Comments on: I Don’t Want CDs To Be Obsolete http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/i-dont-want-cds-to-be-obsolete/ The well-intentioned ramblings of Blair Mitchelmore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blair http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/i-dont-want-cds-to-be-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-298 blair Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:56:42 +0000 http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/i-dont-want-cds-to-be-obsolete/#comment-298 Dan, there's no statute of limitations on good ideas (or bad ones) which is why I keep these comments open indefinitely. It's good to know there are people out there like me who still want tangible possessions. I think the younger generations will shift to our thinking soon enough. Like you said, the permanence is important, I think especially so as we get older. Dan, there’s no statute of limitations on good ideas (or bad ones) which is why I keep these comments open indefinitely. It’s good to know there are people out there like me who still want tangible possessions. I think the younger generations will shift to our thinking soon enough. Like you said, the permanence is important, I think especially so as we get older.

]]> By: Dan http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/i-dont-want-cds-to-be-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Dan Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:12:17 +0000 http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/i-dont-want-cds-to-be-obsolete/#comment-297 (So I realize you wrote this blog over a year ago but I just read it today..) I have to say I wholeheartedly agree with you here. I cannot imagine ever being comfortable with merely digital copies of music of movies. If it means enough to me I must have the real thing. I even felt that way years ago with VHS. Even some movies I had taped off TV I wanted to get the 'real' tape or DVD eventually. The experience (and security) of having the tangible disc in your hand is important to me as is having physical cover art and lyrics, liner notes, and the descriptions on the back of DVD's to look at and read. I often just look at my DVDs and books and consider them. And as ridiculous as is sometimes seems, I like knowing that I own the movies (and tv shows) I like (or love.. yes you, Buffy) and knowing that I can watch them any time I want – even though I often go months and years between re-viewing them. (I have a lot of DVDs). The experience would be somewhat empty by merely having them as digital files. And I likely wouldn't watch them. As the saying goes: 'out of sight out of mind'. On a similar note: I'm a bit concerned about the eventual fate of magazines and books. I don't want to have to read novels off of a bright glowing screen. I like to hold a book, look at its cover (and yes, usually judge it that way), and keep it by my bed when I'm not reading it. I also like to have a library of my favourite books at hand for re-visiting. I even feel compelled to buy the actual tangible book of content that's free online (like art books) so that I can have the images at a high quality and have them permanently. I guess that puts a pinpoint on it; the sense of permanence is important. So, here's wishing hard copy a long life. (So I realize you wrote this blog over a year ago but I just read it today..) I have to say I wholeheartedly agree with you here. I cannot imagine ever being comfortable with merely digital copies of music of movies. If it means enough to me I must have the real thing. I even felt that way years ago with VHS. Even some movies I had taped off TV I wanted to get the ‘real’ tape or DVD eventually. The experience (and security) of having the tangible disc in your hand is important to me as is having physical cover art and lyrics, liner notes, and the descriptions on the back of DVD’s to look at and read. I often just look at my DVDs and books and consider them. And as ridiculous as is sometimes seems, I like knowing that I own the movies (and tv shows) I like (or love.. yes you, Buffy) and knowing that I can watch them any time I want – even though I often go months and years between re-viewing them. (I have a lot of DVDs). The experience would be somewhat empty by merely having them as digital files. And I likely wouldn’t watch them. As the saying goes: ‘out of sight out of mind’.

On a similar note: I’m a bit concerned about the eventual fate of magazines and books. I don’t want to have to read novels off of a bright glowing screen. I like to hold a book, look at its cover (and yes, usually judge it that way), and keep it by my bed when I’m not reading it. I also like to have a library of my favourite books at hand for re-visiting. I even feel compelled to buy the actual tangible book of content that’s free online (like art books) so that I can have the images at a high quality and have them permanently.

I guess that puts a pinpoint on it; the sense of permanence is important.
So, here’s wishing hard copy a long life.

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