Will CDs be valuable in 2040?

How much is a € worth?

the whole point of a poll predicting the future is kind of negated by allowing people to vote right up until that future moment arrives, even if it wasn't set in some ridiculously far off point in time.

Great, I'll have to make a note to ensure I come back and check the results when I'm 65.

They will!

Stock up now to ensure your retirement!

unix epoch time flips over before this poll closes
oh well

Euros are the most reliable currency for predicting so far ahead. The other options on the table were
of course the yen and the rupee.

'CDs just have more warmth than 3-d surround sound telepathic sound implants'

i have decided to read this funny looking € symbol as "emos".

so, 10-20 €'s ought to be about right.

€trash

i predict less than 5

lol @ 3879238729834 'mericans not having a clue what € is

1 U.S. dollar = about 0.7 Euros

Average price of a vintage record = ?
Average price of a vintage 8-track = ?

You'll have to patch together some drives and car batteries that will play the discs Mad Max style.

Average price of a vintage record = ?
Average price of a vintage 8-track = ?

― (Z S) (Z S),

This is the nub of the issue. Unplayed popular vinyl from the 60's usually goes for more than €15 a slab. Rare or obscure unplayed vinyl from the same era goes for twice that or more. I have rarely played 50's vinyl of electronic and musique concrete artists that I've seen go for more than €150 a slab. One of my own 15 yr old 12" releases goes for over €100 a slab on Ebay. 8 track cassettes, on the other hand, are not terribly valuable, I'm guessing, played or unplayed. Which way will the CD go?

8 track cassettes were horrible, though.

What constitutes a slab?

24 beers mate.

Or a piece of vinyl. I thought you were 'down' with the 'lingo' of the 'kids'.

Hah, I had this image of a 100-pack of your record going for €100.

CDs just have more warmth than 3-d surround sound telepathic sound implants

I googled this and only ilx came up. Maybe it's quoted from Trouser Press or something.

Unplayed popular vinyl from the 60's usually goes for more than €15 a slab.

Whoa, yeah!

Unplayed popular vinyl from the sixties (first pressings, etc) (Beatles, Who, Hendrix, etc) goes for high prices. It has to be absolutely mint though.

Probably 20-50. Portable CD players are increasing in sales again, because people find it less practical having to "record" their iPods themselves, and the CD will never die.

people find it less practical having to "record" their iPods themselves

What??

Wait are you just being Geir again?

Hey hey, my my... Geir's CDs will never die.

In 2040, €50 will just about pay for your daily hoverbus fare, so >€50.

Inflation alone will make €10 in 2008 worth about €35 by 2040.

It'll depend on whether vintage CDs are still playable, I'd reckon.

Anything with the word "vintage" attached to it is automatically valuable. So, yes, in the year 2040 you will be able to step into a boutique somewhere and shove scads of nose-money at the vintage CD of your choice. Old CDs, on the other hand, will be worth nothing.

Melodic music will skyrocket in value once it reasserts its dominance in the critical and public spheres. Hold onto those Wings, Crowded House, and Eggstone CDs, and they'll be worth €100 apiece in another 30 years.

You'll be lucky to get even €1 for a whole pile of James Brown CDs, though I'm sure they'll make great body armor once the 3rd World War hits ;)

Autumn Almanac was wondering in the mong thread whether it would make a difference if the CDs were in their original jewel cases or not?

arular, have you met Geir?

Geir Jenssen???

Jewel cases are pretty important nowadays, aren't they? A lot of the time you'll see an OOP CD generally selling for $15-$20 on Amazon, but there'll be one seller offering a "like new copy, only been played once; CD only - no jewel case or insert" for less than $5.

Of course if you have the front and back inserts, it's pretty easy to slip them into a new jewel case and fool the consumer, or even print fake inserts yourself if you're savvy enough. Forging an elaborate vinyl gatefold sleeve is a much harder task.

I are Captain Obvious.

Forging an elaborate vinyl gatefold sleeve is a much harder task.

― arular

It's because postage is cheaper if you supply the Jewel case yourself.

I are Captain Obvious.

― arular (unregistered)

And I am Captain Rather Slow On The Uptake.

It's because postage is cheaper if you supply the Jewel case yourself.

Am I also a little slow in the head for not understanding this? I mean, isn't the CD likely to weigh about the same whether it's in the original case or in a new case supplied by the seller? The absence of the booklet isn't going to make that much of a difference as far as postage is concerned.

Older CDs had these really solid cases that cost more to ship than the newer jewel cases you get in bulk at the computer store. When you held one of those old ones in your hand you felt like you were really holding something.

ah, gotcha