| Compact discs have become the most popular Music | | | | minus point. A CD is much sturdier. It is usually |
| storage medium recently. Popularly known for its | | | | damage proof and scratch proof in normal usage. |
| short name 'CD', it has many benefits of quality, | | | | Very rough use can only cause damage to a |
| safety, capacity and cost. | | | | compact disc. It is also fungus proof. Hence, it can be |
| It is far superior than previous storage mediums like | | | | stored for very long periods. |
| tape cassettes and records. Record was the early | | | | It has a great capacity for storage. A compact disc |
| storage mediums. It was replaced by tapes. Tape | | | | can typically store 700 mega bytes of music. That is |
| cassettes enjoyed popularity for many years. Now, | | | | a huge capacity considering storage in mp3 file |
| compact discs have completely replaced tape | | | | format. Mp3 format reduces the file size to nearly 15 |
| cassettes. | | | | per cent than its previous file formats. A song of 50 |
| Quality of music stored on a cd is far more superior | | | | mega bytes can be reduced to 5 or 6 mega bytes in |
| to that of a cassette. It has excellent audio output. It | | | | mp3 format keeping the sound quality intact. |
| gives great purity of sound. Tunes and voice are | | | | Capacity of a cd is one of its chief advantages. |
| very distinct. Makes listening of song and tunes more | | | | A cd is very cost effective also. Mass production |
| enjoyable. This is one of the main reason of its | | | | reduces the cost to a great extent. Secondly, |
| popularity among the listeners. | | | | competition among its manufacturers also helps in |
| It offers better safety than that of tape cassettes. | | | | reducing the cost. Now, it has become highly |
| Tapes were prone to easy damage and breakage. | | | | affordable to the extent that it can be almost |
| Formation of fungus due to non use was also the | | | | termed as cheap. |