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How to Backup Your Media and Ditch Discs Forever

by Lee Bains on August 28, 2009 at 06:33 AM


As a motley group of music snobs, avid gamers, and movie buffs, we hate to admit this. Really, we do. But the vast majority of our listening, playing, and viewing takes place not in an acoustically treated home-entertainment fortress, but on a couch in front of a laptop. Seeing as that's the case, we really don't need all those fragile, easily smudged discs lying around as we once did. And even those of us who do prefer hi-fi adventures worry about the safety of the delicate plastic circles we've spent so much time and money accumulating. Fortunately, Lifehacker's Kevin Purdy has come up with a comprehensive guide for going disc-less -- whether your motivation be efficiency or security.

His piece has it all -- from preferred bitrates and free conversion software, to the best places (online and real-world) to sell used discs. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Your teetering towers of bare naked, upside-down CDs perched on the coffee table will thank you for it. [From: Lifehacker]

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