Subj : Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Mortar M.
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 23 2025 09:59 pm

  Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
  By: Mortar M. to Nightfox on Wed Apr 23 2025 08:19 pm

 >> Do you think it's acceptable to call a PC optical drive a "player"?  I feel

 MM> If it only plays discs, then it'a "player".  If you can write to a disc,
 MM> then it's a "burner" or "writer".  The term, "optical drive" merely refers
 MM> to the type of supported media.

For an optical ROM drive for a computer (which doesn't write), I've never heard anyone call it a "player" until recently.

 MM> Now, go decompress.  :)

Yeah :)  I just thought it was odd when I saw people refer to it that way.

Nightfox
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