Think what you want. All my computers have disc drives. If they dont, I have external ones.
I am still using disc drives from the 90s with zero issues. I actually take care of my shit unlike most people so maybe thats why. One of my DVD players sat in a storage shed getting covered in dust for like 8 ish years (not climate controlled either), had stuff dropped on it, still works fine. Thats a heavy metal body onkyo though with component out. Any DVD player with HDMI only out is pretty much shit and cheaply made.
VCRs are even better. Ive rarely found one I can’t get working with minimal effort.
I am still using disc drives from the 90s with zero issues. I actually take care of my shit unlike most people so maybe thats why.
I mean maybe in standalone devices but you certainly aren’t using a drive on your PC from the 90s without a whole lot of work for a slow shitty jury rig job.
Managing switching a PATA connection to SATA is a pain imho.
I’ve had an external dvd player for years now and never had an issue. Maybe because i only use it once a month or so ? But it does not seem like defective garbage, and at the time i picked the cheapest one i could find.
New computers don’t even have a cd though, and every single cd and dvd player outside of laptops and game systems is defective garbage.
Think what you want. All my computers have disc drives. If they dont, I have external ones.
I am still using disc drives from the 90s with zero issues. I actually take care of my shit unlike most people so maybe thats why. One of my DVD players sat in a storage shed getting covered in dust for like 8 ish years (not climate controlled either), had stuff dropped on it, still works fine. Thats a heavy metal body onkyo though with component out. Any DVD player with HDMI only out is pretty much shit and cheaply made.
VCRs are even better. Ive rarely found one I can’t get working with minimal effort.
I mean maybe in standalone devices but you certainly aren’t using a drive on your PC from the 90s without a whole lot of work for a slow shitty jury rig job.
Managing switching a PATA connection to SATA is a pain imho.
Sorry, those old drives I was referring to are just CD players of various types. The ones in my PCs are like 15 years old.
I’ve had an external dvd player for years now and never had an issue. Maybe because i only use it once a month or so ? But it does not seem like defective garbage, and at the time i picked the cheapest one i could find.
They have few parts. Motor , laser, laser carriage. And a controller. Not a lot to break.