How we gonna play our discs in the next future?!

[kfbkfb]

I don't want to derail this thread, however, prerecorded compact cassettes can have pretty good sound quality:
https://www.tapeheads.net/threads/classical-recordings-on-cassette.109010/page-2#post-775760087

(poster Wilhelm worked for BASF)


Could mean Sony (UHD)Blu-ray+MCH SCAD players will be the last brand standing:
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/030124-1330


Kirk Bayne

 

[mister_eff]

I sure hope physical media never completely goes away.

I'm just glad I can personally rip CDs, SACDs, DVD-As, blu-rays, and 4ks.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I didn't say they were dead, I'm just saying that I don't think we need to be too worried about Blu-Ray players going extinct... and that Blu-Ray drives are likely to disappear first, given the market for those is probably even lower than players. This is still years out.

Personally I'm hoping the opposite happens. Currently manufacturers like Pioneer and LG are no longer making stand-alone players but they're still making drives. And then you have manufacturers like ASUS who have never made stand-alone players but do make drives...