Hell you can buy a turntable with a USB connector... David J Brooks wrote: > Can't agree totally on that Tom.. > > Vinyl seems to be holding on to a share in this area, small but > still.......... > > One of the bigger stereo places that have been around for a long time, > are advertising players again. > > My records are going no were.:-) > > Dave > > On 8/6/07, Tom Cakalic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. >> >> Tom C. >> >> >>> From: John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> From: >>> "Tom C" >>> >>>>> Film may see a renaissance of sorts, though I doubt it. More likely, >>>>> within >>>>> a very few years it will become so financially unworthwhile to >>>>> manufacture >>>>> that even the Chinese will give up on making it, and that will be the >>>>> end of >>>>> the line for it. >>>>> >>>> This is the statement I agree with most out of the whole thread. I see >>>> film almost the same as I see vinyl records. There will be under 1% >>>> of the consumer base that cares about film, even B&W film. What most >>>> people see in a B&W photo is the absence of color, not the nuances >>>> that can be had by using certain films and processing techniques. I >>>> don't see a film renaissance either, it's just common sense. >>>> >>> Except that some 20+ years after CDs "killed" vinyl records, you can >>> still get new ones. You do have to make some record to find 'em, but >>> they're available. >>> >>> I fully expect film to hang in there the same way. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > >
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