Subj : Is a PC optical drive a "
To   : jimmylogan
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat May 10 2025 08:42 am

  Re: Is a PC optical drive a "
  By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Fri May 09 2025 11:10 pm

 Ni>> I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have
 Ni>> said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media
 Ni>> because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things &
 Ni>> such.

 ji> A buddy of mine was telling me today about a book he found called "Revenge
 ji> of Analog." It's about the cultural shift of buying physical media.

The title feels like a bit of a misnomer..  A lot of the physical media in use today (CDs, DVDs, blu-ray, 4K blu-ray) are digital formats.  And I still feel like the use of the term "digital" to refer to online streaming is a little weird (since the aforementioned physical formats are digital media).

 ji> We talked about back in the day when you'd see a comic on the shelf /
 ji> spinner rack and that's how you learned about it!

 ji> You'd buy a record and have to go through the trouble of playing it - so
 ji> you didn't just skip to the next one, etc.

I don't recall if I'd seen that, but that's cool.  I do remember in the late 90s/early 2000s, some music stores (such as Tower Records) started having spots on the rack with headphones and would let you choose from a selection of albums or songs to listen to.

Nightfox
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