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Topic: HMV
Posted By: coyne
Subject: HMV
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 8:47am
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Going bust again. 2nd time in 6 years and in the era of iTunes, Spotify etc etc. I think it's the last time we'll see a HMV shop anywhere as they've already closed in Ireland. Do people actually still buy physical CD's for music? And if so, what was it and how long ago?
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Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 9:05am
Not for me, used have Apple Music, but got rid that, mostly listen on youtube. Really want an album I'll download it.
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coyne wrote:Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 10:23am
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Yes but not in a shop. If I'm at a festival or whatever and really like a band or artist I'll buy their CD. Usually the smaller bands would have class CD cover art as well which is a bonus! Honesty I don't know how HMV have lasted this long. ------------- They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car... |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 10:43am
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Haven’t bought a CD in years. The vinyl revival have helped some ie Golden discs but hardly a surprise to see them pull shutters down again
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 11:22am
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:25pm
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The DVD market kept it going for about 10 yrs. That's gone tits up as nobody uses DVDs anymore. With 4G you don't even need to download them anymore and listen anywhere on youtube. The only exception being long haul flights where you probably need to have them. The next industry to go will be the the likes of sky sports, BT etc.. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:27pm
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A dvd or cd was always a great stocking filler. Those days are gone. HMV was a great place when you had half an hour till kill if you were in town. ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:28pm
Gaming too. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:35pm
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Surely they could make profit from the vinyl market, if they really wanted to. Loads of vinyl shops and shop cafés everywhere. Great market in coffee table books about music and vintage band merchandise. It isn't as if they don't have the contacts. I imagine it is just easier for it to fold and then the owners can pump their money into something else. It is amazing how long it took people to realise that most music sounds better on vinyl. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:36pm
I'm not sure I could nonchalantly browse CDs if I was about to take someone's life, but that's the difference between professionals and amateurs. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:41pm
How's that industry? It's mental when you look back 20-25 yrs ago or so. Remember when people would camp outside HMV for new albums to come out etc.. Also remember when Blur v Oasis had people rushing in the doors and buying in their millions. It's a pity. They were lively shops and you could spend ages just looking around. The last CD I bought was in December 2009. There's now no such thing as having a record collection. The VHS and music market was fantastic when you think about it. You used to look forward to buying something for yourself in HMV or Easons. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:49pm
 Records and record collecting is incredibly popular these days!------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:50pm
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GAME will be next to go. GAME, when it went bust the first time round decided to it was a good idea to piss off Nintendo and Activision by not fulfilling the invoices for the Call of Duty games (can't remember which 1 it was at the time) and the Nintendo Wii so both manufacturers went f**k you and they bled a slow death and nothing's changed other than they get orders in small bulk now because of dis-trust - I remember when the Switch came out, there was a Nationwide shortage of it in the UK, that's why. I'm not even sure if they're still trading in Ireland nowadays? Anyhow, I'm surprised HMV didn't take advantage of that.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:53pm
Is it? Vinyl seems like a hipster niche market. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:53pm
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I'm probably showing my complete ignorance of video games here, but aren't they all downloadable now? ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 12:55pm
Yeah but they're typically £5-£10 more expensive than a physical copy.
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 1:39pm
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Got ya, I guess that will only last so long. The high street is dead over here and the best thing they could do is leave it collapse. Councils buying out city centre shopping centres to prop up retailers who don't want to be there but pretend they have to. Leave all the chains f**k off and you will end up with a truer and better form of capitalism; independent shops selling things they love with an interest in the customer. It will also bring back local and regional pride and identity. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: coyne
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 1:20pm
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Looks like HMV will live afterall. Being picked up by Mike Ashley
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 1:23pm
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Can he play left back? |
Posted By: The White Cafu
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 1:35pm
Not many would like to continue living after being picked up by him.
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Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 5:19pm
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HMV must be going out of business the past 20 years, it's remarkable it keeps on surviving. Mike Ashley though  ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 5:25pm
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House of Fraser in Dundrum is already starting to look like Sports direct. Loads of adidas stands around the place now. ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 7:02pm
Will be a crap shop so selling chav gear and maybe a tiny bit of music. You would wonder as much as I liked HMV 20 yrs ago what future does it realistically have? Who buys music these days? 'The saying ''Video killed the radio star'' applies here if you replace the words 'video' with internet and 'radio star' with HMV. I haven't bought a cd or dvd since 2009. No longer have a cd player or dvd player in the TJ country house. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |