[alyasa]

Dues has made completely valid and very intelligent points, I think he's trying to reach a point where it can be said that we have judge something on its merits alone, instead of on a socially-imposed cultural order; whereby if something has survived that long, it therefore must have value.

That said, I own a 5th-Generation iPod(that's the latest video-playing one, for you luddites), but no handphone at all. I have a laptop(my primary communication and tasking device), but no DVD player.

I'm a contradiction in terms; a retro-future kind of guy, maybe I just don't see why there has to be a factor of 'futureness' or 'retro' in the decision making process. Sure LPs are definitely always going to sound more accurate and crisp than mp3s; but that's definitely not because it was built in the beginning of the 20th century. That is due to the techniques involved in producing the vinyl, the method of reproduction of the audio itself, the material used in vinyl, etc.

You cannot immediately discount the value or worth of anything new; as much as you should not immediately assign value to something that has been in existence for a long period of time. The cultural climate and values system has definitely changed as we go along, but we have to determine an object on its merits, instead of the cultural era it was produced in. Thank you, if you read this.