How long left for CD storage?

RB — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:19:15 +0000

I wonder how long the CD has left before it’s looked upon by the general public, not just by techie people, as an antique? When I think about my use of CD now compared to what it used to be there’s really not much action; yes, a lot of albums are sitting up there on the shelf in CD form, but when they get played it’s usually from iTunes, and if not that’s just because I haven’t got round to ripping them all yet. New music is usually a download (must do another post on a longer night about how much it matters, if at all, that we now listen to music at a lower quality of reproduction than we used to…)
I used to finish a track in Logic and burn it to CD to either put in another machine or give to someone – not any more. They don’t hold that much data, and DVDs are a lot cheaper than they were, so all in all it doesn’t look great for the CD – or am I missing something? Either way, when they finally enter the great museum of technology in the attic, I think it would be fitting to recreate the episode of Tomorrow’s World on which they were first displayed – smear them with strawberry jam and frisbee them into retirement.

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How long left for CD storage?