Step son has a 2014 Toyota and it has one. Likewise I bought a new player in my car a few months back and it came with a CD.
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I hate how they dropped the DVD player
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Step son has a 2014 Toyota and it has one. Likewise I bought a new player in my car a few months back and it came with a CD.
And the 2016 ones don't. Again, I have yet to see a CD player in a car we test drove that's a 2016 model.
You're missing the point 100%
Yes, you can get them from a Best Buy, but I'm talking about new cars that I been test drive, 2016 models an NO CD players.
If you go buy a 2016 model car and it doesn't have a CD player, you're more than welcome to spend the money and buy an after market one. The issue is with a lot of new cars (2016 and up), if you buy an aftermarket one, you may lose a lot of features because of it, or buy a really expensive aftermarket radio.
For people who only like modern mainstream stuff, DVDs are no longer relevant. For everyone else, DVDs are still a thing. I don't think DVD players need to be shipped with a computer anymore as most people are fine with streaming media or getting digital copies.
I bought a DVD burner because I like vintage movies. I do convert them into digital format because it's more convenient and I'd like to archive my stuff. If you do like vintage and rare stuff, CDs and DVDs are very much a thing because most of that is NOT available via streaming services. The streaming libraries are still very limited and feature mostly popular mainstream media. I've yet to find a service, video or audio, that offers anything out of the ordinary and thus, thank goodness we can still buy optical drives, at least until every publisher hops on the bandwagon and the majority of media is released and made available in digital format. That time is not now. Not by a long shot.
I bought a DVD burner because I like vintage movies. I do convert them into digital format because it's more convenient and I'd like to archive my stuff. If you do like vintage and rare stuff, CDs and DVDs are very much a thing because most of that is NOT available via streaming services. The streaming libraries are still very limited and feature mostly popular mainstream media. I've yet to find a service, video or audio, that offers anything out of the ordinary and thus, thank goodness we can still buy optical drives, at least until every publisher hops on the bandwagon and the majority of media is released and made available in digital format. That time is not now. Not by a long shot.
I agree. I have lots of old movies some of which still on VHS! Most of my stuff is on DVD as iTunes does not have everything.
But I have about 60 movies in iTunes format which is what I prefer. I have a movie from 1959 that does not seem to be available in a non-Vhs format unfortunately.
A failed DVD drive would never completely gimp the entire computer.
What I started doing was to convert some of my physical media/MKV files to iTunes (M4V/MP4) format then import them. I get your concerns nor is physical media dead & buried by a long way as it`s still sells strongly globally. As I travel a lot for work purpose, so for me digital is the way to go, equally I will likely not convert all my physical media as I don't see the need, nor have the time.
Personally I rarely buy video content from Apple as I don't care for the DRM protection, as my Tablet`s are Android far preferring my choice of hardware/OS, as IOS is not useful for my needs.
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Personally I enjoy watching movies and TV shows that were either cheaper than the iTunes store or available on DVD.
I do.
I have a 46" samsung TV and another 32" TV and a 24 LG screen ... but I like to use my ipad mini for watching netflix, because I don't have to get out of bed and it's convenient for a toilet visit ....
Personally i enjoyed the sound of 3,5 floppy drives...when they were failing to read bad sectors...the technology died in a natural way as well.
DVDs in computers are useless as it is the era of flash drives. Sorry to confirm but your need is on minority side. Very specific need.
There are still a lot of Windows machines which have dvd drives and almost every ASUS, MSI etc fan prays to discontinue them or replace with an extra cooler, dGPU or battery or HDD pocket from factory.
I do agree that digital movies are better and the way to go. However as I said not all movies are available in the iTunes store.
Keep this thread alive WAY past the point it was worthwhile.
Just checked, Ford 2016 C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi both have CD players. I've never used the one in my 2013 C-Max Energi.
Stange, i found these and they are from 2011
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/07/27/ford-to-stop-installing-cd-players-in-new-vehicles/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-scraps-CD-players-digital-entertainment.html
http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048928_were-calling-it-the-in-dash-cd-player-dies-in-2015
I can't find the one where it said "all by 2016", but I'll keep looking
Like everyone said... just RIP the darn thing! If you don't like Apply dropping the DVD then don't freaking buy a laptop without DVD. Even if you buy it...you can get a USB DVD drive. Problem solved!
Excuse me, but who the hell cares? Are you going to turn yourself in the moment you rip your first (DRM protected) DVD?
It's annoying tech companies are shunning these older technologies so soon. I live in an area where the internet is literally diabolical and isn't going to get better anytime soon (since BT pretty much told us so). We rely on physical formats, streaming is not a viable option yet. It can take up to ten minutes to load a YouTube video.
I can appreciate, for the majority, streaming is fine. But there are also many places in the world where it really isn't. It's slow, expensive and just a pain in the arse when compared to just popping a DVD in the tray. These people who tell DVD users to 'get real' or whatever need to try streaming on our connections for a day and they'll see why physical formats are still the preferred option.
I can appreciate, for the majority, streaming is fine. But there are also many places in the world where it really isn't. It's slow, expensive and just a pain in the arse when compared to just popping a DVD in the tray. These people who tell DVD users to 'get real' or whatever need to try streaming on our connections for a day and they'll see why physical formats are still the preferred option.
You're absolutely right and most of us DO understand why DVDs and BluRays are the best thing out there for people like you. Even those guys at Apple understand and they've got you covered with those nice external drives. But you're a minority and you're in no position to make demands, okay?
I certainly wouldn't be typing this comment on this MacBook if it had an optical drive. I don't need one. I don't want one. I don't care if you need one. Does that make sense?
I agree. Also to note that not all movies are available in streaming format nor iTunes.