No More CD-R

[Luke]

So...

In 10 years, do you guys think CD-R's will still be mass manufactured?

[arion]

What nonsense cdr's are still good for the various iso's of games out there. Be it pc games or console games cdr's are still useful.

[SpaceBooger]

So...

In 10 years, do you guys think CD-R's will still be mass manufactured?

Yes, by one or two companies. And less stores will carry them.

[emb1234]

In relation to gaming, I believe we're basically done with the CD. DVD basically has the same advantage without quite so much of a limit. New consoles coming out have no need of a CD only drive. Consumers need to upgrade regardless, in order to play the newest games, so why not take advantage of new media?

The size of a CD is a bit large to fit within a portable device (could be done, sure, but it's an awkward shape to work around, and maximizing portability means minimizing size where possible).

Music industry may or may not ever move out of the CD format. Depends on how drives are done. I could imagine all of them just going with DVD simply because they're more common and therefore, possible easier to make. There will always be some physical format, for every relevant form of media. Digital will continue to grow to a large portion, but not take all of it, imo. At least not for a long time. The preference towards physical media will take generations and generations to phase out to the point that mass production is worthless.

I personally would say that cd-r's will still be mass produced in 10 years, maybe even 20. Maybe even longer? Really depends on if physical music ever sees the need to make some transition; ie car sound systems upgrade standard drives. Until that isn't the best medium for retail music, cd-rs will still be made.

[AppleQueso]

Music industry may or may not ever move out of the CD format. Depends on how drives are done. I could imagine all of them just going with DVD simply because they're more common and therefore, possible easier to make.

No real reason to think that music will move to DVD of all things. Probably SACD if it moves to anything else at all. CDs have more than enough storage space for an album.

[CRTGAMER]

CRT gamer, if you use CD instead of DVD for back, that means you will need 6.7 CD's for instead of every DVD-R. having 6.7 times the storage is not more convenient. As far as I know , DVD-R's are cheap enough to use only 700 mb of data and throw them away if not needed. They are not an expensive thing. How much cheaper are CD-R's?

My reason in the previous reply. Document and pics only, not entire computer backup. Thats what install discs are for.

CDRs make better sense for document backup. If a disc gets accidently damaged, Do you really want to lose 4.7gig or 700mb worth of data? I back up family JPGs every year, easily fit on a CDR. The Videos go on a second CDR or if too large then resort to a DVD-R. Extra backups get sent to relatives, a handy form of archiving and sharing.

I think CDRs more durable too, the larger and less densely packed pits easier to read in the event of accidental scratches.

But as far as new media, PRESSED CDs are going to be dinosaurs and eventually PRESSED DVDs will be obsolete too.

[jfrost]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10138324-47.html

According to some industry sources, as recently as 2006, CDs represented more than 80 percent of the music sold in the United States. A recent report projects that it won't be until 2012 that download sales surpass CD sales.

[Ziggy]

Wow, I never would have guessed that CD sales are higher than digital music sales. But 2012, that's only two years away. Not a long time at all.

[RCBH928]

I think that source is very wrong.
I can believe that cd sales are more than digital
but I can't believe that cd sales are 80% of the market, and digital is only at %20.
But thats in 2006, we are four years later, its a huge difference.

I would say cd sales are at 40% now

somewhere between 2001-2002 , dvd surpassed vhs, and by 2005 vhs was pretty much dead.

So I am guessing CD-R's will be dead by 2015!?
5 years isn't that long for a medium to die,

[GSZX1337]

I would say cd sales are at 40% now

Source?