Subj : When everything is digita
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Feb 26 2023 15:31:00

Hello Rob Mccart!

 RM> ..and I have a fairly high end CD/DVD Player but have
 RM> never purchased a CD or DVD.

So.. WITHOUT any CDs and DVDs, it doesn't get used?  ..unless  
you play rentals or something loaned from the library?


 RM> To answer the obvious question, the DVD player is part of
 RM> a VCR and I have made Tapes with something like 350 movies
 RM> on them..  That said, most are now so old that they likely
 RM> no longer work well, if at all. I just don't find time to
 RM> watch movies over and over so I've stopped collecting
 RM> them..

You made tapes from the DVDs? I thought the normal process was  
the reverse.. to make DVD copies of tapes!   <g>

I have made DVD versions of some VHS tape movies (long before  
they introduced the anti-copy scheme) and do not regret doing  
it. My DVD recorder is equipped with a fairly large HDD and the  
originals can reside there for a while too.


 RM> Okay, digital music, I'm not one to carry music with me
 RM> everywhere I go...

Likewise.. the digital format is very handy. I have ripped a  
portion of my CD collection and play them thru the iTunes  
program. The iTunes program is very capable wrt database  
operation and searches.

Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my  
hi-fi setup and control the music that way.


 RM> The most notable 'hold in your hand' thing would be books.
 RM> As I've mentioned before I have a collection of something
 RM> like 16,000 eBooks but, if a paper version is available in
 RM> the library, I will read that instead of an eBook,

That's a lot of eBooks! I venture into the eBook version only  
when I need to look up something or pull out a quote to share.   
But the preference is holding a physical book, that's for sure.


 RM> ..even though my Phone, Tablet and Laptop have special
 RM> software for reading eBooks in a number of formats.
 RM> Normally I will only get into an eBook if it's part of a
 RM> series that the Library is missing some parts of, and
 RM> that's rare. I read about 150 paper books a year but have
 RM> only read about 8 eBooks in the past year.

To appreciate an eBook properly, a dedicated eReader device  
(with e-Ink display) is best.  With it, you may still use  
ambient light for reading. Reading from an eReader is not as  
tiring on the eyes a using a smarphone or other computer  
display.

Digital has its place. But never thought vinyl would become  
popular so much like that news article (and others like from a  
few years ago even) would.

A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are fragile  
and wear out if the mechanics of the player is not up to par.

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