I think with the way things are evolving in the tech world, by the year 2015...you will see very little cars still coming with cd players. I think manufacturers will start doing bluetooth (for phones and iPods) and mp3/usb/hard drive set ups mostly. AM/FM radio will always be around, but as a medium I think cd players in cars are going the way of 8-track and cassette decks.





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Computers still come with floppy drives.

 

Not many of them do.



I think cars will still have CD players though. Not that they're doing anyone under 70 any good.

 

i think Disc Drives will still be around then. Especially because of Blu Ray.



Yes, many people have everything digitally, but Blu Ray files take up a ton of space and auto makers and aftermarket manufacturers will still probably have disc drives because of Blu Ray.



there will probably be some technology after Blu Ray to hold even more data/audio which will still require a disc drive. Future discs will probably be able to hold upwards of 100GB which would be enough for 26000 songs, 140 SD movies or ~22 HD movies ( which is pointless on a 7" screen)



Granted, they will still have the internal Hard drives like some of the vehicles already do, but as cheap as it costs these days to make a disc drive, they will most likely include them for years to come.

 

I as well believe they will be around for awhile, hell my 02 accent come with am/fm cassette. I havnt owned a cassette since about 91 so I was surprised to see it in a brand new car.

 

I was just going to say that. Hyundais are like 5yrs behind the times. I was also shocked to get a cassette in my 01.



They're getting a little better though. They're only 2yrs behind now.

 

Disks of some kind are going to be around till we, as humans, stop using our hands. Kinda that caveman " oh gotta touch" thing.

There will always be some kind of removable media in our cars, whether it be a CD style or cartridge of some kind, like flash drives and SD style cards.

 

Umm...guys....I think the OP is onto something. Read this, this morning, on a local news site....







So if other manufacturers catch on, I can definitely see this as a reality by 2015.

 

Ford stills puts in CD-players in the Focus (in Europe). But I agree that optical media had their time and will be replaced in the near future - not too sure about 2015 though.