Comments on: A History Of The Compact Disc http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: daelin http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-557171 daelin Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:17:39 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-557171 There's no mention of the LaserDisc which was the first real optical disc format that most people heard of. They even brought LD back into the mainstream with combination LD/CD players in the mid 80's. When I started buying CDs in the 80's, they were high-tech at the time. Still, LP's had a longer run although playing an LP in the car wasn't really feasable for most. ;) LPs cost $10 in the 80's and CD's cost $17. They never went down mainly because most people would still pay it. I used to shop at a local CD store that sold them for $12. Once LPs went away, you thought the CD would go down in price but it never really did. The only thing that went away were "CD Exclusive tracks" to get you to buy the new format. There’s no mention of the LaserDisc which was the first real optical disc format that most people heard of.

They even brought LD back into the mainstream with combination LD/CD players in the mid 80’s.

When I started buying CDs in the 80’s, they were high-tech at the time. Still, LP’s had a longer run although playing an LP in the car wasn’t really feasable for most. ;)

LPs cost $10 in the 80’s and CD’s cost $17. They never went down mainly because most people would still pay it. I used to shop at a local CD store that sold them for $12. Once LPs went away, you thought the CD would go down in price but it never really did. The only thing that went away were “CD Exclusive tracks” to get you to buy the new format.

]]> By: dc http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-318568 dc Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:06:32 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-318568 for reference: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ for reference:
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

]]> By: dc http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-318564 dc Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:05:49 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-318564 Are you kidding? "even with inflation it's still a somewhat affordable stereo component" $30 in 1982 would be $64 in today. $900 in 1982 would be $1923 today. Would you pay $64 dollars for a music cd today? The worst part about it is that the cost of CDs never really droped below 20 bucks until the end of the 90's. The record industry GOUGED consumers for a decade. Even as their manufacturing costs dropped to sub dollar per disk. Even now most single CDs are list priced at about 18 to 20 bucks. This is why they are in so much trouble. |> Are you kidding?
“even with inflation it’s still a somewhat affordable stereo component”

$30 in 1982 would be $64 in today.
$900 in 1982 would be $1923 today.

Would you pay $64 dollars for a music cd today?

The worst part about it is that the cost of CDs never really droped below 20 bucks until the end of the 90’s. The record industry GOUGED consumers for a decade. Even as their manufacturing costs dropped to sub dollar per disk. Even now most single CDs are list priced at about 18 to 20 bucks. This is why they are in so much trouble.

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]]> By: yoshi http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-309017 yoshi Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:23:34 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/05/a-history-of-the-compact-disc/#comment-309017 My parents bought our first CD player in 1984 for $750. Its still works and it still plays CDs bought yesterday or 20 years ago. Compare this to buying a DVD disc today and putting it in a DVD player that is 5 or more years old. Good luck playing it. My parents bought our first CD player in 1984 for $750. Its still works and it still plays CDs bought yesterday or 20 years ago. Compare this to buying a DVD disc today and putting it in a DVD player that is 5 or more years old. Good luck playing it.

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