Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 25 2025 01:35 pm

On 23 Apr 2025 at 03:06p, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni> Recently (within the last year or so), I've started to notice people
 Ni> online referring to a PC optical drive as a "player" (as in, wondering
 Ni> whether they should add a "DVD player" to their new PC build).  I feel
 Ni> like this is my new pet peeve..  A DVD player is a stand-alone device
 Ni> meant to play DVD movies on a TV; a PC optical drive is not a "player".
 Ni> 
 Ni> But I did a search online, and I saw at least one ad online for an
 Ni> external USB blu-ray drive with the word "player" in the description..
 Ni> 
 Ni> Do you think it's acceptable to call a PC optical drive a "player"?  I
 Ni> feel like that's not even really accurate, because when you're watching
 Ni> a movie disc on your PC, it's the software that does the playing of the
 Ni> video.  The optical drive is just reading the data, and you could also
 Ni> be using the optical disc to install software, rip movies, etc., which
 Ni> are activities that don't count as "playing" something.
 Ni> 

Also, what is up with people calling them "Hard Drives", when they should be "Hard Disks", or better yet, "Winchesters".

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