Another nail in the coffin for physical media?

[htismaqe]

LG is the latest electronics manufacturer to announce they will no longer be making Blu-ray players.

[Stryker]

Originally Posted by Mecca

The PS5 plays 4k dvds but yea this has always been where it was going. It's not even easy to really buy DVDs.

I did not know this

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

They're already talking about the next gen of PlayStation consoles not having a disc tray at all.

That's the main reason I bought an Xbox Series X recently. It will probably be the last console with a disc drive built in, and it can double as a blu ray player

[htismaqe]

I have an original PS5 with the built in drive but I don't watch movies much at all. I have a half dozen games on disc I need to finish and then I will probably be done with physical. Haven't decided if I want the Pro yet or not (I was pretty happy with the upgrade from PS4 to PS4 Pro) but if I do, I doubt I buy the add-on drive.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I was overjoyed when CDs came out and I could dump my records (though, admittedly, I still have a lot of them). Kids these days.

Same here. Records SUCKED. I remember I once bought a new LP, dropped it taking it out of the sleeve and put a scratch through the track of the best song before I even got a chance to listen to it once. I hated 8 tracks because you couldn't rewind them and there would always be that one song that faded away in the middle and resumed on the next track. I hated cassettes because so often the tape would wind out and get mangled, sometimes beyond the point of rewinding it with a pencil, and while CDs were certainly the best of the physical media, it's so much better having all my music in a single device that fits in the palm of my hand. Why would anybody want to go back to that old shit? I don't get it. I wouldn't want to rely on a flintlock pistol for self defense, either.

[htismaqe]

Records still have charm. I would never use them as my primary medium - I have a smart phone. But the warmth and tone of old records is something special sometimes.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Records still have charm. I would never use them as my primary medium - I have a smart phone. But the warmth and tone of old records is something special sometimes.

If you say so. I think I still have perhaps a dozen LPs left in a box in the basement somewhere. None have been played in decades or will be ever again. At least not by me.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Records still have charm. I would never use them as my primary medium - I have a smart phone. But the warmth and tone of old records is something special sometimes.

Records and tube amps put out distortion in that perfect range to give it a warm sound.

People spend tens of thousands to get the very best of that sound . In reality a cheap chip/audio processor can replicate the sound through a solid state amp.

[UteChief]

Originally Posted by notorious

Records and tube amps put out distortion in that perfect range to give it a warm sound.

People spend tens of thousands to get the very best of that sound . In reality a cheap chip/audio processor can replicate the sound through a solid state amp.

Speaking of tube amps. I think it’s unfortunate when a company like Bose buys McIntosh. Hopefully they don’t ruin it!

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Hehe. For years, my main machine was a 27" iMac. I switched to a Chromebook a couple of years ago. I haven't built a PC in over a decade.

All of my gaming is now on PS5.

The machine I referenced is a miniPC that's main function is to monitor the internals of my primary UPS.

I'm not much of a power user anymore. I'm getting too old and lazy for it. 🤣

I am the same way and that’s the biggest reason why I don’t take the leap into a serious gaming PC. Spent too much money on games for the PS4/PS5 over the years.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Just found out recently that vinyl's making a comeback. Saw a bunch of turntables for sale at Wally world last week, and they actually had records for sale as well.

Oh yeah, they are very popular. If you are a collector and like the Harry Potter soundtrack you can get the complete recordings on vinyl which are limited to 500 copies of each house. Once they sell out secondary market prices will skyrocket.

[Stewie]

There's a YouTube channel called "Collect Co." that is on every night selling some really cool vinyl.

[Stryker]

This is so funny because I just bought the wife a 2025 Honda Accord and there is no CD player but, 4 USB C outlets. I got her a USB C male to USB 3.0 adapter. Used a 32GB flash drive and downloaded all of her MP3's to it and now she has her music in her new vehicle.

I have a 2018 Honda Accord with a USB 3.0 port and it hates my iPod so I did the same for my music as well.

[jd1020]

I'll probably still be buying physical copies as long as they make them. Mostly just music though. I dont remember the last movie I purchased.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by jd1020

I'll probably still be buying physical copies as long as they make them. Mostly just music though. I dont remember the last movie I purchased.

Same here. I collect music CDs but that's about it.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Stryker

This is so funny because I just bought the wife a 2025 Honda Accord and there is no CD player but, 4 USB C outlets. I got her a USB C male to USB 3.0 adapter. Used a 32GB flash drive and downloaded all of her MP3's to it and now she has her music in her new vehicle.

I have a 2018 Honda Accord with a USB 3.0 port and it hates my iPod so I did the same for my music as well.

I have a fairly large music collection. For years, we used 160GB iPod Classics in our cars and at home. I had a bunch of smart playlists set up so different people using the iPods would have their own setups.

In 2019, my wife got a 2019 Honda HR-V. The manual claimed it worked with iPods but apparently, it was only the iPod Touch, not the Classic. I tried putting everything on a 256GB flash drive but it appears to try to index the flash drive every time you start the car and it took several minutes for the music to start, so that was out.

Finally ended up buying a cheap phone (Samsung A10) that would take a 256GB micro SD card. I got a program called iSncr that would sync the music in my existing playlists to the SD card. I use a music player called Black Player to play the music on the phone.

I never activated the phone and keep all connections except for Bluetooth off. I just leave it in the car, hooked to one of the power only USB connectors and use as a dedicated music player. I did the same thing for me when I got my '22 CR-V.

Before people ask, we live in an area that has extensive areas of no cell service so streaming is spotty. Also, my phone is provided by my employer and I don't feel right using their data that way. When my wife got her car, her phone didn't take more than a 128 GB SD card (might have been 64GB). When she upgraded her phone later on, she didn't want to move the player to her phone but she could have. I have an older iPhone and it doesn't have enough memory for my music (and of course doesn't allow external SD cards).

All of this bullshit because Honda is too cheap to provide an Aux In jack.