CD-Less Car Stereos

We’ve mentioned them before, but now it seems the story is catching on. USA Today wrote about the fact that many aftermarket audio companies are ditching the CD slot on their car stereo head units in favor of making them compatible with iPods, MP3 players or memory cards. The story is interesting mainly because there’s still a push to keep the CD player among the companies.

We post the question to you, dear reader: Should these companies — and potentially the automakers, too — ditch the CD player for a USB input? No CD slot would mean fewer mechanical parts to break and leave more room in the device for other capabilities. Are we at this stage yet? 

Some car-stereo makers see drivers ditching CDs for iPods (USA Today)