"When everything is digital, why we long for media we can hold>in our hands"
The most notable 'hold in your hand' thing would be books. As I've mentioned before I have a collection of something like 16,000 eBooks but
..and I have a fairly high end CD/DVD Player but have
never purchased a CD or DVD.
To answer the obvious question, the DVD player is part of
a VCR and I have made Tapes with something like 350 movies
on them.. That said, most are now so old that they likely
no longer work well, if at all. I just don't find time to
watch movies over and over so I've stopped collecting
them..
Okay, digital music, I'm not one to carry music with me
everywhere I go...
The most notable 'hold in your hand' thing would be books.
As I've mentioned before I have a collection of something
like 16,000 eBooks but, if a paper version is available in
the library, I will read that instead of an eBook,
..even though my Phone, Tablet and Laptop have special
software for reading eBooks in a number of formats.
Normally I will only get into an eBook if it's part of a
series that the Library is missing some parts of, and
that's rare. I read about 150 paper books a year but have
only read about 8 eBooks in the past year.
A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are fragile
and wear out if the mechanics of the player is not up to par.
The most notable 'hold in your hand' thing would be books. As I've> mentioned before I have a collection of something like 16,000 eBooks but
If it doesn't smell like paper and ink, I will not have it. It will be a cold>y in hell before I venture into that direction...
..and I have a fairly high end CD/DVD Player but have> never purchased a CD or DVD.
So.. WITHOUT any CDs and DVDs, it doesn't get used? ..unless>you play rentals or something loaned from the library?
To answer the obvious question, the DVD player is part of> a VCR and I have made Tapes with something like 350 movies
You made tapes from the DVDs? I thought the normal process was>the reverse.. to make DVD copies of tapes! <g>
I have made DVD versions of some VHS tape movies (long before>they introduced the anti-copy scheme) and do not regret doing
Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my>hi-fi setup and control the music that way.
..even though my Phone, Tablet and Laptop have special> software for reading eBooks in a number of formats.
To appreciate an eBook properly, a dedicated eReader device>(with e-Ink display) is best. With it, you may still use
Digital has its place. But never thought vinyl would become>popular so much like that news article (and others like from a
A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are fragile>and wear out if the mechanics of the player is not up to par.
I have a PVR with my satellite TV system that has a 1 TB
hard drive, and more can be added. I collect shows and
movies on that I don't have time to watch to save for
later when they are not running new shows as much.
Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my
hi-fi setup and control the music that way.
My Stereo is fairly old, so getting digital music into it
is difficult unless I do it through the aforementioned CD/
DVD player which is directly wired into it.
My system was worth close to $2000 about 40 years ago, so
you can probably triple that for today. It is still
working well, mostly because I don't abuse it at high
volume or use it a whole lot really.
I have (?) 60 or so vinyl records but mostly I only used
them once to make a copy to cassette tape. I know most
would argue the sound quality is not as good but I'm not
such a music nut and I prefer to wear out a tape rather
than the record. You can always make more tapes or disks
with the right hardware.
A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are
fragile and wear out if the mechanics of the player is
not up to par.
I have a number of them that are decades old but I don't
use them all that much and I always bought high end tapes
which last better.
My dual-tape cassette deck was also a
fairly high end unit worth over $350 when I got it back in
days of yore.. B)
Record deal - Was approached to do a record with my own
music but the producer went bankrupt just before things
got going.
One man unsubscribe from the sat service. His wife do not see TV, but listen new wave (humor) on radio after that. Before it she listen retro wave on her radio)I have a PVR with my satellite TV system that has a 1 TB hard drive, and
more can be added. I collect shows and movies on that I don't have time
to watch to save for later when they are not running new shows as much.
But.. what happens when you unsubscribe from the sat service?
Do you haveOne man transfer and pack his material to compact disk. His sun goto green forest of many tree's branches with compact disk and wintchester for pif-paf to disk from wintchester))
to return the PVR? Or.. can you transfer your recorded material to external media?
((Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my
hi-fi setup and control the music that way.
(My Stereo is fairly old, so getting digital music into it is difficult
unless I do it through the aforementioned CD/ DVD player which is
directly wired into it.
You could just attach a laptop or a small form factor desktop that hasDORA just attach to TV a small factor) desktop that has the digital material on it. Then control the play via her computer's app into IR-device with DURACELL)))
the digital material on it. Then control the play via an app or the computer.
DORA just attach to TV a small factor) desktop that has the digital material on it. Then control the play via her computer's app into
IR-device with DURACELL)))
Another interesting video/vinyl/cassettes (Canadian) survivor
story..
"When everything is digital, why we long for media we can hold
in our hands"
"People are rediscovering the value of DVDs, records after
years of digitizing everything.
by Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 23, 2023 4:00 AM
"It's a feeling increasingly shared by consumers and collectors
across Canada. After years of digitizing everything, people are
rediscovering the value of physical assets. DVDs, vinyl records
and film cameras are all experiencing a renaissance. Even
cassette tapes are making a comeback.
"Last year, for the second year in a row, vinyl albums outsold
CD albums in the in the U.S., Billboard reported in January
(and the manufacturers are struggling to keep pace with the
growth). In terms of photography, Kodak said in 2022 that it
"can't keep up" with the demand for film.
"a lot of younger female customers buying records. Now, it's
common to have 15-year olds coming in to buy everything from
old re-issues to new releases"
[FULL article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/physical-media- dvd-vinyl-1.6755293 ]
OR.. https://bbs.lc/mzDHd
I have a PVR with my satellite TV system that has a 1 TB>Do you have to return the PVR? Or.. can you transfer your
hard drive, and more can be added. I collect shows and
movies on that I don't have time to watch to save for
later when they are not running new shows as much.
But.. what happens when you unsubscribe from the sat service?
You could just attach a laptop or a small form factor desktop>that has the digital material on it. Then control the play via
My system was worth close to $2000 about 40 years ago, so>woofers after 12 yrs. But I found a place in Ottawa that
you can probably triple that for today. It is still
working well, mostly because I don't abuse it at high
volume or use it a whole lot really.
My fine speakers developed the infamous foam rot around the
would argue the sound quality is not as good but I'm not>inorder to preserve the LP. I liked doing that especially when
such a music nut and I prefer to wear out a tape rather
than the record. You can always make more tapes or disks
with the right hardware.
It has been the same process for me above: copy LP to tape
>recorded cassettes.A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are
fragile and wear out if the mechanics of the player is
not up to par.
I have a number of them that are decades old but I don't
use them all that much and I always bought high end tapes
which last better.
I was particularly referring to the fragility of commercially
Record deal - Was approached to do a record with my own>affiliated with? That would be a dream for many to be
music but the producer went bankrupt just before things
got going.
That's an interesting story. What label was the producer
I have over 2,000 vinyl LPs & 50-odd 45s. . . All older/classic. . .
I'd be interested in seeing a pie chart comparing sales of: LPs
Cassettes
CDs
MP3s
I have 25K+ MP3s, mostly in discography downloaded sets
for artists I already have represented in physical media.
What we lost in losing LPs is the wonderful & creative
album art; like the Moody Blues -- every album is a
wonder, with new delights every time you open one fully &
gaze upon it. . .
They try with CD covers, but there's so much less space to
work with. . .
I liked having the lyrics printed o the back -- sometimes
it was the only way to know what the lyrics were, for me!
The last physical new album I bought was a Frank Sinatra
Greatest Hits CD when I first heard he died, trying to
best the jacking up of prices & potential scarcity at the
old "record store"; now I grab everything digital (MP3s)
for free. . .
It's my protest against the stupidity of music pricing,
nearly none of which goes to the artist, in spite of the
lying ads saying that piracy hurts the artists.
I used to party with artists next door to me at a private
recording studio; one tried to give me a band tee, but the
promoter stopped him & they argued; the band member said
he just wants a fan to be wearing their name so others
hear of them.
I have records spanning many years in some artists'
careers & can often hear the album that marked the change
from being artists expressing their love of their art, &
their becoming slaves of the corporate hegemony.
I have over 2,000 vinyl LPs & 50-odd 45s. . . All older/classic. . .
About 1200 LPs, and about 500 45s here.
The "booklet" form isn't bad. But the print can be too small.
Some CD covers would "fold out" to a larger size, but it tended
to get annoying to get them back in place.
I haven't heard too many stories like that. But I have heard
of artists losing the rights to their own material due to some
small print in their contracts.
About 1200 LPs, and about 500 45s here.
And then when you pass, your next of kin will get rid of
it in the trash bin.
The "booklet" form isn't bad. But the print can be too
small. Some CD covers would "fold out" to a larger size,
but it tended to get annoying to get them back in place.
Try that with "Thick as a brick". Or John Lord's "Gemini
Suite", I bought thatone just for the cover.
I haven't heard too many stories like that. But I have
heard of artists losing the rights to their own material
due to some small print in their contracts.
We've had that discussion many times and the majority of
people, nearly all of them that is, do not understand. As
an author you cannot sign-away or sell the creative rights
of a piece of music, a book, etc... It stays.
Try that with "Thick as a brick". Or John Lord's "Gemini
Suite", I bought thatone just for the cover.
Do not know Tull's LP, but the wiki on it sounds interesting.
Don't know the Jon Lord recording/package.
I have a PVR with my satellite TV system that has a 1 TB
hard drive [...]
[...] The unit will accept an external hard drive attached to it
but I'm not sure how it decides what goes where. I'd have to look at
the settings.
They recently updated their PVR's and told us to just
dispose of the old one, which has a lot of stuff on it but
only had about a 320 gig drive. It's not really stuff I
was keeping other than to finally find time to watch it
once.
[...] the unit Only works with that one company so it
becomes just an external drive after that. Hmm.. that
said, the drive in it is a standard computer type hard
drive so you could open the thing up and pull it to use in
whatever you wanted if the video is stored in a standard
format..
I've been with Shaw Digital (Org. StarChoice) for something like
25 years so the problem has never come up before.
My Stereo is fairly old, so getting digital music into it
is difficult unless I do it through the aforementioned CD/
DVD player which is directly wired into it.
[...] What I could do is burn a music DVD and I can run
the DVD player through the Stereo. I've done that before,
just not used it often.
My system was worth close to $2000 about 40 years ago, so
you can probably triple that for today. It is still
working well, mostly because I don't abuse it at high
volume or use it a whole lot really.
My fine speakers developed the infamous foam rot [...]
I think mine are still okay. I haven't looked at them too
closely in a while. Last time I ran it they sounded fine.
It has about 12" woofers and a mid range and a tweeter in
each cabinet about 30" high.
would argue the sound quality is not as good but I'm not
such a music nut and I prefer to wear out a tape rather
than the record. You can always make more tapes or disks
with the right hardware.
Record deal - Was approached to do a record with my own
music [...]
That was a LONG time ago. Likely it was under his own label that
no one would remember today. My music was mostly Folk, anti war stuff
Sort of Ironic stuff..
First few lines..
It's been a while now, still I get lonely
And the nights go on and on.
And now and then I think about you girl.
I'd like to send you a pretty flower
For each time I've thought of you
But there aren't that many Roses in the world..
It was supposed to be a joke song mocking the really old '4 chord'
stuff, but most people into country music really liked it.
There's probably a message in there somewhere.. B)
[...] The unit will accept an external hard drive attached to it>external drive is encrypted and would only be accessible from
but I'm not sure how it decides what goes where. I'd have to look at
the settings.
My understanding is that the material recorded onto the
One salient difference he noted between the one he was>currently using and the one they sent in as a replacement/
[...] the unit Only works with that one company so it>operate independently.
becomes just an external drive after that. Hmm.. that
said, the drive in it is a standard computer type hard
drive so you could open the thing up and pull it to use in
whatever you wanted if the video is stored in a standard
format..
Hmmm is right. I wonder if the HDD could be salvaged to
My Stereo is fairly old, so getting digital music into it
is difficult unless I do it through the aforementioned CD/
DVD player which is directly wired into it.
It doesn't have an AUX/IN ?
[...] What I could do is burn a music DVD and I can run>that. My TV supports SD card media, but then it has to be
the DVD player through the Stereo. I've done that before,
just not used it often.
Hmmm.. I've never tried putting music files on DVD and playing
Not a real audio nut here either, but I always dreamed of>having a more advanced set up with a Klipsch pair and dedicated
I have 25K+ MP3s, mostly in discography downloaded sets
for artists I already have represented in physical media.
I've purchased far more CDs thatn I've purchased MP3 downloads.
The record clubs such as Columbia House made it easy and
somewhat inexpensive.
Yes.. the album art and contents (foldouts, inserts, etc) added
to a great listening experience.
They try with CD covers, but there's so much less space toThe "booklet" form isn't bad. But the print can be too small.
work with. . .
Some CD covers would "fold out" to a larger size, but it tended
to get annoying to get them back in place.
I remember when user-posted lyrics were FORBIDDEN on the
internet. Now, there is no shortage of sites offering the full
lyrics. And those sites even request user input for songs with
missing lyrics.
I can't remember the last *NEW* LP I purchased. I gradually
continued to acquire some used LPs from thrift shops from time
to time.
I haven't heard too many stories like that. But I have heard
of artists losing the rights to their own material due to some
small print in their contracts.
I never said I purchased MP3 downloads (I have, but very
few compared to the 25K+ I have!)
Yes.. the album art and contents (foldouts, inserts, etc)
added to a great listening experience.
I needed the printed lyrics, as my brain could not
differentiate combined sounds like words & music. . .
www.songfacts.com -- lots of good info on thousands of songs & artists, mostly
I can't remember the last *NEW* LP I purchased. I gradually
continued to acquire some used LPs from thrift shops from
time to time.
Same -- can't beat $2 for a CD or $1 for an LP.
I like most music, some TV shows, a rare few older movies,
but I'm not into being fanatic("a fan") of the players --
I might note seeing the same face or voice a few times in
material I like, like how I love pretty much every tv
series that Chuck Lorre has produced, & would be happy
only watching reruns of his shows over new series by
others. . but I'm not gaga for him -- I know nothing
about him except he's kind of quirky (his end note cards
at the end of nearly every episode are my clue to this --
& quirky is good -- I guess I like quirky characters who
interact realistically & naturally & whose micro-
expressions match the scenes.
I looked at Chuck Lorre's portfolio. I think I've ever seen 4
or 5 of his creations. I don't remember seeing any end cards.
I looked at Chuck Lorre's portfolio. I think I've ever
seen 4 or 5 of his creations. I don't remember seeing
any end cards.
You can read them all here: http://chucklorre.com/?e=1464
;-)
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