• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
    23·
    3 days ago

    Uhh, because I have a working optical drive. Am I in the minority now? Doesn’t get a ton of use but every now and then I have to rip a DVD I own because it’s starting to die.

    • Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org
      1·
      22 hours ago

      My pc sonetimes doesn’t start up, i assume the psu is wonky or something stupid like a wonky power button connector. I started to look into it and was shocked when i saw that my pc has a optical drive hidden behind a little hatch. I completely forgot about that. But also shows how much i need it.

    • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
      1·
      23 hours ago

      I got an internal BDXL drive and flashed firmware to make sure I can rip the 4K discs I started getting as part of physical bundles. Still need to start getting NAS drives to be ready for when my main PC stops being my daily driver+Plex Server before I had to get a new TV that could view them (still don’t have a dedicated player and annoyed the PS4 Pro didn’t ship with 4K playback). For now I can at least hook my PC to the TV if I really want to watch a disc.

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I have one as well in my PC of Theseus, it’s been an ongoing part for more than a decade now. But, I also haven’t used in in a year or more.
      It’s kinda funny to think back at how excited I was when my father first installed a CD-ROM drive in our home PC and knowing I could now get some of the newest games which were coming out on PC at that time. And now, I don’t even know if my optical drive is still working.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Not sure about the minority now, but you will be in a few years if not already. Prebuilt PCs haven’t included optical drives as standard for years now, and good luck buying a new laptop that has one.

      Optical media isn’t dead but it’s on life support and will become functionally obsolete in the next decade, same as what happened to magnetic media.

    • WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml
      3·
      3 days ago

      I used mine 3 days ago. Admittedly, it had probably been a few years since the last time that tray opened, but all was good!

    • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I have two that are constantly hooked up to my mac! One for ripping and burning CDs and DVDs (which I still do regularly, in fact I ripped five audio CDs just today) and one for ripping/burning 4k/blu-ray. I occasionally use both at the same time to make copies of discs, but my need for that is for part of a hobby project.

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    181·
    3 days ago

    No, my pc doesn’t have an internal optical drive…. But doesn’t everyone have a usb portable drive?

  • blayd@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Who else wishes there was more semi-attractive PC cases with an 5.25" bay? I have ripped many CDs and Blurays with my optical drive

    • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
      1·
      23 hours ago

      For real. Given how many of the “attractive” cases are becoming very modular/config swappable, It would be cool to see even an add-on option for them that allows changing the faceplate and mount points for a 5.24in bay. Not expecting to see all the “fish tank” cases do this, but some could make it work. Maybe ones that are wide dual chamber ones with metal plate space could have a vertical option.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    2 days ago

    Get into boardgames. Now you have big-ass nerdy gamer boxes in your library which actually have a reason to exist.

  • expatriado@lemmy.world
    11·
    3 days ago

    added a cd/dvd read/write on my pc for $25 new, mostly so I could install my old permanent license Photoshop CS6