Allyall wrote: » Yeah, but if they found out it wasn't worth it... Yeah, they probably did try and do something yesterday, but they should've put voucher sales on hold or something. They may pull out of it, and plan on remaining online. But they were daft not to enter more markets in the last few years. Namely digital.
murpho999 wrote: » All these people who say they prefer CD & DVD over digital media make me wonder if people over 100 years ago refused to use new fangled electric light bulbs and would stick with their candles and oil lamps as: They never broke down Gave nicer quality light Did not need wires and switches. Could be carried anywhere. Could be paid for as you went along. Also it was nicer going around putting candles out rather than hitting a switch. You can't light a cigarette off a light bulb. I'm sure people said this at the time but we all know what happened in the end.
The integral difference between vinyl and CD or MP3 is that a vinyl record is an analogue recording -- that is, the physical recording is made to vary in correspondence to the variations in air pressure of the original sound. Put simply, the groove that is cut into the vinyl by the cutting lathe mirrors the original sound wave. Digital sound, meanwhile, is produced by changing the physical properties of the original sound into a sequence of numbers, which can then be stored and read back for reproduction. In practical terms, you’re getting a representation of the sound – the CD taking a snapshot of the analogue signal at a specific rate (44,100 times per second, to be exact). But what of the fabled ‘warmth’ attributed to vinyl? Christoph Grote-Beverborg has processed thousands of records across the electronic spectrum (and far beyond) for labels such as Tresor, Honest Jons and Ostgut Ton: "In terms of uncompressed digital audio vs vinyl, I can only repeat what has been said before: with digital audio the resolution is more limited than with analogue audio. The same goes for frequency range. But the real thing is what you hear. With vinyl you get a certain kind of saturation and added harmonics that you don’t have with digital. The sound has a body;' it’s just more physical."
CiaranK wrote: » But the truth is in the sound file that the quality is actually better on Vinyl than MP3
murpho999 wrote: » All these people who say they prefer CD & DVD over digital media...
nlgbbbblth wrote: » Collecting mp3s is like collecting farts in a jar.
hellboy99 wrote: » The question that needs to be asked is why HMV were still selling gift vouchers up until yesterday, they knew this was coming.
selephonic wrote: » This is true for older recordings, although there's not that many records these days that don't go through a digital process before they get to vinyl, whether during recording, mixing or mastering.
Allyall wrote: » Whatever about the legality of it all, The Company must have known they were F**ked at Christmas, and they Definitely would've known yesterday, and were still selling vouchers. That has to be some sort of theft. Getting the general public to pay off their debts..
murpho999 wrote: » I am amazed at the amount of people who have computers and internet but still buy CD's and DVD's? On Sky News last week they covered the same item and people were saying 'Oh I prefer to have the physical device' or what if your hard disc gets damaged or what if you delete by accident. Well apart from undelete, everything can be backed up in the cloud and retrieved anytime. Also the likes of iTunes, your purchases are their always and can be retrieved at any time. So you can never lose anything. Cheaper prices, good quality and instant delivery too. What more could you want? The idea of having loads of space taken up by discs and the inability to play playlists that suit your own taste rather than being forced to listen to one disc at a time is awful to me now. Embrace it people it's a great world once you go digital and it's not going to be stopped.
BobbyPropane wrote: » Shame really as this affects local economies and towns/cities. Will only lead to more people shopping online and the decline of retail shopping but of course all this is understandable as goods are undoubtedly cheaper online however I think we are heading down a bad track both economically and socially in the long run as we become more detached as communities and continue to spend money abroad.
galwayrush wrote: » A HMV gift card isn't just for Christmas, Its for life.
languagenerd wrote: » You're not taking into account that people have different tastes. Sure, it might be more "practical" to buy mp3 downloads, but some people just like CDs and DVDs. I love the experience of buying a CD, looking at album art, reading the album booklets, putting them all up on my shelves. I like picking one up and playing it. I appreciate the album as a format. Is that really so hard to understand? And when you buy CDs, you're not forced to listen to one at a time - you can always load em to your mp3 and press shuffle/make a playlist. What if iTunes closed down? Or Apple brought in a new format, rendering older tracks obsolete (like how you can't play old games on new consoles)? If we took "practicality" as our main reason for doing anything... there'd be no art, no elaborate clothing or food, etc.
Rory1 wrote: » They have been in serious trouble for a long time, there had to have been a development yesterday that meant they had to call in administrator. HMV issued a public statement before Christmas to say that they may breach covenants in January. The company effectively told the public that they were a risk, some consumers decided to take risk and buy vouchers.
el dude wrote: » When are they going to close these tax loopholes that the likes of Amazon, Google etc. are exploiting?
EoghanIRL wrote: » They're refusing gifts cards now ....
Mr Trade In wrote: » Since yesterday evening as soon as it was known that the company was in administration. The **** will really hit the fan when people realise their preorders for Skyfall, GTA V etc won't be filled or refunded.
Grayson wrote: » But I find the idea of kindles horrible and I'm tripping over boxes of books here
Grayson wrote: » Christmas is the busiest trading season. They weren't fecked until after a slow Christmas.
Mr Trade In wrote: » The **** will really hit the fan when people realise their preorders for Skyfall, GTA V etc won't be filled or refunded.
