So Hmv Is Near As Dammit Gone...

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But thought crossed my mind.....

When was the last time you bought a CD?

and where was it from...   Internet or bricks and mortar?

and......

when was the last time you bought a DVD?

and where was it from....  internet or bricks and mortar?

 

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forgot to add...

Me..

CD before Christmas Amazon...

DVD before Christmas Sainsbury's!

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Cant remember. I do collect vinyl though the last new one was  Amy  Winehouse's  Back to black  

 

[alpha spark]

Use play.com for blue rays/DVDs not bought a cd in years as its all I tunes

Blockbusters are also falling by the looks of things

 

[ProDave]

The music industry NEVER addressed wide complaints about value for money.

Last time I recall this being discussed many years ago, cost of producing a CD was just pence. Royalties to the artists about £1 sale price in the shops £10 if you were lucky, if not more.

No wonder people started looking elsewhere for their music.

Had the price of cd's followed most consumer products slowly down in price, I'll bet the main CD's would all have been on sale <£5 by now.

So while it's sad to see them go, I don't have a great deal of sympathy for the profiteering way the "music industry" has been run in the past.

I do occasionally buy cd's but always now on line for 2 reasons. First I can shop around for the best price, but second, shopping is and never has been an activity I enjoy. I hate going into the city where you have to pay to park and then walk miles. What shopping I do is in the small towns or out of town, and there never have been any music shops there.  In days gone by, it was always a chore to get to a music shop when I wanted to, so not having to became a blessing.

 

[wozz]

industry of old same with blockbusters.  MAkes good news spouting how many people are loosing their jobs but a balanced report about how jobs are created through the new ways we buy music and films doesnt make such a good story.  It may not take up all the jobs lost but inevitably makes it cheaper and more widely available.  

James blunt saying its terrible for people to steal music in this day and age summed it up for me, while sitting in his villa in Ibiza surrounded by models after one album.

Personally i pay alot per month for my tv and theres always something to watch to watching dvds is rare and cinema is non existent, times change. 

 

[Badger]

last dvd i bought was tommy cooper from hmv on monday 14th jan 13 and the l;ast cd was a christmas one from hmv before chrimbo mostly tho i shop oline

 

[Marvo]

The music and movie distributors are kicking and screaming to prop up their wildly out of date business model because it's been extortionately profitable for many decades. I hope they all go bust, it's no wonder people are driven to filesharing.