Poll: Buying CD's or Downloading.
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I usually prefer CDs, but I can't say why. I will only use the CD once and that is to put it on my computer. Except for my computer and Xbox I have no device capable of playing a CD, but I still prefer those. I guess I want my physical product. The strange thing though is that I want to buy all my games by digital means since I don't want game boxes taking up space. I wont call myself a hypocrite over this, but it's a strange paradox.
It might just be my older CDs or crappy disc drive I have but the tracks I've ripped off them seem to be a lower bitrate (128kbps) than the MP3s that I download (320kbps). However it is near to impossible to hear whatever differences there may be through my speakers/headphones so I'm probably just talking out of my ass.Owyn_Merrilin said:
I keep my CD is a safe space in my room so the chances of something bad happening to those is most likely to be a fire in the house which losing my CD is the least of my worries.CardinalPiggles said:
CDs all the way for me, I've got plenty of downloads too, but I still prefer CDs. A friend of mine that had downloaded alot of music(about a solid months worth of playtime) just lost a good portion of his music library because the hard drive on his laptop was defective & died just a few months after he got it..
While it makes more sense to buy something off itunes and download it, it doesn't give off that same warm feeling as it does when you walk out of a shop with a CD in your hand, it just feels really good. Even though all I'l actually do with the CD is rip it to Itunes and put it on my Ipod, but it's still worth it
CDs.
Because I grew up in a time when technology is a million times weaker than today, I prefer my music on CDs.
Just Kidding. I prefer digital downloads in most cases because I only want one song.
However, if it some compilation like Now, That's What I Call Music or Glee, or I like the artist, I'll buy the CD.
Because I grew up in a time when technology is a million times weaker than today, I prefer my music on CDs.
Just Kidding. I prefer digital downloads in most cases because I only want one song.
However, if it some compilation like Now, That's What I Call Music or Glee, or I like the artist, I'll buy the CD.
CD's. As I prefer having a physical copy of something.
Also I'm one or two CD's short of completing my Beatles back catalogue collection.
Also I'm one or two CD's short of completing my Beatles back catalogue collection.
Digital copies of music is by far superior to CDs. First, I can make several copies to protect my purchases - no scratched discs. Second, I only buy the music I like. If I only like 1 song on the album, I pay $0.99. $1.29 if the publisher sucks and wants to overcharge.
Either as long as its legal I guess but I much rather prefer CDs. I just like having a carbon copy I can hold that includes all the notes and what not. Besides, you can rip the CD onto your PC for a digital copy anyways.
Okay, I see what you're getting at. What's going on is the default setting in whatever program you're using to rip the CDs is set to 128 K; I know Windows Media Player is like that. There should be an option somewhere to kick it up to 320, maybe even something to put it in a lossless format depending on what program you use.ubersyanyde said:
When you rip a CD, you're not making an exact copy, you're compressing it down to a smaller, usually lower quality format. I'm not sure what the exact bitrate of a 1X[footnote]The speed at which an audio CD plays[/footnote] CD is, but I know it's in the megabits, not the kilobits. It also uses a completely different format to store the music, called Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) which is essentially a gigantic digitized version of the sound wave. Basically Mp3 is to PCM as a zip file is to a word document, except that unlike a Zip file, an MP3 can't reconstruct all of the data, only the stuff that the computer thinks humans can hear.
To give an idea, a basic (90 minute) CD holds about 750 megabytes of data. A 60 minute mp3 is usually (although it depends on the bitrate) about 30 megabytes. I wish I could give an exact comparison with a 90 minute mp3, but I've never actually come across one that big.
