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> Now, mainstream PCs only need one type of internal drive

More so it would only need one drive. ODD is dead for at least 10 years and most people never need another internal drive at all.



Still use ODD for ripping... that said, I'm using a USB3 BRW drive and it's been fine for what I need.


I'm not even sure if CD/DVDs are selling anywhere. Sure, there are some niche shops out there, along with flea and retro markets but otherwise...


It's admittedly been harder than it used to be... I've been less inclined to buy CDs over just using streaming audio, since I pay for YouTube to go ad free, I use the music streaming kind of as a bonus.

On the Blu-ray front, I've tended to buy Blu-ray where available, but have bought DVD sets as well. There's also the high seas, so to speak for content that is not available for purchase/rent. I'd actually pay for a good AI upscaler software for DVD content if it worked under Linux (natively or via WINE). I left Windows outside of work a few years ago and not going back... I'm perfectly happy to pay for good, useful software even if I'm more inclined to look for open-source solutions first.




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