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Useless?
>>53959767
Make it a fake HDD or hide shit in it.
>>53959767
Mostly, yeah, I still keep a external one just for the ocassional time I need it.
Pretty much yeah, last time I used it was like 2 years ago, now it just sits there taking up space in my laptop.
>>53959800
This.
>>53959800
what about blu ray?
>>53959767
I honestly can't remember the last time I opened my DVD tray.
>>53959889
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>>53959767
take the laser diode out and make a burning laser.
>>53960249
Kys.
>>53960249
Nice shitpost, retard.
>>53960243
before the win7 installation
DvDs are but I use my blu ray drive quite a lot. Some things I just don't have the room to rip, like my Star Trek collection. Just two seasons of enterprise would be around 600Gb if i wanted them at full quality.
>>53960232
Blu ray is for retards.
>>53960249
NOBODY GIVES A SHIT. JUST FILTER HIM YOU FUCKING CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
REEEE
>>53960249
here your (you)
>>53959767
cd drives are very useful, they let you install your os from a disk which is the simplest way along with letting you have the option of using physical disks, I have 5 disc drives in my pc to listen to music cds without having to change them often, they are cheap as dirt nowadays after all.
Not at all useless.
>Movie DVDs
Streaming is an alternative.
>Music CDs
Streaming is an alternative.
>Operating system installs
USB Flash Drive based OS installation is an alternative.
>Driver Installation CDs
USB Flash Drive containing the driver files is an alternative.
>Games
Steam / Saving to HDD is an alternative.
Point is, life is manageable without an optical drive. You don't NEED one but they do have their uses. If you personally do not use it, then feel free to sell it or give it to someone.
Personally I find my optical drive necessary since I don't have enough flash drives to dick around with and it's easier IMO to burn bootable programs to a CD and sharpie the name on the CDs.
In the case of laptops, I strongly believe it's worth spending the money (if you have it) to replace the optical drive with a 2.5" SSD/HDD hotswap bay and getting an external optical drive. In a desktop space is not usually a concern and you can add hard drives without removing the optical drive though so in those I always keep one active.
>>53959767
>>53959889
what do you faggots use to install operating systems?
I like cds because they cant be rewritten, I know its a clean install.
>>53961675
USB.
You can't really trust any media that hasn't been in your possession the entire time. If you've lost track of your USB drive for some time and you're worried about whether it's clean or not, you're either facing adversaries that can replace your CD-R with a tampered version *or* you're being paranoid.
>>53961675
USB Flash Drive / External HDD
CDs are easier IMO but people do actually do this.
>>53959767
I'm not even sure if my DVD reader still reads anything. Didn't use it in 3+ years.
>>53959767
Anything is CD bootable, any grandma has a drive, decent cheap option for static, long term archival storage, best way to get a lot of shit on an older system, physical albums/movies you truly enjoy are nice to have.
All depends on your use case.
>>53960373
flash memory and cloud based memory is too expensive to pass around stock media inter office and from customer to client. i still use a dvd drive daily. so it's not manageable or profitable for me not to have one.
>>53959767
Replaced my dvd drive with an HDD caddy a long time ago. Can't remember the last time I operated a piece of optical media
I haven't used it for a long time, but I don't need that drive bay for anything else, so why not leave it there? Perhaps it'll come in handy.
>>53961675
Why not PXE?
>>53961933
because I don't run an useless home server with my shit tier 10mb/1mb internet
>>53959767
burning dreamcast games for me
although I think i'm just gonna get one of those Drive emulators for it.
>>53961933
because I said install operating systems, not do small bullshit
Still useful for sending large amounts of data one-way (i.e. can't rely on getting the flash drive/microSD back).
I use them to send little packets of pirated roms, emulators, music to less savvy users (friends and little cousins) who aren't as good at the internet.
Flash drives would work, but the cheapest ones are still like $4 for 8GB, which makes me stingy about sending them out and either accepting the loss or hounding them to send it back.
At $0.20 a pop I don't really care, so it's easy to just burn a disk and mail a letter any time I get something cool I want to share
>ITT retards falling for a shit tier bait
>>53961945
What does you external network speed has to do with your internal server? Also, at those speeds caching proxy would be useful.
>>53961976
I explicitly install my OS from PXE with VNC. The boot images load their modified installer scripts that sends an email to my internal mail server with the output of ip a or ipconfig /all. It's really comfy, the only problem being I have to add drivers from time to time, but on the other hand I don't have to after the install finishes.
>>53959767
I have a $28000 CD player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3rJjRzfN_0
>>53959767
Haven't had one in the last 4 builds. Waste of a sata port.
>>53962072
everything is on my main rig, no point in running a home server and waste electricity when I can't even run a server usable from the internet.
>>53962190
>list of poor investments include....
>>53961933
dealing with setting up a netboot server for the sake of looking trendy on the internet isn't worth the effort when I can just pull a fucking CD/DVD off of my shelf and pop it in
I use it every other day to watch my Blu-rays.
>>53962190
>@3:22
>the rings...to control the turbulence of the disk when it spin
le audiophile
>>53959767
>tfw my PC still has 4 optical drives
>tfw none of them are blu-ray
>tfw one of them is CD-RW only
>tfw none of them are SATA
oh
>>53959767
Useful. Good luck installing windows 7 or 8.1 on a Skylake CPU and mobo via USB, it won't be recognized.
>>53962190
You know if you use one of these with a modified read head, you can use it to install WIndows operating systems to your PC.
If you do, your Windows OS will be more resilient and guarded against catching malware while you surf the web and download .exes.
>>53962250
Worth the investment if you value your security IMO.
>>53959767
Not at all. You can't trust online backups anymore.
>>53960284
No it us not. It just has no place on PCs.
>>53962190
>you open up this baby up,and it is shitty reused Chinese resistors and shit
>>53962358
>installing outdated operating systems
top kek
>>53960309
sperglord much
>>53962770
And the128 kbps MP3 will sound like the master tape.
>>53963012
If you burn it to a CD then re-import it on a high quality reader like the one above, yeah. It can.
>>53959767
I still have a few P3's and P4's that won't boot off of USB and I'm too lazy to set up network booting so CD or DVD it is.
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>>53962350
sorry to hear you use your pc as a trashcan
For the ever waning need I still keep one in my main pc. I rarely use it. It's outlasted 3 builds and 5 years.
>>53962889
If telephony/networking infrastructure improves so that high quality video streaming becomes norm, then blue ray will have no purpose.
>>53962770
7/10
I lol'd
>>53963139
I did that too, put SSD in main HDD slot and HDD in the CD drive (since my CD drive was only SATA II vs SATA III main). Best investment ever, seriously. Also buy a simple sata-to-usb cable in case you ever need a CD (you should have one anyway)
also i don't know why your panel looks a little off for your laptop, but i just unclipped the CD drive one and it went on perfectly to my bay
I listen to music at my pc so it sees use in cd's.
>>53959767
>Not backing up the REALLY important stuff on optical storage instead of magnetically just in case there is a solar burst or something.
>Not having a hueg CD collection from the 90's 00's to listen to.
shiggitydiggity fellas
>>53963459
because when I was removing the front panel from the CD/DVD drive I broke the plastic clip that hold it to the caddy so I decided to insert the one that came with the caddy, it doesn't bother me at all.
I purchased one, i have a few blu rays but digital is the way to go. Cant wait for fibre to become the norm worldwide and for storage to becomes cheaper so that 30gb videos become easier to get
>>53959767
Use the laser to blind your enemies.
>>53963694
negro humor has always escaped me
>>53963694
not bad
>>53960249
This.
>>53962350
At least you can rip/burn CD's, modern drives can't do a thing
>>53963266
You have no idea how bad the Internet in particular parts of the world is. This will not be fixed, probably not even within 10 years. Maybe 20?
Physical media has a place. Just because you don't think you need it anymore doesn't make it so.
>>53960249
Advanced 4chan user detected.
>>53960249
You've been 4channing too long.
If this were cancer, you'd be at stage 4.
How's that feel?
>>53959767
no.
I still rent movies here in NZ, might change but that is how it stands.
Videos are nice on DVD IMO.
got to save my bytes.
>>53964123
every movie rental in my country is a drug coverup, LOL
>>53959767
Yes/no, i ONLY install via a disc desu, not having one just feels kinda.. wrong. It is almost always unpowered and not hooked up but its there.
also sometimes its better to install certain drivers via the cd
Not for me anon, I use it to rip family recordings, backup redbox rentals. Other than that? I leave the power and sata cables disconnected. (Take up space and stand out.) Pic related, moved gpu up btw
Sadly nowadays
>>53960351
>I have 5 disc drives in my pc to listen to music cds
almost had me for a second
Good if your country has shit internet.
useful in some some mobo that doesnt support usb upepe,ufi and bios
>>53963139
Thinkpad series get a nice cover but same concept.
http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Caddy-Adapter-ThinkPad-UltraBase/dp/B00JVGUDOC
The number of people insisting you don't need an optical drive anymore clearly show the amount of /g/ that is home users
Depends on your uses, I use mine once a week. In all reality it's a <$20 purchase if you don't have one and you more than likely have a 5.25" bay anyway, there's really no reason not to have one unless you've got something like this going
>>53964123
>Videos are nice on DVD
>nice
Not really, Anon.
I know you said "IMO" and all, but let's be serious here. Screw that opinion. The compression, bitrate, and color is ok but if you educate yourself more you'll really learn to hate DVDs. Opinions aside it's borderline idiotic how they are handled from a technical standpoint.
Why?
Interlacing and anamorphic resolutions mostly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Video_data
>Interlacing
Deinterlacing helps here but nothing beats a true progressive frame. Even if each progressive frame is only half the resolution
>Anamorphic res
It's just a whole-lotta-fuckitallup wherever any fine details are. Think hair, small words on letters or papers, etc.
The whole shits a goddam mess. At best DVDs are just "ok". They're definitely not "nice". People claim DVD resolution is "480p" but that's so far from the truth it is actually quite sad.
If you take a modern film that's out on DVD and Bluray (one that's not a remaster) and scale the Bluray down to 360p then re-compress it with one-fifth of the DVD bitrate, it'll look better than the raw DVD. That shouldn't be possible but it is. They're just that bad.
Useful from time to time for me.
I use it to burn music CDs because my car is like 10 years old. Also music for my parents.
>>53959767
Every cdrom drive i've used has been a noisy piece of shit which I only put up with because I needed to read data off of cd's & dvd's. Will be glad when I no longer have to use them for sure.
>>53960373
>Streaming is an alternative.
Except when you want to install a program / watch a movie / listen to music that has only ever been released in physical media and was never put online in any streaming format. No, not even on YouTube and not even on What CD.
Your only choice then is to pop the cd in the drive.
