That is all I ever buy. I like to physically own what I buy, also games whenever possible (non steam and Linux ones are kind of hard to find, but when I do find them (two so far :P) I buy them)

Nope. I don't recall the last time I seriously used optical media. I'd sooner use a USB key.

lol. I don't care what those other guys say about you, you are alright.


And to answer you F4LL0UT, no, I don't buy cds. I have pandora, youtube and stitcher. If I had more disposable income, maybe? But it wouldn't be like I did before.

I think I may have bought maybe only 1 music CD in my life...but I've bought (or used deals and coupons) for loads of digital music.

I still do, albeit only occasionally though. I like 2 hv a physical copy of my music esp if they contain physical limited edition stuff like stickers, booklets & other mementos fr the singer/s. Didn't do a count but I currently hv an estimated couple of hundreds of cds lying ard in my home. I hv stopped buying them 4 awhile now due 2 an increasing lack of space 2 store them but once I find a way 2 organise them all neatly & efficiently I'll start buying again.

Still buying CDs, still don't care about going digital with music.

Yes, a CD has a limited lifespan. Still haven't found the CD in my collection (early 80's) that refused to play. Now please tell me of the harddisk that can match this.

That's what I thought at first but it also happened to other discs when I already made sure that the wallet was lying in a cool place. Admittedly it was a cheap wallet, though, a freebie actually, and the material of those sleeves was absolutely awful. I'm sure that this doesn't happen with better wallets with that thin plastic with a rough surface but still, I just can't forget what happened back then. I bought better wallets later on where nothing like this ever happened but I'm still kinda scared to store anything other than burned discs with replaceable content in there, even though I know that that's irrational. :D

I'll also add that downloadable audiobooks are still mostly DRM-protected. So I buy CD copies and rip them myself whenever the option is available.

Yep, I still buy CDs, but only from my favourite artists. In those cases I tend to buy both the digital and physical album. Usually I'll buy something online first, and if I really like it, I'll get the physical copy.

I have been buying CDs since about 1987. Still buy new but mostly stick to used from the thrift stores and used record shops. I currently have 800+ in my collection and have no intention of stopping any time soon.

Bouillon?

I still buy CDs, even if I listen to my music almost exclusively on my PC or mp3 player. Mostly because it's nice to receive a physical back-up of your purchased music. Plus, often the digital version of an album has roughly the same price as a physical copy, or sometimes they even cost more.

Edit: Also, when I buy CDs at Amazon, they usually provide a free digital download version of it for free. Win/Win.

I don't. I would kind of like CD's of the things I buy, but I pretty much gave it up after running all over the place trying to find any one of a list of albums I was interested in - ones mind you that were being played locally. When I found out DRM on music had passed away, that I could get it cheaper, and I could shop for anything, buy anything, and listen to anything in less time that it took take a shower, well the pros were too great. If I bought a CD it would just be to rip anyway. As a playback medium CD's have nothing to offer me over a 16GB USB stick.

I buy more music than anything else, but I also think it tends to be an over priced product. Getting the physical media would typically mean adding in a shipping cost on top of it already being more expensive. I'm eager to buy music when it's 5$ an album. When it starts getting to around 10$ I'm really hesitant to do that. Recently a favorite artist of mine put out a new album and I thought about splurging on the CD. It was 17 or 18$ and my reaction was to hell with that price point. There is way to much music out there to be trying to buy it up at 15-18$ a pop.

Movies on the other hand are a different matter. I don't mind streaming most things (buying everything would cost a fortune) but if I'm buying it is going to be tangible. Digital movies don't have the same platform independence digital music does and they lack the ability to give me any certainty that I'm buying something that has any lasting value. If someone is going to try to fight the uphill battle of convincing me that a 2 hour movie is somehow worth 20-25 of my dollars then they better be offering something of lasting value.

I only download music. But there are certain conditions where I will also buy the CD:

- album I really like (obviously)
- nice artwork (if it is displayed on your shelf, it should be aesthetically pleasing) [but then again shitty albums tend to have shitty artwork anyways]
- cardboard sleeves (plastic cases and trays break too easily), but occasionally I will buy if it's digipak as well
- independent label (no obnoxious copyright warnings/threats)
- good mastering (a modern mastering specifically for CD rather than vinyl, and not too loud)
- decent price

In addition to these conditions, a special edition and/or limited edition might also entice me to buy.

But unfortunately most CDs do not meet these conditions. Like, just a few days ago, I saw the Sleater-Kinney CD reissues in the stores. Good albums, and they all have nice gatefold cardboard sleeves. Only $20 each too. It piqued my interest, but when I came home and checked my MP3s, I saw they were all mastered too loud. So I decided not to buy.

I buy music on CD if at all possible, only a few things have I purchased on MP3 because there was no other way to acquire it. I also have a fairly substantial (OLD!) collection on Vinyl. I do rip the CDs to digital form for use with a whole house music system but I rip them in FLAC so they are lossless. I find typical download MP3 to be poor musically. Fine for a phone to play or listening in the car, but not with a high end sound system.

If FLAC or other lossless DRM-free digital versions are available for purchase and are cheaper than CDs including shipping/tax, I generally opt for purchasing digital due to the lower cost, speed of delivery, and overall convenience.

However, presently FLAC/lossless digital purchases are not in anyway mainstream, and many times a physical CD is actually cheaper to acquire than the digital download -- in which case I will almost always opt to purchase a physical CD and rip to FLAC for listening and archiving. I will almost never pay money for a lossy .mp3 version of a song or album... the exceptions being if the song/album is just simply not available in any other format or is prohibitively expensive due to rarity or some other factor.

With albums that I have a particular attachment to, I will usually try to find vinyl versions for posterity/collectability.