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are cds going away in the next few years
ive been told that once and that only thing in music would be from now on is an mp3 download and ipod but seriously i have been to places that sell music and newer cds are still being made so will they go away or continue to be sold
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Eventually, they will be rare, and the major producers will move away from them.
It wont happen over night tho. Take a look at VHS and DVDs for a good example. Movies were first sold on DVDs in the late 1990s (1995-1998 across the modern world). It wasn't until 2003 that DVDs were more common in the States than VHS tapes. I think it was 2007 when Blockbuster stopped carrying VHS tapes for rentals.
Even tho lots of people still have VHS players and old VHS movies, major Hollywood studios don't bother to issue releases on VHS anymore and no manufactures bother to make VHS players unless they are combo VHS and DVD players...
So VHS is dying. It's taken nearly 20 years, but it's almost gone now. In the next ten years, it'll be likely that virtually no one will make VHS tapes or players anymore.
So, will CDs go away? Yes. It will happen. It's already started to happen, but it'll probably be a decade, maybe even two, before they are gone for good.
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It appears it could be heading that way, some newer computers don't even come with a CD/DVD drive since everything is digital now...
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Thats rather like saying that the only movies anyone will be able to watch at home will not be DVD's but downloads.
What of the people who don't own a computer, or their computer died and they can't afford a new one yet. Are they to go without music or movies for entertainment. And the entertainment industry would not be making as much profit as possible if their music/movies can only be downloaded for pay on computer and not all people have access to a computer.
Technology keeps advancing so who knows what look or shape music and movies might have in the future.
Just think, 25 years ago, the first computers were being sold and shortly after that, the first cell phones which were the size of a brick. I dont think CDs are going to disappear.
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