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   Hello Rob Mccart!   
      
    RM> ..and I have a fairly high end CD/DVD Player but have   
    RM> never purchased a CD or DVD.   
      
   So.. WITHOUT any CDs and DVDs, it doesn't get used?  ..unless     
   you play rentals or something loaned from the library?   
      
      
    RM> To answer the obvious question, the DVD player is part of   
    RM> a VCR and I have made Tapes with something like 350 movies   
    RM> on them..  That said, most are now so old that they likely   
    RM> no longer work well, if at all. I just don't find time to   
    RM> watch movies over and over so I've stopped collecting   
    RM> them..   
      
   You made tapes from the DVDs? I thought the normal process was     
   the reverse.. to make DVD copies of tapes!      
      
   I have made DVD versions of some VHS tape movies (long before     
   they introduced the anti-copy scheme) and do not regret doing     
   it. My DVD recorder is equipped with a fairly large HDD and the     
   originals can reside there for a while too.   
      
      
    RM> Okay, digital music, I'm not one to carry music with me   
    RM> everywhere I go...   
      
   Likewise.. the digital format is very handy. I have ripped a     
   portion of my CD collection and play them thru the iTunes     
   program. The iTunes program is very capable wrt database     
   operation and searches.   
      
   Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my     
   hi-fi setup and control the music that way.   
      
      
    RM> The most notable 'hold in your hand' thing would be books.   
    RM> As I've mentioned before I have a collection of something   
    RM> like 16,000 eBooks but, if a paper version is available in   
    RM> the library, I will read that instead of an eBook,   
      
   That's a lot of eBooks! I venture into the eBook version only     
   when I need to look up something or pull out a quote to share.      
   But the preference is holding a physical book, that's for sure.   
      
      
    RM> ..even though my Phone, Tablet and Laptop have special   
    RM> software for reading eBooks in a number of formats.   
    RM> Normally I will only get into an eBook if it's part of a   
    RM> series that the Library is missing some parts of, and   
    RM> that's rare. I read about 150 paper books a year but have   
    RM> only read about 8 eBooks in the past year.   
      
   To appreciate an eBook properly, a dedicated eReader device     
   (with e-Ink display) is best.  With it, you may still use     
   ambient light for reading. Reading from an eReader is not as     
   tiring on the eyes a using a smarphone or other computer     
   display.   
      
   Digital has its place. But never thought vinyl would become     
   popular so much like that news article (and others like from a     
   few years ago even) would.   
      
   A cassette comeback I don't understand. The tapes are fragile     
   and wear out if the mechanics of the player is not up to par.   
      
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