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What will become of my beloved CDs?

I have nearly 2000 CDs (DVDA, SACD, etc) and am very fond of them, or at least the music that is on them. However, it seems that music distribution is going to someday soon be totally on-line through downloads (True? When?). So, when most all of the music on my CDs is available in higher-quality on-line downloads (with artwork, I'm sure), what will become of my CDs? Will they be the shiny-silver equivalent to 8-Track tapes? Or, will they become a novelty and collectable? Should I seel them ASAP?? Any economists here???
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geoffkait
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Possibly. What are the two best titles? As long as they’re not HD only. 🤗
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dweller
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@geoffkait - Not DVD-A, HD-DVD. You know, the video format that lost to BluRay? I bet on it, bought a player from Amazon, then Wal-Mart decided to stock only BluRay. Case closed...
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Some movies are HD slash DVD, I.e., hybrid. Others are HD only. I can play HD DVD (hybrid). Sure, I’d prefer blu Ray, but DVD is OK in a pinch.👌
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glupson
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I bought SACDs as soon as anything I remotely liked came on them.. Then I bought some of the DVD-Audios. Then I bought a player that played them both. Then I realized that DVD-Audio is very inconvenient when you do not own a TV. I managed to figure it out and placed Post-It notes with instructions in each DVD-Audio case (enter-up arrow-up arrow-right arrow-enter-enter-etc.). Now I have no player, no TV, and a few DVD-Audio discs that can be played on close-to-none of the new players. I am still not giving them away, maybe some day some distant Goodwill will have a DVD-Audio machine for $5.

When it comes to different formats, I have Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks on cassette, CD, SACD, MiniDisc (you did not see this coming, did you?), and LP record. When I realized how silly it was, I looked for it on eBay, too, but some freak snatched the 8-track in last moments. I have never even seen an 8-track player, except on the picture, but thought it would be the right one to start my 8-track tape collection with. In fact, I have Blood On The Tracks by Mary Lee's Corvette on CD, too.
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