I was wondering what your guys thoughts on this? CD's were a huge part of my childhood. I remembered in 5th grade when my brother taught me how to make a mix CD. I had a lot of my favorite songs. Anyways, here is the story:
http://thesource.com/2018/02/03/cds-dead-best-buy-stop-selling-cds-soon-target-may-follow/
Also, I'm new here and I hope I get to know everyone here!

Then which stores are still gonna sell them? ??? They've been a good part of my life too, although I don't actually own very many of them.

btw, welcome aboard. O0

Not sure. I heard Target might follow in the same direction as Best Buy in the near future too. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Do you think people still buy CD's too?

Btw, thanks!  :)

Not sure. I heard Target might follow in the same direction as Best Buy in the near future too. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Do you think people still buy CD's too?

Hey, I'm sure some people still might. Ya never know.




Btw, thanks!  :)

no prob.

I was wondering what your guys thoughts on this? CD's were a huge part of my childhood. I remembered in 5th grade when my brother taught me how to make a mix CD. I had a lot of my favorite songs. Anyways, here is the story:
http://thesource.com/2018/02/03/cds-dead-best-buy-stop-selling-cds-soon-target-may-follow/
Also, I'm new here and I hope I get to know everyone here!


I'm pretty sure within the next couple of years or so, electronic stores may not be selling CDs anymore, maybe it's because of the changing of the times.

In my town there's a small independent shop that sells CD's and there's Tesco and that's pretty much it. It's a shame I think as I love buying physical media.

Whaaaaat?? So weird seeing something I used throughout my life so much die. People still have a lot of CDs laying around though, so it'll take a while before they become completely, VHS tapes level dead. Maybe 2030-ish? But I don't believe physical CDs will ever go away though since gaming consoles still use them.

Will they still sell cassettes? ???

That kinda sucks but there are other venues that allow to purchase CDs. I just bought one from Amazon.

Will they still sell cassettes? ???

I doubt it, those have been phased out a while ago. Not even sure if they're still being manufactured these days.

I'm surprised they still sell them. Although I went to one in 2011 (or it might've been Futureshop) and they still sold cassette players and VCRs :o

In my town there's a small independent shop that sells CD's and there's Tesco and that's pretty much it. It's a shame I think as I love buying physical media.


for how much?

Will they still sell cassettes? ???


cassettes have gone the way of the dinosaur.

cassettes have gone the way of the dinosaur.


They're making a comeback...


https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/cassette-tapes-make-comeback-as-consumers-yearn-for-antique-sounds-538367555962

Usually, CDs are absurdly more expensive at your local supermarket or electronics store than they are on iTunes. Many cars, such as my current one, don't even have CD players anymore. Really, the only reason to buy a CD nowadays is if you can get a bargain at a used music store.

I'm going to miss that era of going to store and buying a CD.  :o

Honestly, I've been going to Best Buy less and less over the last couple of years, so their decision to stop selling CD's barely effects me at all. Not to mention, they generally have a pretty crappy selection of music. I mostly go to my local music store to get my music and movies. I still believe in the tangibility of physical media. I like that sense of ownership and the fact that if I want to watch or listen to something, I can do it anytime I want to. Streaming services to NOT have that luxury. Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/etc., may have your favorite movie now, but what's to stop them from removing it a month later? And with sites like Spotify, they don't always have the complete tracklist in an album. To top things off, these services depend on Wi-Fi. I know in today's world Wi-Fi is pretty abundant, but that does not change the fact that lagging does occur (rather frequently, even in the Silicon Valley), internet CAN slow down (especially during bad weather), and the picture quality can get really pixely. I'm not completely anti-streaming, heck I use them myself. However, I still continue to collect physical media, be it CDs, books, DVDs, despite the anti-physical media brigade's smugness.

They're making a comeback...


https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/cassette-tapes-make-comeback-as-consumers-yearn-for-antique-sounds-538367555962


Oh Wow, that's great, I miss them.

I'm going to miss that era of going to store and buying a CD.  :o


I miss going to the store and buying a cheap CD.

I miss going to the store and buying a cheap CD.


Yeah now you have to buy them online if yo want them.

I used to like gong to the record store and flipping through the racks of LP records.  :)

I miss going to the store and buying a cheap CD.


I remember they were 13 to 17 dollars!  :P

CDs have been dead for a while now. January of 2012 was when digital downloads have surpassed CD purchases. It's been dead since then.

I remember they were 13 to 17 dollars!  :P


Yeah they're like $20 an album here. That's like 9 months of Spotify for me :o

Yeah they're like $20 an album here. That's like 9 months of Spotify for me :o


$13 to $17 is without tax, I forgot to mention.  :(

Ah well, I'll just continue to borrow CD's from the library anyway. I mostly listen to older music anyway.

I remember buying a Brandy album in 1998. I also bought Eminem CD's in 2000 and 2002.  8)

Ah well, I'll just continue to borrow CD's from the library anyway. I mostly listen to older music anyway.


My library has a music streaming service. RIP CDs.


I remember buying a Brandy album in 1998. I also bought Eminem CD's in 2000 and 2002.  8)


Last CD I purchased was Under My Skin by Avril Lavigne in 2004, if I recall correctly. I discovered Limewire not long after that.

My library has a music streaming service. RIP CDs.

Last CD I purchased was Under My Skin by Avril Lavigne in 2004, if I recall correctly. I discovered Limewire not long after that.


This is the first I heard of you purchasing an Avril dish!  :-X  :-X  :-X

This is the first I heard of you purchasing an Avril dish!  :-X  :-X  :-X


I had her first two albums on CD, the only ones worth buying!

I remember buying a Brandy album in 1998. I also bought Eminem CD's in 2000 and 2002.  8)

No Monica or Aaliyah?  :-\\

My library has a music streaming service. RIP CDs.



My local library still has books on CD as well as DVD's. I should know, I've been volunteering there for over 5 years.

My local library still has books on CD as well as DVD's. I should know, I've been volunteering there for over 5 years.


Mine does as well. :)

Does your library have digital audiobooks too, though? Mine got them in 2014, it felt like a revolution!

Mine does as well. :)

Does your library have digital audiobooks too, though? Mine got them in 2014, it felt like a revolution!

I'm not sure; I just know they have lots of materials in print to choose from.

My local library still has books on CD as well as DVD's. I should know, I've been volunteering there for over 5 years.


I forget that libraries have DVDs, because I've been in my house too long.

I forget that libraries have DVDs, because I've been in my house too long.

Yep, mine even still has a few VHS tapes...but those are gradually going byebye.

Yeah now you have to buy them online if yo want them.

I used to like gong to the record store and flipping through the racks of LP records.  :)


speaking of that, there was this place called Breakdown Records that sold old vintage vinyl 45's, records and cassettes for cheap prices and once in a while I would go there to buy a cheap cassette or CD, they closed shop a few years ago cause they just couldn't keep up with the times anymore.

I remember they were 13 to 17 dollars!  :P


and cassette tapes were sold for low prices.

Yeah they're like $20 an album here. That's like 9 months of Spotify for me :o


and now if you want to listen to a whole CD just go to YouTube and just type in the artist to listen to the full album.

No Monica or Aaliyah?  :-\\


I did get Aaliyah's 2001 album from the library about ten years ago.  :o

and cassette tapes were sold for low prices.


I had a Michael Jackson tape back then.

I was just in a Best Buy this past weekend and noticed the CD section, right next to the video section, which will likely meet the same fate before you know it. Surprisingly, one of the CDs was Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet, a possible candidate for "What was your first CD?" given its 1986 release, the year CDs really came of age and began vinyl, and later cassette's demise. Target is pretty much doing the same thing, so I pretty much can declare 2018 "The year that CDs finally died", similar to 2006 for VHS, 2002 for audio cassettes (though it was common until around 2008 for use in audiobooks), 1990 for vinyl, and 1983 for 8-track.

Even the DVD's are pretty much on their final chapter as I only saw one recent Disney title on the main racks, with most of the rest in a $4 discount bin. Blu-Ray will survive for several more years, but around the mid-2020s I see the continued growth of streaming and on-demand devices pulling the curtain on any physical media format, with hard drives the new storage devices, and my family hasn't purchased a Blu-Ray in a couple years. I honestly never saw much of a future for Blu-Ray since by the time it came of age in the mid-late 2000s, the future was already pointing to online streaming thanks to YouTube and other video-sharing sites.

That said, a local flea market still had several stalls with a bunch of CDs and DVDs, so for the next decade or so, they will remain cheap bargains looking to have some music that you may have missed, or by just listening to some music/movies/TV shows that are old school to some degree. Keep in mind that within the past year or two, cassette (both audio and video) have started to make a comeback, especially home-recorded mixtapes containing ephermatic information such as promo spots, interviews, and ads. Speaking of which, I rarely see VHS or audiocassette tapes (especially home recordable ones) at a thrift store or even yard sale compared to even just a few years ago when there was still some laggards who had yet to toss them out.

Honestly, I've been going to Best Buy less and less over the last couple of years, so their decision to stop selling CD's barely effects me at all. Not to mention, they generally have a pretty crappy selection of music. I mostly go to my local music store to get my music and movies. I still believe in the tangibility of physical media. I like that sense of ownership and the fact that if I want to watch or listen to something, I can do it anytime I want to. Streaming services to NOT have that luxury. Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/etc., may have your favorite movie now, but what's to stop them from removing it a month later? And with sites like Spotify, they don't always have the complete tracklist in an album. To top things off, these services depend on Wi-Fi. I know in today's world Wi-Fi is pretty abundant, but that does not change the fact that lagging does occur (rather frequently, even in the Silicon Valley), internet CAN slow down (especially during bad weather), and the picture quality can get really pixely. I'm not completely anti-streaming, heck I use them myself. However, I still continue to collect physical media, be it CDs, books, DVDs, despite the anti-physical media brigade's smugness.


I agree with this. 15 years ago I'd go to Best Buy about once a month on average and if I could leave without spending more than $100 I considered it a moral victory. Now I might go in there 3 or 4 times a year. And it seems like when I do go in there I see fewer and fewer people. It reminds me of what has been happening to Sears over the past 30 years.

And even when I did shop at Best Buy on a regular basis I almost never bought CDs there because, as you said, they have a crappy selection of music, and after going in there a few times looking for music I wanted only to find that they didn't have it, I gave up on going to Best Buy for CDs a long time ago and started going to my local music store instead like you do.

However, I think the death of physical media is greatly exaggerated. Vinyl LPs have made a dramatic comeback over the last 10 years, with overall US sales of LPs jumping from 988,000 in 2007 to 14,320,000 in 2017 . Because of this, locally owned independent music stores have managed to stay in business, and I've found that they have a vastly greater selection of CDs as well than the big box stores ever had.

If you live anywhere close to a medium-sized city (over say, 100,000 people) then the odds are that there should be a decent music store there and to be honest, Best Buy's decision to stop selling CD's isn't all that big of a deal. Plus, if you're just looking for Top 40 music on CD, then Walmart is always an option.  ;D




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival