Some experts predict that within five years the online delivery of a full CD will be an affordable possibility.
Predictor: Strauss, Neil
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The New York Times, Neil Strauss covers the future of recorded music. Strauss writes. ”The main hitch preventing the digital delivery of music is that no one has figured out how to compress a CD into a computer file that won’t take a day – and reams of storage space – to download. Another problem is cost: CD drives able to record information are priced at more than $1,000, and color computer printers that can do justice to a CD’s cover art run at least $500. But … some experts predict that within five years the online delivery of a full CD will be an affordable possibility.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Music
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Records of the Future: At Your Fingertips
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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