The CD is Dead Long Live The CD?


The president of EMI is proclaiming the death of the cd.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?siteid=mktw&guid=%7BBA27DA69-B92A-473A-AF46-0CBE9DFA59EE%7D

Is he right? Or, like Mark Twain, is news of its demise premature?
kinsekd

Showing 2 responses by jaybo

sony is already planning blu ray audio to replace sacd, and all 'but sony' are going to peck away at other media.....only 15% of the music business is downloaded, so its gonna be a few days before the cd goes away.
the increased marketshare of the lp is too small to mean anything.....even the beat selling lps are 2000 pc globally. many don't reach procuction runs of 1000, and the limited manufacturing facilities are beginning to show flaws in the quality of pressings. creating a new lp with a first class analogue master(and getting a license to do so) is not cost effective, even at the incredibly high retail prices.