Optical drives comeback in Japan !!

Philtor said:
I still use an external burner and buy blank disks from time to time :D something very nostalgic about the whole thing.
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Even my PC I built in 2020 still had a DVD-R. Just in case.

Not sure I could bring myself to not have one, but perhaps my next system will rely on an external drive, given how much rarely it'll be used...
 
I still have a 5.25" BD drive in the bits draw, three assorted USB drives and masses of CD, DVD and BD blanks. I can't remember when I last burned an optical disc although the USB drives do get used to read the occasional audio CD or film DVD. I think I'm about to clear a cupboard in my work room.....
 
If the internet keeps on the trajectory it's going with overbearing rules and restrictions, and always online/DRM type copy protection keeps proliferating I think it'll spur on crackers to up their game and go back to old school methods of distribution.

Up the Medway Boys, Pompey Pirates and Automation. :D

*unpacking intensifies*
 
I still have my old internal BR drive installed 'cos I'm old school and the fact that dad still wants 'custom' CD's ripped for his car stereo CD. Got about 3 internal DVD drives kicking about as well. Tried to punt one of them at a Local Boot sale as 'vintage tech' but to no avail. :(
 
Having just seen this thread I think I can confidently stay I don't own a 5.25" drive of any kind these days, yet still hold on to a 3.5" drive "just in case". Not sure why.
 
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I've got a Pioneer BDR-XD05TB external Blu-Ray burner that I bought in September 2019. Last time I used it I burnt a Windows 11 install DVD and when it came to installing it, it froze during the install.

Used a USB thumb drive instead and then the install completed successfully. So much for burning discs eh!
 
I’ve got a Blu-ray writer and a blu-ray/hddvd reader in my PC. Recently I was ripping my DVDs so it’s been used but I would just use a usb stick for an OS install, much quicker and easier than burning a disc…

Probably should pull the HDDVD drive out but I haven’t got round to it.

I’m pretty sure I have a USB Blu-ray drive and even USB floppy drive kicking around somewhere.
 
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I must have about 4 internal and 3 external optical drives, I use them way less than before but no way will i throw or sell them
 
nlel1975 said:
I've got a Pioneer BDR-XD05TB external Blu-Ray burner that I bought in September 2019. Last time I used it I burnt a Windows 11 install DVD and when it came to installing it, it froze during the install.

Used a USB thumb drive instead and then the install completed successfully. So much for burning discs eh!
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That could have been down to poor quality media or burning too fast. Maybe even the drive reading the disk was at fault. Pioneer is a solid brand so doubt it was the burner you got.

For installing an OS, a USB flash drive is the way to go but. So much quicker.
 
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