Now that CD's are close to extinction,

[W1GUH]

What will replace them as physical distributable media? The first and obvious thing would be SD cards, but the smallest available are far too big and expensive to replace CD's. Any thoughts on this?

[K7SGJ]

What will replace them as physical distributable media? The first and obvious thing would be SD cards, but the smallest available are far too big and expensive to replace CD's. Any thoughts on this?

Cassette tape?

[NA4BH]

Cassette tape?

That's still only a theory.

[K7SGJ]

That's still only a theory.

But, but, but, but, we have an SUV on Mars now.

[NA4BH]

8 track is the future. 8 track invest every dime you have.

[XE1/N5AL]

8 track is the future. 8 track invest every dime you have.

Modern music media just doesn't have all the features that 8-tracks did. Remember the songs that fade-out in the middle, in time for the "KER-CHUNK" of the track change, then fade-in again and continue on? Or, hearing the cross-talk of adjacent music tracks during the quiet passages of your favorite song? You just can't find those features elsewhere.

Back to the original question about physical distributable media: I don't think there will be one. Content availability has already transitioned to downloadable formats and you can buy music from places like iTunes. Of course, bandwidth to the home is increasing for downloading other media content, also. When I signed up for DSL Internet service with the local telephone provider, Telmex, I got their cheap 512 kbps package. For what I did at the time, it was more than sufficient. Now, four years later, my basic Internet package runs at 6 Mbps, even though I have never signed up for anything faster than the old 512 kbps package. The 12x speed increase of my DSL connection was transparently provided, for free, by the telephone company to keep up with their competition.

[NA4BH]

Modern music media just doesn't have all the features that 8-tracks did. Remember the songs that fade-out in the middle, in time for the "KER-CHUNK" of the track change, then fade-in again and continue on?

:rofl: And when you were singing with the tape, you built the Ker-Chunk into the lyrics.

[kf0rt]

Physical distributable media is going away. Download MP3s to your own flash memory today. Tomorrow, you won't even need the memory and things will be downloaded on the fly as you play - a lot of this is happening now. HD movies in the back seat of an Escalade still requires DVD, but that'll change.

[K7SGJ]

Physical distributable media is going away. Download MP3s to your own flash memory today. Tomorrow, you won't even need the memory and things will be downloaded on the fly as you play - a lot of this is happening now. HD movies in the back seat of an Escalade still requires DVD, but that'll change.

DVD's in the back seat? Where was this when I was a teenager.

[kf0rt]

DVD's in the back seat? Where was this when I was a teenager.

Wasn't invented yet. Man, I recall my first VCR. Cost about a grand (VHS) and I was one of the first people around with one. That was 30+years ago now. Had one of the first CD decks, too. 1985. I recall going into a record store at the local mall, and they had 6 CD's to choose from -- about $30 apiece, and kept in a locked case. John Fogerty's Centerfield was the first I bought (it was one of the 6).

These days, the tech is kinda boring. Or I'm getting old. Probably the latter.