2014 Vinyl Sales.....
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And here I thought VHS was staging a comeback.
: (watched a movie with my daughter on VHS the other day--still no region one DVD, let alone Blu-ray of 1492: Conquest of Paradise).
As for vinyl, the article is on the fence, as it should be. It may be "hip" at the moment but I'd not salt away retirement funds investing in its "comeback". 2% of music sales is much closer to a ceiling than a floor. -
The funny thing is that if too many get involved in manufacturing it would kill it off as well lol.Comment
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The first time I heard a well made album on a good turntable , time slowed down a little for me. I found myself sitting amongst The Hollies , amazed by the invisible guitarist I could hear right in front of me, startled by the entrance of the bass as it strutted across the stage behind me , and yanked to my feet by the razor sharp attack of the drum. Then Graham Nash told me about a Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress!) he seemed to know.
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to go with a friend to audition new CD players. Good disc players. Ayre , MacCormack , Esoteric. With Hollies CD in hand , we listened to that album through an Ayre CD player , a Mark Levinson pre amp , and a pair of Bryston 14BSST amps feeding Revel Salon speakers. The album sounded great. Near perfect as far as I could tell. Except Mr. Nash didn't seem to want me up there with them this time. He was content to play flawlessly while I sat in the front row and listened.
The above is the difference between digital and vinyl for me. The Yahoo article just made me sad. I've heard some of the new releases on vinyl , and they will finish killing the medium. Crap like the black frisbees Jack White is putting out will entertain the hipsters until the next fad. By the time it truly dies the loss won't be as great , because records are 'a thing' now. They aren't The Music anymore. RIP , Vinyl.Lee
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The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936.
Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era.
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This was released on dvd this week. It will replace a well worn vhs tape when I pick it up over the weekend. Hope the PQ is okay, as well as the soundtrack. For all you CSI fans, here's an opportunity to see a younger William Petersen playing somewhat of a slimeball lawman.
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last night i went to my bosses house since he just got galaxy quest on d-vhs. first off i have to say i had no idea that d-vhs looks exactly the same as any normal vhs tape. identical. you could accidentally return it to your video store. the only difference is on the back of the case, like dvd info,... -
Hello - This is my first post on this forum.
I have a large (1,500) collection of VHS movies and, through my system, they sound very good. Therefore, I have no desire to switch to DVD (although, in time, I will get a DVD player for the same reason I finally got a CD player; the analogue formats... -
thought that might make you look
I cme across this and thought it was a good sign for us DVDphiles
DVD surges, VHS rentals sag in U.S.
Sales of DVD movies in the U.S. have skyrocketed, but at least partially at the expense of the video rental business, Variety reports. ...
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