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I agree. I think the CD will die out soon now.........streaming audio is becoming very popular.mpapo said:will die out sooner than expected I think, CD offers no quality increase in comparison with digital files & is less friendly in use.
Purists will keep buying vinyl, the others will go the streaming route & CD will die imo.
CDs will continue as long as people are prepared to buy. With cassettes (audio and film) is a little different because they were troublesome (tangling up, iffy quality), whereas cds, generally speaking, still offers good quality repro.chris88 said:Will the CD format ever die out like the cassette and be completely superseded by digital media and streaming audio. Or will it live on like the vinyl?
+1, although I do still use my CD player as well, so in my house CDs are here to stay for quite some time.paradiziac said:Since I started streaming from my computer, I've bought more CDs than ever
Well, that's not really true in 99% of circumstances any more. Mac OS X Lion wasn't available on DVD (you could get a USB stick if you really wanted to, but few people did) and Mountain Lion isn't even going to be available on a USB stick - it'll be through download only. I suspect Microsoft and Windows will follow suit with Windows 8. And I can't remember the last time I installed any application from a CD - it's been a few years at least...FennerMachine said:Computers generally require an optical drive to install operating systems.