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> CD has not been superseded by any other physical media

What's a Blu-ray DVD disk then?

If there still was a mass market for music on physical media, CDs would have been superseded, either by an optical disk or some kind of SD card.

But there isn't. so it hasn't.

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Where can I buy music on a Blu-ray DVD? They are simply more expensive, while nobody needs the extra space for music data. At least where I live music is only sold on CD. There are new vinyl disks being produced for a retro market, but a player for these needs significantly more space then a Compact Disc. In addition to buying a new player I would also be bound to only play music at home. Every car has a CD tray, my laptop has one, I have several players at home.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> Where can I buy music on a Blu-ray DVD

The format and equipment exists, it's called "blu ray audio"

The fact that it's not in widespread use is my point exactly: the mass market isn't there any more.

> Every car has a CD tray,

I think that will go the way of a headphone jack on a iPhone. Cars have bluetooth.

> my laptop has one,

CD players on laptops literally have gone the way of a headphone jack on a iPhone. They're rare to non-existent on new models.

> I have several players at home.

So do I - they're in a box somewhere.

You're not refuting my point at all - there's not successor to CDs, not because it's a perfect, modern medium for physical music. But just because there is no longer a mass market for music on any physical media.

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> The fact that it's not in widespread use is my point exactly: the mass market isn't there any more.

Their might not be a mass market for neither, but these are not available in the same scale at all. You maybe can find blu ray audio somewhere on the internet, but I've never seen them, while the the music store has hundreds of CDs and every street musician and band sells CDs.

I honestly do not know what the selling point of a Blu-ray disk is. The form factor is exactly the same and nobody needs the capacity. The capacity of a DVD is already too large, why should anyone use a Blue-ray disk? Neither want the musicians produce and sell more than some hours of music, nor do consumers need music for days without interruption. There simply is no kind of music which takes more than a few hours.

So the only difference is that the disk is more expensive and the player is likely incompatible, so hardly a benefit.

> So do I - they're in a box somewhere.

I was only talking about players in use.