Why this size?

slowmoth · #1 13th August 2006, 06:54 AM

I never understood why ayu released her old singles in that rectangular size :S does it was only in japan?

truehappiness · #2 13th August 2006, 06:56 AM

It was a standard in Japan to do singles like that..

I guess they switched to all 12cm/8" discs later because of all the content you could put on them~ [4 was the max or something on 8cm discs.. on a CD its like 17-18 ;D]

Alessia_Tateno · #3 13th August 2006, 08:04 AM

I have many 8cms singles, yeah I think its a particular thing of Japan 'cause everyone who see them always ask me where I got that strange cds and where I can play them lol

JimmyKoria · #4 13th August 2006, 09:58 AM

Aren't they cheaper as well, I mean not only can you fit less songs but they use less plastic (and probably had crummy quality?).

truehappiness · #5 13th August 2006, 10:12 AM

Yeah, they were cheaper D:

It's probably 2x as much to do the kind of singles we get nowadays..

LacusClyne · #6 13th August 2006, 11:28 AM

too bad they don't have those now. they look cuter to me

JesA · #7 13th August 2006, 02:15 PM

^ yea i like them too...plus, the covers would look sorta better on 8cm single cases

Alessia_Tateno · #8 13th August 2006, 03:08 PM

I think they look cuter too, luckily most of my singles are that format lol

Dustie · #9 13th August 2006, 06:05 PM

I only had one music CD like that in my hands... they do make 8cm CDR discs though, and 8cm DVD-/+R discs too.

I guess they used smaller CDs becouse they didn't need to put more on the CD than just the 4 tracks. When people started adding remixes they simply switched to bigger discs.

ayu_ready? · #10 13th August 2006, 06:54 PM

I dunno why so, but it's kinda unpretty packaging, IMO

HiruNoKaze · #11 13th August 2006, 07:03 PM

I like the sort of panoramic view. Vertically, you can do a full body shot, and horizontally, you can show a buncha scenery. The For My Dear... cover is appealing to me because it's panoramic. It's like...extra special widescreen version...lol.

Delirium-Zer0 · #12 13th August 2006, 07:17 PM

The 3-inch CD single WAS the standard for CD singles in japan for a looonngg time. In 1999 however, just as companies were deciding that maybe they should be brought to the states & europe (back when singles were still sold regularly in the US... who remembers that?

), Sony killed the format worldwide, citing that it would be too expensive to make ALL cd players compatible with the 3" format. Most cd players & drives will let you play them... the only ones that don't (as far as I know offhand) are older standalone CD players (like home stereo sized ones that only play CDs and nothing else), many car stereos, CD changers, and the iMac cd drive.

Now that DVD players, CD drives, and portable MP3/CD players are the most common ways to listen to CDs (all of which are compatible with the 3" format), Sony are probably kicking themselves for killing off a format that would be saving record labels lots of money (seeing as how they're still very frequently only putting between 1 and 4 tracks on CD singles).

sexysaucestar · #13 13th August 2006, 08:18 PM

^ I've learned something new today

They have 3" CD-Rs and such now too right? Because my friend used a few of those for burning some pictures onto them....I find 3" CDs kind of cute actually.

HiruNoKaze · #14 13th August 2006, 08:34 PM

Yea i like how they look too...too bad they only hold like 180megs...

slowmoth · #15 14th August 2006, 12:06 AM

thanks! (i would love to have WHATEVER in my hands, it's was so adorable *_*)

HiruNoKaze · #16 14th August 2006, 01:00 AM

Ah! I'm getting whatever very soon...and TO BE if I'm really lucky. Out of the 6, love~destiny~ is my fav song, but I think Depend on You and You have the best covers.

shavoingin · #17 14th August 2006, 01:06 AM

i like the Depend on You and YOU covers the most too, i also like the cover for Trust but i hate how they put the text right in the middle of her face

Delirium-Zer0 · #18 14th August 2006, 03:18 AM

I think design-wise, WHATEVER and For My Dear... are my favorites.

Oh, a quick note is that TO BE is still not sold out yet at alot of CD stores. It's the most common of the 8 singles.

HiruNoKaze · #19 14th August 2006, 04:08 AM

Yep

still on sale at amazon japan...but I'm waiting for it to get shipping around cause they said 8-10 days then they delayed a week or two...this really sucks cause I was supposed to ship to a friend who's visiting Japan, and she's coming home soon...which means I'll have to change the address to my home address here in the US...which doubles the cost cause of shipping. Not to mention the time...

sexysaucestar · #20 14th August 2006, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Oh, a quick note is that TO BE is still not sold out yet at alot of CD stores. It's the most common of the 8 singles.

Yup, I saw TO BE the most in CD stores while I was in Japan

That was how I was able to pick up a copy for myself