I have a blu-ray / DVD player. Bought new 2 years ago along with my only TV when I restarted my life.
I own zero DVDs. My ex-wife liked to get DVDs from the library, and I thought I might continue the habit, albeit different titles. Nope; never been used except to test the connection to the TV. Which TV is rarely used, as in a few hours per year.
Continuing the thread spread, I own no other physical media and no other media playback machines. My CD collection was long ago ripped into my PC, and the discs disposed of.
I have several stand-alone DVD/Blu-Ray players and recorders, not to mention the ones that connect to my computers. But I’m a still video producer for local events and TV stations, so I probably wouldn’t count as part of the public mainstream.
Yes, I have a standard DVD player (Sony), a BD player (LG), and even an HD-DVD player (Toshiba). All three are hooked up and accessible. I also have an LD player (Pioneer), though I hardly ever use it. The main reasons I have all of these is that I enjoy the commentaries and special features on the discs. Also, I use CCs/subtitles as much as possible and they are generally much better on the discs. Finally, there are a significant number of shows, movies, and concerts which are just not readily available on streaming or which were released on only a single format or two. For example, the live Richard Thompson: Across a Crowded Room (1985) video was only released on VHS and LD. I have copies of each.
Does a DVD player (that only does that) but plugs into a computer count? Because I don’t technically own one of those, either, but there’s one in my classroom.
I have both a stand alone DVD player and a Blu-Ray player, and I use them both all the time, as I have a large collection of both DVD’s and Blu-Rays, and I’m still buying new ones all the time!
I did that too for a bit then I realized I LIKED the cover art and (maybe) liner notes. Never as good as an actual vinyl LP album (I sure miss those days of going to the record store, finding a cool album and hanging with a friend, jamming the new tunes and reading the liner notes and admiring the cover art). But CDs still had some of that albeit diminished.
I have a Sony BluRay player in my closet that I haven’t used in years. I was for watching Netflix discs and for connecting my former dumb tv to WiFi. Eventually it became obsolete for streaming and I got a Firestick and it went in the closet.
Now I have a smart tv and I don’t own any physical media. I almost never watch something twice so I never bought any of that.
I’ll never need it. I have an external DVD drive that I can plug into my laptop if I’m really in a pinch.
I’m going to list it on the Craigslist Free section later today in case someone wants it so I’ll be in the NO group in likely a few hours.
I have a DVD/Blu-ray player which may still be my first one from 2000 or so. I bought a new one a few months ago when the current one started acting up. The old one apparently got the hint and is operating ok for now. But I’m ready for when it finally dies. It’s been a while since I bought a DVD. I check them out from the library, nowadays.
DVD players,I have a couple. One I bought for myself and one for my late father-in-law and reacquired after his passing. Same model, if parts are needed. BTW, if you haven’t used those VHS players in a while be ready to clean the heads.
I have a pair, not to mention a plug in USB one for whichever PC or Laptop might need DVD/CD access.
I still have hundreds of DVDs so of course I have a DVD player attached to my Living Room TV & my Bedroom TV.
This board skews older, so many, if not most of us have DVD collections. So of course we still have DVD players, especially when a Blue-ray 4k is still generally under $50.
I still I have CD player also. It is a Sony Carousel that holds 200. This gets very light use and I bought it in the early 90s.
I don’t have a cassette or VHS player though. Those are gone. I gave up my last 8-Track player in 2001 I think. Last Record Player in 2020.
Although I use my Sony Blu-ray player for movies and TV shows, it’s mostly used for surround/ATMOS playback of Blu-Ray, DVD-Audio and SACD (super audio CD) discs. I have a growing collection of classic rock album SDEs (special deluxe editions) that include 5.1 and ATMOS mixes along with the original stereo, live performances and instrumental tracks.
This is me too. My laptop does not have a DVD player but I have an external DVD R/W, and I thought my vote should be Yes.
Okay good. I rarely use the DVD R/W but occasionally I use it to create data backups. I don’t think I’ve ever used it to watch a show or movie. Or at least cannot remember the last time I did.
This is pretty much me, but I actually bought a new one a couple of years ago, for this reason. Looking at all the crap that’s going on, I figure there’s a non-zero chance that some or all of the streaming services will become untenable at some point (politics, personal finances, boycotting, whatever), and I still have the DVDs and Blurays I bought back in the early 2000s. I figure so long as I still have electricity, I’ll be able to watch these, regardless of what happens in the rest of the entertainment world.
Have a DVD/Blu-ray player and use it often. But mostly use the USB port, not the disc tray.
However I do store vacation photos on discs so obviously I would use the disc tray if I wanted to see those, as well as some older music concert & film DVD’s I have kicking around.
If it stopped working I’d replace it right away.
This thread (I haven’t really gone through it) reminds me a bit of all the ongoing vinyl vs CD vs streaming I’ve seen elsewhere. On those I’ve seen people get really defensive over their choice of source to the point that they criticize others for not selecting the same or being behind the times etc. I’m from the , if it ain’t busted . . .
The funny thing is that I was about to vote “no” then saw your post. It made me question myself, so I ran downstairs and opened one of the rarely-touched drawers on my TV console, and sure enough, a DVD/Blu-Ray player moldering away!