I seldom see any laptops with built-in DVD players anymore!

T-Wrecks

New Member
That's a shame.

Why were they discontinued? :(

I have a DVD that I wanted to rip episodes from, because I was in one of the episodes as an extra.
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Because they are seldom used anymore. I still use mine from time to time. They are not put in laptops so they can make them thinner and install other hardware in its place.
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
Much like the floppy, they've gone the way of the dinosaur in favor of flash storage.

Externals can be found pretty cheap, there's occasional slickdeals and similar for ~$15-20 for an external DVD-DL burner via USB.
 
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