HMV closing (again)

johnny_ultimate

IFI bookshop if you're looking for DVDs and sometimes BluRay. Variable prices and bit of a pot luck selection, but often stocking good stuff you won't find anywhere other than online. Good for ordering stuff in if they can get it, and ten percent off for members.

Miguel_Sanchez

jaykhunter wrote: »

Shocked to see someone'd defend being blasted out of it by music in a store.

Tower is primarily a music shop. They play music in there. I never find it too loud.

Don't know why you're shocked.

wampyrus77

Banba Toymaster dublin has there for 45yrs i wonder how long it has left

Looking at the prices of new and upcoming releases online and it's clear that pretty much every online retailer has jacked up the prices. So many people here talked about how happy they were to see "rip off merchants" HMV get into difficulty not realizing the knock on effect it would have.

Jumboman

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the prices of new and upcoming releases online and it's clear that pretty much every online retailer has jacked up the prices. So many people here talked about how happy they were to see "rip off merchants" HMV get into difficulty not realizing the knock on effect it would have.

Yeah blu rays have gone up a lot on amazon.

Jumboman

Jumboman wrote: »

Yeah blu rays have gone up a lot on amazon.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

Looking at amazon in recent weeks and the price of a new release Blu-Ray has gone up quite a bit. I had planned to order the original Django which I had preordered in HMV for 17 euro but on amazon it's 20 pound atm. I was shocked by the price, not a hope I'd pay that for any release.

Jumboman

Deleted User wrote: »

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

Looking at amazon in recent weeks and the price of a new release Blu-Ray has gone up quite a bit. I had planned to order the original Django which I had preordered in HMV for 17 euro but on amazon it's 20 pound atm. I was shocked by the price, not a hope I'd pay that for any release.

I bought Terminator 1 on blu ray for £10 a few months ago its now £16 so yeah they are ripping people off.

Marty McFly

Have the likes of Tower Records or Golden Discs started to up there game when it comes to Blu Rays yet? Or does it look like they will?


I know some Tesco's sell Blu Rays but neither of the one near me stock any at all.

C.K Dexter Haven

Someone will fill the gap- that's for sure. There's still a need for music stores- CDs, Vinyl etc Not everyone wants Amazon or iTunes.

Jumboman

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Someone will fill the gap- that's for sure. There's still a need for music stores- CDs, Vinyl etc Not everyone wants Amazon or iTunes.

I'd say Vinyl will out live the CD, with harddiscs and flash memory CDs have no real reason to exist.

pixelburp

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Someone will fill the gap- that's for sure. There's still a need for music stores- CDs, Vinyl etc Not everyone wants Amazon or iTunes.

In this case, there's no guarantee someone will step in. Whilst HMV had its own, larger problems, there's still the issues that remain such as high rents in the city centre; rents alone are inherently prohibitive to businesses, be they big or small (Grafton still has upward-only rent reviews iirc?) and imo there's little chance of HMVs former unit being taken up by an equivalent (if such a thing exists). Chances are it'll probably be another Starbucks, but it sure as heck won't be an independent trader, you can bet on that.

C.K Dexter Haven

Jumboman wrote: »

I'd say Vinyl will out live the CD, with harddiscs and flash memory CDs have no real reason to exist.

Vinyl is great for AOR stuff. Don't think the CD will die but it's certainly a niche market for an older generation at this stage.

The humble cassette tape lasted less than 20 years of serious purchasing (it was pretty much replaced by the Discman). Unless a new "hard copy" medium breaks through I think we're stuck with file music for the foreseeable future.

wampyrus77

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Vinyl is great for AOR stuff. Don't think the CD will die but it's certainly a niche market for an older generation at this stage.

The humble cassette tape lasted less than 20 years of serious purchasing (it was pretty much replaced by the Discman). Unless a new "hard copy" medium breaks through I think we're stuck with file music for the foreseeable future.

Vinyl still go on my DJs that dj house still use Vinyl

while DJs that dj techno still use cds

Vinyl and cds have better sound then flash memory

C.K Dexter Haven

wampyrus77 wrote: »

Vinyl and cds have better sound then flash memory

People say that and I tend to agree having both a turntable and a good CD sound system but it's not necessarily a requirement for today's music tastes on a mass level,I think. Even the old cassette got that same criticism but it didn't stop the Sony Walkman and its off- shoots from going global.

Jumboman

wampyrus77 wrote: »

Vinyl and cds have better sound then flash memory

If its uncompressed audio it should sound the same or better than the original CD, because their is no need for error correction once its loaded onto a drive.

e_e

I don't like uncompressed digital because it's stuck halfway between the accessibility of MP3 and the less disposable CD/Vinyl. I just love how vinyl gives you the experience of sitting down and actually listening to music other than simply playing something for background noise while popping to the shops.

johndoe99

Marty McFly wrote: »

Have the likes of Tower Records or Golden Discs started to up there game when it comes to Blu Rays yet? Or does it look like they will?

Golden Discs here in Waterford have started getting getting in the odd blu-ray each Friday. I bought both Argo and End of Watch, whereas xtravision did not get them at all on bluray.

FreezeUp

Who remembers SACD?

Yeah I couldn't notice any difference either...

wampyrus77

tower records is too expensive, plus robbery with 23% extra tax on top of your bill is disgraceful

wampyrus77

Golden Discs is far much better prices

Jumboman

wampyrus77 wrote: »

Golden Discs is far much better prices

All Golden Discs seems to sell is greatest hits and compilation cds they have a very small selection.

wampyrus77

lacks of chartbusters, hmv, the tripod nightclub, the vaults nightclub, qbar, GAME, waterstones, woolworths all history now

drunkmonkey

FreezeUp wrote: »

Who remembers SACD?

Yeah I couldn't notice any difference either...

Still the odd SACD being released, CD wow still have some in stock http://www.ie.wowhd.com/music/Super-Audio-CD-SACD-1973925/0/top-100 Some are selling for silly money on eBay.

wampyrus77

wampyrus77 wrote: »

tower records is too expensive, plus robbery with 23% extra tax on top of your bill is disgraceful

Please stop making stuff up. I bought vinyl in Tower last week and the price I paid was the sticker price. There was not 23% tax added at the till.

muppetkiller

Deleted User wrote: »

Please stop making stuff up. I bought vinyl in Tower last week and the price I paid was the sticker price. There was not 23% tax added at the till.

Always buy my vinyl in Tower and find their prices are excellent. CD prices seem way too expensive but the vinyl are very competitively priced.

maximoose

wampyrus77 wrote: »

tower records is too expensive, plus robbery with 23% extra tax on top of your bill is disgraceful

Which Golden Discs store do you work in?

pixelburp

wampyrus77 wrote: »

tower records is too expensive, plus robbery with 23% extra tax on top of your bill is disgraceful

Wamp, it has been repeatedly pointed out that this 23% tax is untrue, and maybe if you actually read other peoples' replies to this constant point of yours, you'd realize that you likely made a mistake at the til (or else you're deliberately trolling Tower Records, but let's give the benefit of the doubt )

wampyrus77

Deleted User wrote: »

Please stop making stuff up. I bought vinyl in Tower last week and the price I paid was the sticker price. There was not 23% tax added at the till.

im not making it up have tower records in O'Connell street, dublin they charge you there for the 23% tax added at the till.

McLoughlin

wampyrus77 wrote: »

im not making it up have tower records in O'Connell street, dublin they charge you there for the 23% tax added at the till.

Well go in with an undercover camera record the 23% tax added at the till then and post the proof online.

jaykay74

wampyrus77 wrote: »

im not making it up have tower records in O'Connell street, dublin they charge you there for the 23% tax added at the till.

Sorry, thats a lie. Some proof please.