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[Kevin Wood]

also downloads are making cd's dvd's obsolete 

but some do still like to own the album/CD 

Yeah, you can't play a download on an NCDC2013..

You can't get decent sound quality out of a download either, nor do you get something tangible to keep, other than a file on your PC that you can play sometimes, on certain devices, one at a time, if crApple allow you to. So, buying music downloads is a mug's game, on the whole, but the young listeners of throwaway music apparently buy something to listen to on the bus on the way home and then throw it away, they don't give a damn about building up a music collection or sound quality so it suits them.

Why, then, was HMV always just full of chart music and cheesy compilations of older music, which has all the audible appeal of a set of fingernails traversing a blackboard to the kind of old f@rts like myself who still appreciate CDs?

Ok, so CD sales were losing out to downloads, but they didn't even try to target the sector of the market for whom CDs were still interesting, IMHO. Not at all sorry to see them go. Hopefully more power to the elbow of the smaller independent and 2nd hand CD outlets who are actually more interesting to have a browse around, and a darn sight cheaper!

[Rog]

Blockbuster's now , jeez 2 in one week . When will it end 

Blockbuster ? Well there's one not far from me, I've never set foot in it. Not bothered about seeing last big movie ASAP, happy to wait until it's £5 in Tesco or wherever.

HMV. Different matter, I buy (? bought) lots of physical CDs from them . . . but all online, good prices, good choice, great service. The problem is that HMV high street shops used to be so staggeringly expensive that I just gave up even looking in them, I recall CDs at £15 - £20. I would guess that many other buyers are the same. So some of this is due to past greed and bad judgement. Anyway, I hope that the administrators can find a way to continue the online business and of course the fantastic Fopp shops !