Automakers shedding CD Players

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By msnbc.com news services

CD players in cars look set to go the same way as the dodo bird, according to a report in industry trade publication Automotive News.

With content and computing power migrating to smartphones, which can now channel music, navigation and other applications to relatively simple and low-cost onboard infotainment systems, CD players are becoming increasingly irrelevant in cars, the report says.

Automakers also want to get rid of optical drives -- that is, CD or DVD players -- because they are expensive and appeal mainly to older motorists, according to the report.

Indeed, the 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS, which debuted this week at the Detroit auto show and will go on sale in the United States this summer features an optional MyLink infotainment system that lets motorists make hands-free phone calls, listen to MP3 music and get route guidance by linking their smartphones to the vehicle's infotainment system. But no CD player, Automotive News said.

“We asked potential Sonic and Spark customers what they were looking for in infotainment,” Sara LeBlanc, MyLink's global infotainment program manager, told Automotive News. “They were very worried about cost. They said to us: ‘Get rid of the CD player. We don’t use it.’”
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I think the last car you could get with a tape deck was the 09 SC430...But CDs are fading quick, eventually there will just be a small slot for your phone/mp3/navigation/fastrak/credit card/everything else device...
 
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CD's are a waste of space unless you're handing out promo material. (which is changing fast with the use of mobile phones / qr codes / social networking etc) I haven't gone to a music store to purchase a CD in years.
 

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CD's are a waste of space unless you're handing out promo material. (which is changing fast with the use of mobile phones / qr codes / social networking etc) I haven't gone to a music store to purchase a CD in years.
Music store? Those still exists? Nah, but Im serious...I have been to a mom & pop type underground store within the past two years to buy a local artists CD, but that was AFTER I couldnt find a free download link online...
 
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an mp3 file will never sound as good as a CD unless its WAV format or like an lossless file, which takes up too much space.....but then a vinyl record sounds better than a CD