Optical Media

The death of optical media cannot be that far away, maybe 5 years before it is gone completely?

I am old enough to remember the introduction of the CD, and you could not think of a time where the CD would feel like an LP record did then.

Within a couple of years I think we'll see USB boot only to install computers. The last bastion will be the retail DVD markets and 5 years maybe does seem a little short for that. If film downloads take off though I think that will see their fate sealed.

In some ways it is sad, another piece of mechanical perfection disappearing and making computers that little less diverse and solid state only. In a similar way hard drives, which probably have a slightly longer life span will one day be replaced with solid state devices.