Is the CD and DVD/Bluray going away?

It seems that rumor has been going around for some time now. I doubt it will ever completely vanish. I do wonder why in todays technological in media storage why we haven't seen a Thumb Drive or SD type card for media. Way back in the early 80's when CD first started to gain traction I waited to jump on board because I had read in Popular Mechanics that the cassette was about to be replaced with a cartridge similar to todays SD card only larger, the sample they showed was about 50% the size of a deck of cards. So I waited, and waited and finally bought a CD player and bunch of CDs and more recenly just keep upgrading my analog system. The old is forever new...so they say.

Levchappy, I have always thought that the thumb drive/SD type card would be such a great solution. Physical Storage, no moving parts, cost of production, little tiny thumb drive racks,no concern about scratches, Clocking issues, the list goes on. But for retailers it might be a theft problem. But I am sure they could come around to a solution for that as well. As far as down loads my concern is what happens if your drive crashes, will they maintain a license that allows you to re-download. I would rather have a tangeble product that I can dictate where and what I play it on. Unless we settle for a pay per use download then that would suck in my opinion. I am giving a Thumbs Up on Thumb drives:)