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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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