Is the CD and DVD/Bluray going away?

Yes...there has been some chatter, but thats all it is..There is too much on the plate at the moment that involves the whole picture of those lil shiny discs from manufacturing, retail sales and rentals etc. Not all have the capability to stream with ease yet. I live in a rural area that still does not have any form of great internet abilities. I did buy the new Oppo BDP 105 for its musical abilities and also for the DVD/Blu Ray...My library provides many hours of enjoyment...

Well the LP was supposed to go away several years ago but they're still around.

Hi Theo,Shakedown, Tpreaves
Thumb drives would be a lot quicker and hopefully offer better performance over disks. We just acquired an Emotiva UMC-200 pre/proc. I was told by an industry insider CD/DVD/Blurays will disapear in the near future in favor of down loads. To me Vinyl is King. I hope you are all correct.
Happy listening/watching

Download movie offerings are so limited. I would only embrace this if that changed dramatically.

CDs and DVDs aren't going away, but they are no longer the sales behemoth they once were. The top sales year for CDs was 2000 when they sold almost 800 million of them. Now CD sales are less than half that, around 300 million. (Vinyl sales, while up, are still only about 1% of CD sales.)

Now, that's still a lot of CDs and record companies are still going to serve that market for a long time. While some people have moved to downloads, there are still a lot of buyers who don't download and aren't going to start anytime soon.

(One other aspect to consider -- while downloads are generally cheaper than new CDs, there is a tremendous market for used CDs. You can often buy a like-new CD for less than the lossy format download. But, the used market also depresses new CD sales.)

So, yes, the trend is toward download, but CDs are going to be around for many years to come. The same is true of DVDs. There is a trend toward streaming, but there are still a lot of buyers who prefer the physical disc.