memory fragment

I remember back in high school that i bought an audio CD even before i had a CD player. i knew back then that the audio CD would replace cassette tapes. so even if i had no CD player to play the audio CD, i knew that i will eventually have one. so it wasn't a waste to buy the audio CD. back then, i felt like i was making a fearless forecast, that CDs would replace cassette tapes. well, cassette tapes are still around but CDs dominate now.

I also remember back in high school that i felt that the mini-disc would not replace the audio CD. and well, it appears to be another correct prediction, the mini-disc didnt gain the same popularity as CDs have. and my reason for that was, the mini-disc was just too expensive.

then came the flash disk or flash drive. back in college, i thought the flash disk wont work, for the same reasons, too expensive. seems like this time i was wrong. even if it was expensive (although it isnt as expensive as before, the price isnt that affordable...yet), the fact remains that it really isnt costly. its a convenient file storage device that isnt a waste of money.

so would the flash drive replace audio CDs as portable music storage devices? or better yet, as media file storage devices? what i mean is, replace the different forms of discs (from audio CDs to DVDs)? that all you need is the flash drive, and plug it to your car stereo, or DVD player, or simply your stereo player. that's possible now of course, but the question is, will it replace all of these forms of storage devices and be a household item?