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   RM> ..and I have a fairly high end CD/DVD Player but have   
     > never purchased a CD or DVD.   
      
   AA>So.. WITHOUT any CDs and DVDs, it doesn't get used?  ..unless   
     >you play rentals or something loaned from the library?   
      
   Sometimes visitors may have movie disks or music CD's. I have made my   
   own music CD's and DVD's in the past but find I don't use them much.   
      
   RM> To answer the obvious question, the DVD player is part of   
     > a VCR and I have made Tapes with something like 350 movies   
     > on them..   
      
   AA>You made tapes from the DVDs? I thought the normal process was   
     >the reverse.. to make DVD copies of tapes!      
      
   I made tapes of movies that were on TV..    B)   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I have a PVR with my satellite TV system that has a 1 TB hard drive, and   
   more can be added. I collect shows and movies on that I don't have time to   
   watch to save for later when they are not running new shows as much.   
      
   AA>Ideally, I'd like to establish a networked laptop next to my   
     >hi-fi setup and control the music that way.   
      
   My Stereo is fairly old, so getting digital music into it is difficult   
   unless I do it through the aforementioned CD/DVD player which is directly   
   wired into it. My system was worth close to $2000 about 40 years ago, so   
   you can probably triple that for today. It is still working well, mostly   
   because I don't abuse it at high volume or use it a whole lot really.   
      
   RM> ..even though my Phone, Tablet and Laptop have special   
     > software for reading eBooks in a number of formats.   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I do have an eReader as well actually, although it has the older silvery   
   LCD type display. It's pretty good even in bright sunlight but the   
   battery life is less than with e-ink models. It does however read lots   
   of document types including ePub, Mobi and PDF and it has a built in MP3   
   player and can display photos in monochrome so it has it's good points.   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I have (?) 60 or so vinyl records but mostly I only used them once to   
   make a copy to cassette tape. I know most would argue the sound quality   
   is not as good but I'm not such a music nut and I prefer to wear out a   
   tape rather than the record. You can always make more tapes or disks   
   with the right hardware.   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   I have a number of them that are decades old but I don't use them   
   all that much and I always bought high end tapes which last better.   
   My dual-tape cassette deck was also a fairly high end unit worth over   
   $350 when I got it back in days of yore..   B)   
      
   For me music was a lot like sports. I played a number of sports but I   
   didn't watch sports on TV. I also play guitar and some piano and have   
   written some music (was offered a record deal at one point) even if I   
   don't have music playing all the time around me.   
      
   Record deal - Was approached to do a record with my own music but the   
   producer went bankrupt just before things got going.   
      
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