seem to imply. Of course vinyl LP's still exist. Just go down and try to get the exact album, you're looking for though. Film is not dead yet, but it's lying on the bed and the call has been sent out for the priest. Tom C. >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) >Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:05:35 -0400 > >Well, what I see here is that there are a lot of consumers on the list. If >you can not buy something just anywhere, it does not exist. Even in Boone >there is a couple of stores you can buy new (and old) vinyl at. Come to >think of it that is a couple more than you could buy B&W film at even >before digital uber al. > >You can not buy a high end computer in Boone either, so computers must be >dead too. > >My experience over a lot of decades is that when something becomes popular, >it is on its way to dying, as soon all you can get is the lowest common >denominator. Hassleblads give way to disposables, then the fad ends and you >can not get anything anymore. All the "get rich quick" guys drive the >enthusiasts out of the business, then they get out because there is too >much competition, and then you guys yell, "it is dead". > > > >graywolf >http://www.graywolfphoto.com >http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf >"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >----------------------------------- > > >Tom Cakalic wrote: > > Yeah, so I can just go down and take my pick right? Any new CD, any old >CD > > still in distribution, I can go get a brand new vinyl version? I don't > > think so. > > > > Vinyl is dead in in the eyes of the vast music buying public. From what >I > > understand CD's are going the same route when it comes to sales from >retail > > stores. What will save the CD format for a while is that is that people > > need a recordable, portable medium to store digital music on. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
