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[LaP]

The last time i used my DVD drive Obama was a nobody.

[Bizkit]

I put a DVD burner in my PC when I built it 5 years ago. Its all but dead now, and honestly, I don't think I used it in the last 3 years. USB sticks or cloud is where it is at now.

[+exotoxic]

Not had an internal one for ages, bought an external for the odd occasions i might need one.

I hope they completely get rid of DVD/blu ray and replace it with USB sticks or SD cards in the near future.

[Nogib]

Optical media is home to much higher quality media though. CDs have a higher bitrate than MP3s bought from any online storefront and definitely sound better....blu-rays (heck even some DVDs) look vastly superior to any highly compressed streaming or "digital copy" version.

You may want the optical to die but you're all willing to accept such terrible compromises with regards to quality it makes me cringe.

Phil Schiller, Apple's head of marketing said:

"our customers have given us a lot of trust."

No, they just flat out tell their customers what to think and the cultists believe everything blindly.

[FloatingFatMan]

Well, I just bought a BD burner for my PC, and it's getting PLENTY of use (as a reader)!

[ramzorz]

I can't remember the last time I used my optical drive. Even my netbook from 2010 that I've had until now didn't have an optical drive; I never needed it anyhow. Nowadays, you can even install operating systems via 4 gig flash drives as long as you can copy the disk files from someone else's optical drive. It's not like you install OSs all day, right?

[LUTZIFER]

LaP, on 07 December 2012 - 03:19, said:

The last time i used my DVD drive Obama was a nobody.

He's somebody now?

[Joni_78]

How are they watching Blu-ray's?

[FloatingFatMan]

ramzorz, on 07 December 2012 - 07:33, said:

Nowadays, you can even install operating systems via 4 gig flash drives as long as you can copy the disk files from someone else's optical drive.

How are you gonna do that if no-one has an optical drive anymore?

[seta-san]

primexx, on 07 December 2012 - 01:53, said:

It's really stupid that Microsoft makes Win8 available for download for the consumer upgrade path but only distributes DVDs for the OEM version. I want an ISO damnit!

when I got the download I also ordered a dvd with it.

[mattmatik]

The only reason I got an optical drive (Blu-Ray) for my 2012 build was to put them on my media server for my PS3/WD TV Live. My wife and I love watching BD movies, none of the streaming services come to close to the fidelity. I see optical drives hanging around for awhile yet.

Apple has a major investment in iTunes so of course they will limit support for outside media.

[Nashy]

My new build about 6 months ago has one. I've never used it. It was thrown in free with everything else I bought.

[The_Decryptor]

Nogib, on 07 December 2012 - 03:45, said:

Optical media is home to much higher quality media though. CDs have a higher bitrate than MP3s bought from any online storefront and definitely sound better....blu-rays (heck even some DVDs) look vastly superior to any highly compressed streaming or "digital copy" version.

You may want the optical to die but you're all willing to accept such terrible compromises with regards to quality it makes me cringe.
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Most streaming video is terrible quality, but we passed transparency for audio a while back.

[Shane Nokes]

The_Decryptor, on 07 December 2012 - 10:41, said:

Most streaming video is terrible quality, but we passed transparency for audio a while back.

Not for multi-channel audio. I can definitely hear the difference between a Netflix stream and my movies on Blu-Ray.

[+Blank]

I still use DVD's to back up my important data. Of course i have a backup elsewhere as well, but i like the idea of DVD's being static and such. Good backup method that has never really failed me.