Downloadable Karaoke Songs

[RandyMcCharles]

I also prefer to have physical CDGs. However, the industry looks to be moving toward downloads in order to complete. The cost of manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, and retailing physical CDGs is not insubstantial, as the lower price of downloads demonstrates. As music stores shrink and consumers move to iTunes, so the karaoke industry will follow. I think it is only a matter of time (decades) before we have iKaraoke. The move by KJs from CDG players to HD only speeds this transition as the tracks can come from either source. All that is missing is for the industry to agree on a iTunes-like protection system. I have to think KIAA at least is discussing this. They will then say that only iKaraoke enabled HD systems are legal. Getting an industry to agree on a format and who profits how much from it can take a long time, however.