Consumers still want music CDs

It seems that consumers in the UK are reluctant to do away with music CDs just yet.

Nearly half of people questioned in a survey thought that it would be at least 10 years before the CD becomes obsolete, despite the fact that downloading music is ever more popular.

And 10 per cent of the 648 people questioned by ISP PlusNet thought that the medium would be around for ever.

Figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) showed that music downloads in the last week of 2007 were just a shade under three million, though CD album sales dropped by 10 per cent last year.

"Downloading music from the internet has become a huge activity in the UK – however, our research proves that people still love their CD collection," said Neil Armstrong, products director at PlusNet.

"Music fans are rapidly embracing the on-demand nature of downloads, and this will continue to increase as prices drop and competition between download sites grows. Clearly, though, there’s still life in the CD yet," he continued.

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