Re:Neil Young, Steve Jobs and vinyl
Thursday, March 01 2012 @ 08:35 AM CST

Quote by: dimm witness I don't know why the record companies used the crappiest cassettes

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Re:Neil Young, Steve Jobs and vinyl
Thursday, March 01 2012 @ 11:24 AM CST

Quote by: jgurner The argument between digital and analog reminds me of the arguments going on over the past decade or two over digital photography vs. film photography. I was right in the middle of that at work, pushing digital photography for our newspapers. To me, it was simple: digital was easier and cheaper than film and the quality, once you plastered it on a newspaper page, was just as good if you trained you people in at least using the basics of Photoshop. The photographers, however, fought tooth and nail against making the switch. They argued on and on about what was lost with digital, how, in a way, the quality of the image was almost too good. From an artistic standpoint, I could see their argument. When I go back and look at all of the stuff I shot on film over the years, I definitely see that there are some aspects of the process that come out when you're processing the photo that are lost when particles of silver nitrate are substituted with 1s and 0s. But, in all honesty, I wanted to cut costs, speed up the process and eliminate the need to spend long hours in a cramped darkroom full of smelly chemicals.

I remember those days. I remember one night when I was learning to use our brand new EPD (Electronic Picture Desk). My efforts were interrupted when Coalition Forces began attacking Baghdad and targets in Kuwait.