Subj : Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri May 09 2025 03:54 pm

  Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Fri May 09 2025 03:33 pm

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

 DM> No. But even more to the point, PC optical drives are unacceptable! My
 DM> last few desktop builds don't have 'em, my laptops don't have 'em. I
 DM> really hope nobody ever hands me a CD or DVD disc again because I won't
 DM> have a handy way to read it (though yes, I do own some USB optical
 DM> drives... somewhere).

 DM> So it's understandable that people don't know what they're called because
 DM> you don't really see/use them any longer! :-)

I suppose that's true.
I still have one in my current PC build, but I mostly use it these days to rip movies & music and put it on my Plex media server.  I still like to buy physical media for things I really like, as I don't like to rely on streaming services for everything (they can remove things at any time).  I guess I'm part of a niche group of people now who still like to buy physical media.  The physical media community is still relatively active - I've seen groups on Facebook, and there's also a fairly active forum for MakeMKV (ripping software for DVDs, blu-ray, and 4K blu-ray).

One of the reasons I wanted to set up a media server with Plex was so I could rip my movies and watch them more easily by streaming from my server.

I've been seeing more and more posts online recently where people have said they've gotten back to buying (or started buying) physical media because they're frustrated with streaming services removing things & such.

Nightfox
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