Are CD players dead

Slow down and get a grip on the CD Format. Why the Ultimatum? SACD, DVD-Audio, Hi-Rez. DVD Audio, MLP DVD
Audio Multi-Channel, SACD Multi-Channel, all have been
abandoned and replaced with MP3. You are going to end up
adding High Rez. Computer Audio Downloads onto that pile if
you hand off the CD Market to MP3. High Rez. Downloads don't have the selection to remotely compete with MP3. Pulling CD removes last stumbling block to MP3. Everything else with extreme low selection ends up circling the drain.
Bad idea bursting MP3 dam by blowing CD-standby for Flood!

No one will be left behind.

Thanks to treads like this, I’ve started using my CD Player again. It’s been powered off for the last few years while I have concentrated on my music server for all digital playback. I’ve rediscovered just how much I like my old Esoteric DV-50. Digital hard disc media may on it way out, but not in my room.

That's funny. It's had the same affect on me...and left me wishing that threads about the death of CD players were dead.

Good point on the not finding cd quality downloads. If that should ever break (read: if iTunes ever becomes cd quality 16/44) THEN things will take off like a rocket on the computer music side of things.

That of course assumes most of the people actually care if Apple does that!