I'll always prefer physical media over digital ones. That's because everything that we watch online doesn't belong to us and can be removed at any time. When it comes to CD, DVD and Blu-Ray discs, this is our property. Still easy to reach at any time, it doesn't require any paid subscription and most importantly by buying these we've received a lifetime license for using them. That's why I still buy music, movies and video games on traditional discs.
I love optical drives. I purchased one with M disc support. Was able to backup all my old photos and videos into single 100gb mdisk. I think they still are useful for archival.
This is amazing!!! I am brand new to pc gaming and built a pretty powerful computer to play cyberpunk at 4k 60fps. But now i am buying a bunch of old games from steam sales😅 Even more recently, i bought a ps2 in order to collect ps1 and 2 games from my childhood. I got the console because of nostalgia, but mostly because I thought it was the only way to play them physically! I found this video because i searched "best cd/rom optical drive for my pc build" because i have also been wanting to start collecting old physical pc games as well. And this is the most amazing find ever!!! I am going to be enjoying so many games from every console, without having to collect all of the expensive hardware (unless I find one that i absolutely must have). This creates a huge world of opportunity when it comes to collecting games physically!!!
This does help with streaming Jason. Rather than just bringing out the systems and go through all the set ups. Just treat this as a plug and play. Thanks!
Hey 🍗! Yes, great point here. For anyone streaming or capturing gameplay, this is a way easier solution. Keep it all internal on the PC, and it captures much cleaner and easier.
Funnily enough I hadn't considered this option, thanks for the reminder Jason! I have a couple PS2s that struggle to read discs at the correct speed so I sometimes get some stutter where it tries to catch up and load all the info from the disc, either that or in a couple cases it just wont read a disc at all. My brother has all his old PC parts stored away so I might be able to find a drive for free even. Worth considering looking into when I play some PS2 games again.
Hey Espen, always good to see you! That's something I didn't touch on and should have as well. If you have a broken console, or one with a disc drive on the way out, this is a great option for you to re live the games. I have a PS2 that does this too. Some games it takes forever to load up and throughout the game stalls and hangs. Great input here, thx for watching!
@TheHeineHouse would an internal drive work better for ps2 discs on emulator than an external one? Right now I'm using an external but not getting the best results and was wondering if it's worth getting an internal drive instead
I've always had a drive in my pc for games and music. Finding good modern cases sucks though. They rarely have disc drive bays, and external disc drives can cause issues with some older pc games. I also recommend buying a Greaseweazle for old floppy games. I use mine to back up PC, Amiga and Atari ST games.
Bluray optical drives are definitely the future of my collecting. I'll be able to copy all of my 4k discs after a community firmware patch, and have my own home netflix service. Also, for all movies not from the big companies, physical still makes them more money because collectors want that stuff
I used this to make custom game discs with labels and they have switch games on them. its great cuz i can carry it around and with labels they look real!
"WonkaVision", is the subscription that takes Golden Tickets. It was the first concept, of digital cloud storage, that I can recall. Roald Dahl was always laying out truth, I feel. Scary truth.
Got plenty of PS1 and Dreamcast games, I just back them up with an external dvd drive that I paid $30 and then move them over to a 4TB external hard drive.
you are absolutely right my friend I just transferred my first ps2 game on my pc and it just works ! my ps2 is not good anymore so I'm happy this exists
I'm still rockin' a nzxt atx Hades case from 2010. Airflow is crazy, 2 burner slots, 4 phyiscal hard drive slots! Fans everywhere. Doing a re-build, had a hell of a time finding a pc case with optical drive slots, Hades case is running out of room with newer components, is this a conspiracy to phase out optical drives? I'll wrench in every component to keep this case. I'm using 2 m.2 1 500, 1 tb, 1 1tb , and 1tb seagate hdd for movie storage. Its all about charging for dlc.
@@jerrydietzel2882funny you say that… Sony be stealing peoples digital games when their legal usage expires. Only way to ACTUALLY own your games is physically on a disk. 😂
i need a disk drive for my sims 3 games and I'm on windows 11 idk but I had a old one but it did nothing wouldn't even recognize a DVD or idk what I'm doing on these newer PC . so I see the link you posted that sent to amazon where one is USB one is that for games as well
Unless you plan on owning nothing and being happy then yeah, you want a case with two 5.25" bays: one for a card reader and one for optical drive. Good luck finding a PC case that doesn't suck.
I'm still not sure that I agree. After having used CHD files, you can't beat the convenience of having dozens or hundreds of PSX and PS2 games, both CD and DVD, all individually compressed neatly into much smaller files. No need to change discs, no load times. And it works with other optical disc based consoles as well, including TurboGrafix-16, Sega CD and Saturn. I stopped buying CDs well over a decade ago and the last time I actually burned an ISO to disc to install an OS was several years ago (I now use Ventoy). Ripping audio CDs was the very last use I ever had for an optical disc drive, and although my laptop does have a DVD drive, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that these days it really is useless.
Way to go love physical media. Nothing better. I'm a technician for a long time. Right now I'm building a duplicator that had the 40 pin connectors trying to change it to Sata because the 40 pins CD DVD writers burners are hard to find so I'm converting a 15 disc burner using ide sata pata converter to make the machine work better since old one are giving me a hard time. I'll replace them then. I'll take them apart. Fix some because our love physical media when they first came out with IDE was back in '86 with the white cable. There's a converter that you can buy to be able to use SATA thank you for the wonderful video brother gunny here USMC Green harvest productions
I installed an optical drive recently (LG WH16NS40) and I ended up having a ton of issues with it as a result. This is such a niche problem in 2023 because NO ONE uses optical drives anymore, so I couldn't really fix the problem. Uninstalling the optical drive outright fixed the issue, and I really don't care to diagnose further. The first roadblock to using this thing was lack of proper cables. The drive didn't come with any cables whatsoever, and in order to plug it into my power supply, I needed to get one of those wide SATA hard drive cables that was also compatible with my Seasonic power supply. Not only that, I needed an angled SATA cable to plug into my motherboard because my GPU made it difficult to plug in regularly. Also in the process of pulling my GPU out multiple times, I broke the locking lever on my PCI-E slot. Not the optical drive's fault or anything, but... the whole thing caused a massive headache and already left a sour taste in my mouth. Some things to keep in mind when buying an optical drive is you might need to buy cables separately. Once I had it plugged in and got it working, I realized that Windows 10 would randomly crash ALL THE TIME. I tried a bunch of things to get it to stop, and nothing. Google searches didn't do jack because no one uses optical drives with Windows 10, apparently. Random forum posts from 10 years ago didn't come in clutch this time around... updating Windows, installing the most updated drivers for the optical drive, neither of those worked, nor did all the other basic trouble shooting methods. The Windows crash report didn't tell me jack either. After crashing at least once or twice a day for about two weeks, it eventually messed up my boot order, making it so I couldn't boot into my Windows partition upon shutdown. So I ended up having to reset my BIOS to its factory settings. I couldn't discern if it was my motherboard or Windows 10 that REALLY didn't like my optical drive, but either way, the random crashing persisted after that. I was eventually fed up and uninstalled the drive entirely, and the problem magically went away, so... fixed it? Kind of sucks I can't have an optical drive, but... I got what I needed out of it for that 2 weeks and haven't had any other reason to need it anyways. So... I guess don't buy the LG WH16NS40 if you're running Windows 10 and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard, haha.
I just bought two ps2 ganes at a secondhand shop, sadly my old ps3 couldnt read the discs. But thankfully this solution exists. Glad to see a video thats to the point and explains how to set it up. I have a good enough laptop so now i can revisit some childhood games again.
I bought my first cd in july, it was the iron man 2 ac/dc album and i bought it because one day streaming services will die. Meaning I wont be able to listen to my favourite music, but ac/dc is my favourite band so i would love to keep listening afterwards so spotify is good but cds are better
im going overkill here, i have 4 drives installed in mine, 1- LG GH24NSD1 , 2- Liteon iHAS324-F , 3- Pioneer BDR-212EBK and a Samsung SH-B123Lightscribe. :D , not only for Retro gaming but for making backups too. optical storage are the best option for making Long term backups
Absolutely, that's what I do as well, I didn't really touch on it (and should have) but another better option for this is to rip your game in as ISO and then run it from that sexy fast SSD you have. Thx for watching!
That’s a good point, I’ve noticed that too. Most cases don’t even allow for a dvd rom slot now, it’s sad. Although I do like the look of the clean clutter free cases. Maybe an external is needed for those.
So let’s say hypothetically I bought a CD ROM Drive that plugs in via USB I would just put whatever game I want to play example (hot wheels bash arena)into the drive and then boot up the same emulator you have and then play it directly off the disk?
That’s exactly how it can work, yes! Configure the emulator properly, graphics audio and make sure it knows to boot from the disc, and you are off and running! Enjoy!
@@TheHeineHouse So if i got an old pc game do I still need an emulator to run it or can i just put that game into the CD ROM Drive and play it like that
Hey so just a question I really want to play my physical copy of dragon ball budokai tenkaichi 3 on the steam deck can you take me through the steps I would really appreciate it
Do you have to install any software/firmware/update or anything to get the blu ray drive to work? (For internal drives, not external ones via usb) Or is it just plug and play?
I wonder if this works for any physical reproduction games, as well? Like if I buy a repro copy of Def Jam for the PS2, will the PC be able to run it like it's a legit copy?
Where do you find a computer case that has the bay for a CD drive? I am planning on building a new computer and would like a CD drive and a panel for more USB, USB C and a reader for micro SD. I don't want all the plug in stuff extra, I want it in my PC.
Oh my lord, you are telling me I can replay my old games that are stored in closet. ps3, ps2 maybe even ps4 and 5 on my pc.. 😖IF SO, 2023 IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER😭😭
By the way Do PS3 Blu ray games read on PC BD-ROM drives? I know Ps1/Ps2, CD/DVD roms read just fine, but I have never tried PS3 emulation yet. I know XBOX and NINTENDO made it a real pain in the ass to read their disks on a PC, but Sony never has in the past. I am just wondering, do I just YO-HO HO PS3 games from the pirates, or is getting the physical PS3 BD-ROMS worth it if I am planning on using Emulators only without real console hardware. Are the disks encrypted and unreadable (XBOX STYLE), or do they read out of the box like PS1/PS2 disks... (YES I HAVE A BD-XL WRITER already.)
I have just updated the links to reflect similar products, the drive im using is much older, so there’s some newer better ones available now. A good name brand DVD drive will do fine like the one I linked. Links are good! Thanks!
Jason great video I want a DVD-R Recorder to burne off the Firestick or DVD / Blu Ray I am running Windows 10 in a Windows 7 yes I should update soon I had a DVD-R Recorder I used like a VCR to Record my favorite shows off Satellite and the Firestick the stand alone Magnavox DVD-R Recorder I had for 17 years it got to the point that I cant no longer use it record any help I would appreciate it .
Awesome, thanks for watching! Ya, Windows 7 is difficult due to support and compatibility. It can still be used, but it might be difficult. You'll have to find an older drive that works with your system, but that should be the easy part.
Great video. Educate the kids bro. It is kind of sad to see CD's go but the fact is that they want to take that control away from you (and say it's for your convenience) and make everything digital so you have to go to them, and you have to be connected/signed in/tracked/monitored/ with a risk of being censored or banned to get the stuff you already paid for. Not to mention what are you going to do if you can't afford the internet bill for a month or two? Modern PC towers don't even have a slot for CD/DVD Burners anymore but people with more than 12 brain cells and a few extra bucks can buy and external CD/DVD Burner or just connect an internal one with a longer SATA cable and set it on top of the tower lol. Do whatever you got to do.
Actually you’re right, I did read about this in my history books too. Actually, from what I remember the cavemen use to rub both a DVD drive and a blu ray drive together and it would make a blue flame! Insane stuff.
I’d try it in a windows PC and see if not works there. It might not support Mac OS. Look on the disc cover or back cover, it might say system requirements somewhere on there.
Good luck. Apple loves to drop support for obsolete software so it is extremely unlikely very old programs (especially software built for PowerPC CPUs) will run on modern Macs.
I haven’t specifically looked at ripping PS3 games but I would assume it would work too! Just research how to rip your PS3 games, one thing you’ll need 100% is a disc drive like this.
YOU TOTALLY RIPPED OFF THAT GUY THEEMUREVIEW! EXPOOOOOOOSED!!! But for real though. I've got most of my consoles in storage now save for last gen. I run everything off an old slim form factor hp core2duo that I swapped for a q6600 and threw an old amd hdmi card in there. Just a bit bigger than a ps5 or 4 and it runs everything gorgeously.
@@TheHeineHouse So, rather than acknowledging you should have said "optical media" or "optical disc drive" as a more encompassing term, you insinuate I lack an imagination...? It's too bad you don't care about the quality of your content. I'm out.
Yes, that's a great option, I actually said this in the video as well. Getting an external can be easily used on multiple computers, hot swap it around. Thx for watching!
oh shoot, I didn't catch that...I would have loved to find that BluRay/HD-DVD combo drive but that one came out 15 years ago. I don't know how much it goes for now
@@NicDotNic oh ya, that’s another way you can do it. If you have an old drive and use the adapter on it, then plug it into the USB on your laptop, that would work.
Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader ... there you have it.. By The way.. I love media in the form of cds and DVDs... I just bought soooo many DVDs .. its just different when you can see the cover, the title and insert the disk .. I dont know .. I'm just like that.
Yeah this seems really cool until you realize that it's absolutely 100% pointless. If you're running a game in an emulator, using the real software isn't doing anything more than inconveniencing you. It doesn't make anything more or less accurate. I've done this with Sega CD on the Fusion emulator since I have physical games but no Sega CD hardware. It was fun the first time I did it. After that I just loaded the CD image.
I'll always prefer physical media over digital ones. That's because everything that we watch online doesn't belong to us and can be removed at any time. When it comes to CD, DVD and Blu-Ray discs, this is our property. Still easy to reach at any time, it doesn't require any paid subscription and most importantly by buying these we've received a lifetime license for using them. That's why I still buy music, movies and video games on traditional discs.
Facts
I love optical drives. I purchased one with M disc support. Was able to backup all my old photos and videos into single 100gb mdisk. I think they still are useful for archival.
100%
M-DISK comes in BDXL formats?... I thought they stuck with CD-DVD only. Where did you buy the disks?
This is amazing!!! I am brand new to pc gaming and built a pretty powerful computer to play cyberpunk at 4k 60fps. But now i am buying a bunch of old games from steam sales😅 Even more recently, i bought a ps2 in order to collect ps1 and 2 games from my childhood. I got the console because of nostalgia, but mostly because I thought it was the only way to play them physically! I found this video because i searched "best cd/rom optical drive for my pc build" because i have also been wanting to start collecting old physical pc games as well. And this is the most amazing find ever!!! I am going to be enjoying so many games from every console, without having to collect all of the expensive hardware (unless I find one that i absolutely must have). This creates a huge world of opportunity when it comes to collecting games physically!!!
Are you talking about burning PS2 games? Pretty sure you need a modded console for that.
Glad I found this vid, that adapter cable was just what I needed for my old drive, as my new case has no slot for a CD drive.
This does help with streaming Jason. Rather than just bringing out the systems and go through all the set ups. Just treat this as a plug and play. Thanks!
Hey 🍗! Yes, great point here. For anyone streaming or capturing gameplay, this is a way easier solution. Keep it all internal on the PC, and it captures much cleaner and easier.
I couldn’t agree more,!!!!!
Funnily enough I hadn't considered this option, thanks for the reminder Jason!
I have a couple PS2s that struggle to read discs at the correct speed so I sometimes get some stutter where it tries to catch up and load all the info from the disc, either that or in a couple cases it just wont read a disc at all.
My brother has all his old PC parts stored away so I might be able to find a drive for free even. Worth considering looking into when I play some PS2 games again.
Hey Espen, always good to see you! That's something I didn't touch on and should have as well. If you have a broken console, or one with a disc drive on the way out, this is a great option for you to re live the games. I have a PS2 that does this too. Some games it takes forever to load up and throughout the game stalls and hangs. Great input here, thx for watching!
@TheHeineHouse
would an internal drive work better for ps2 discs on emulator than an external one? Right now I'm using an external but not getting the best results and was wondering if it's worth getting an internal drive instead
I've always had a drive in my pc for games and music. Finding good modern cases sucks though. They rarely have disc drive bays, and external disc drives can cause issues with some older pc games.
I also recommend buying a Greaseweazle for old floppy games. I use mine to back up PC, Amiga and Atari ST games.
Bluray optical drives are definitely the future of my collecting. I'll be able to copy all of my 4k discs after a community firmware patch, and have my own home netflix service. Also, for all movies not from the big companies, physical still makes them more money because collectors want that stuff
Modern cases suck. The front is so bare and they want to put all your ports, buttons and indicator lights on the top now. No thanks..
Fractal Design's Focus G case :) I love it. Just got it
Phanteks makes them still. Look good. I use it for lossless audio.
Don't you DARE tell me what I NEED Jason.
But yeah you made some really great points and I now realize that I need a CD-ROM Drive! Thanks man!
Yes you do
@@TheHeineHousecan you play ANY disc game? Cause if you can this will be in my house as soon as i can get it in my house
Classic EMU Review vibes on this one. I love your videos dude!
I appreciate that! It did feel super nostalgic when I was recording this. :)
I bought an old pc case and then put in some newer parts and I love using PC DVD:s. It’s so cheap to buy used disc like Half Life or Farcry.
Fractal Design Pop/Silent Air have 2 5.25" Drive bays, although one is taken up by a storage drawer, they are sleek and modern.
I use mine for movies and music, yes I am a boomer and I don't like music and movie subscriptions so I buy music CDs and movie DVDs. 😁 👍🏻
I used this to make custom game discs with labels and they have switch games on them. its great cuz i can carry it around and with labels they look real!
I still like to have Bluray Anime, and best way to do it is either use PS5 or PC so I still use one.
"WonkaVision", is the subscription that takes Golden Tickets.
It was the first concept, of digital cloud storage, that I can recall.
Roald Dahl was always laying out truth, I feel. Scary truth.
Got plenty of PS1 and Dreamcast games, I just back them up with an external dvd drive that I paid $30 and then move them over to a 4TB external hard drive.
you are absolutely right my friend I just transferred my first ps2 game on my pc and it just works ! my ps2 is not good anymore so I'm happy this exists
Absolutely! Now try to buy a case with a front drive bay!!!!!
I got a portable Dvd writer.
I'm still rockin' a nzxt atx Hades case from 2010. Airflow is crazy, 2 burner slots, 4 phyiscal hard drive slots! Fans everywhere. Doing a re-build, had a hell of a time finding a pc case with optical drive slots, Hades case is running out of room with newer components, is this a conspiracy to phase out optical drives? I'll wrench in every component to keep this case. I'm using 2 m.2 1 500, 1 tb, 1 1tb , and 1tb seagate hdd for movie storage. Its all about charging for dlc.
It's not a PC without one. Call it a "smart device" or whatever, but it's not a PC.
True facts
PCs haven't had CD Roms for more than 10 years lol
Uhh, yeah. Its still a PC. Just a PC with no Optical Drive.. lol. Thatd be like saying the PS5 digital isn't a PS5.
@@jerrydietzel2882funny you say that… Sony be stealing peoples digital games when their legal usage expires. Only way to ACTUALLY own your games is physically on a disk. 😂
@@jerrydietzel2882 yeah I get your point though
i need a disk drive for my sims 3 games and I'm on windows 11 idk but I had a old one but it did nothing wouldn't even recognize a DVD or idk what I'm doing on these newer PC . so I see the link you posted that sent to amazon where one is USB one is that for games as well
I also need a disk drive for the sims 3 and I have a windows 11! Did you get the external USB DVD player?
What annoys me is that you can't get good cases with optical drive bays.
I still buy music cds and DVD movies. And I use iTunes and my old ipod everyday
I still have a handful of IDE drives hanging around -- with no machines left they'll plug in to.
Unless you plan on owning nothing and being happy then yeah, you want a case with two 5.25" bays: one for a card reader and one for optical drive. Good luck finding a PC case that doesn't suck.
What do you mean with card reader? SD, CF(ast/express), MMC, PCMCIA?
Don't memory card readers normally come in a FLOPPY DRIVE Size?
I also have large collections of games in dvd .
an old school gamer , love it . i love all the old stuff beats the heck out of the new consoles and gameplay
I can't believe I have never thought about trying this... I need more tech savvy friends.
I'm still not sure that I agree. After having used CHD files, you can't beat the convenience of having dozens or hundreds of PSX and PS2 games, both CD and DVD, all individually compressed neatly into much smaller files. No need to change discs, no load times. And it works with other optical disc based consoles as well, including TurboGrafix-16, Sega CD and Saturn.
I stopped buying CDs well over a decade ago and the last time I actually burned an ISO to disc to install an OS was several years ago (I now use Ventoy).
Ripping audio CDs was the very last use I ever had for an optical disc drive, and although my laptop does have a DVD drive, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that these days it really is useless.
I would say either have a blueray or dvd drive because cd only read cd disc
That’s a great suggestion, you could get an all in one with a Blu-ray player. Good call!
Way to go love physical media. Nothing better. I'm a technician for a long time. Right now I'm building a duplicator that had the 40 pin connectors trying to change it to Sata because the 40 pins CD DVD writers burners are hard to find so I'm converting a 15 disc burner using ide sata pata converter to make the machine work better since old one are giving me a hard time. I'll replace them then. I'll take them apart. Fix some because our love physical media when they first came out with IDE was back in '86 with the white cable. There's a converter that you can buy to be able to use SATA thank you for the wonderful video brother gunny here USMC Green harvest productions
Do you archive aincient software not on the internet at all? Get a CD ROM drive
Can you show how to set this up? Because I dont understand how to
I installed an optical drive recently (LG WH16NS40) and I ended up having a ton of issues with it as a result. This is such a niche problem in 2023 because NO ONE uses optical drives anymore, so I couldn't really fix the problem. Uninstalling the optical drive outright fixed the issue, and I really don't care to diagnose further.
The first roadblock to using this thing was lack of proper cables. The drive didn't come with any cables whatsoever, and in order to plug it into my power supply, I needed to get one of those wide SATA hard drive cables that was also compatible with my Seasonic power supply. Not only that, I needed an angled SATA cable to plug into my motherboard because my GPU made it difficult to plug in regularly. Also in the process of pulling my GPU out multiple times, I broke the locking lever on my PCI-E slot. Not the optical drive's fault or anything, but... the whole thing caused a massive headache and already left a sour taste in my mouth. Some things to keep in mind when buying an optical drive is you might need to buy cables separately.
Once I had it plugged in and got it working, I realized that Windows 10 would randomly crash ALL THE TIME. I tried a bunch of things to get it to stop, and nothing. Google searches didn't do jack because no one uses optical drives with Windows 10, apparently. Random forum posts from 10 years ago didn't come in clutch this time around... updating Windows, installing the most updated drivers for the optical drive, neither of those worked, nor did all the other basic trouble shooting methods. The Windows crash report didn't tell me jack either. After crashing at least once or twice a day for about two weeks, it eventually messed up my boot order, making it so I couldn't boot into my Windows partition upon shutdown. So I ended up having to reset my BIOS to its factory settings. I couldn't discern if it was my motherboard or Windows 10 that REALLY didn't like my optical drive, but either way, the random crashing persisted after that. I was eventually fed up and uninstalled the drive entirely, and the problem magically went away, so... fixed it? Kind of sucks I can't have an optical drive, but... I got what I needed out of it for that 2 weeks and haven't had any other reason to need it anyways.
So... I guess don't buy the LG WH16NS40 if you're running Windows 10 and a Gigabyte B450M DS3H motherboard, haha.
Dang. Much love, the sun sets and it rises.
I just bought two ps2 ganes at a secondhand shop, sadly my old ps3 couldnt read the discs. But thankfully this solution exists.
Glad to see a video thats to the point and explains how to set it up. I have a good enough laptop so now i can revisit some childhood games again.
I bought my first cd in july, it was the iron man 2 ac/dc album and i bought it because one day streaming services will die. Meaning I wont be able to listen to my favourite music, but ac/dc is my favourite band so i would love to keep listening afterwards so spotify is good but cds are better
I got one cd/dvd burner one blu ray burner and a card reader in my 3 5.25 slots
Is a blu-ray drive compatible with all old pc disc games? Wondering if it's worth the triple price over HD DVD optical
Blu-Ray drives are backwards compatible with other disk media.
a question, can an optical hd-dvd drive run physical dvd pc games?
@@esk1m0t49 i want to say yes but truly I don't know the truth with certainty
alr thanks anyways!
i may not have any drives in my pcs anymore but i always have that portable bluray drive sitting opn the shelf if i need it..
im going overkill here, i have 4 drives installed in mine, 1- LG GH24NSD1 , 2- Liteon iHAS324-F , 3- Pioneer BDR-212EBK and a Samsung SH-B123Lightscribe. :D , not only for Retro gaming but for making backups too. optical storage are the best option for making Long term backups
Also happy new year!
Same to you Ruby!
I just want to play my physical Driver San Fransisco PC DVD ROM game on my current PC so a external optical drive can do that?
That’s correct, you’d be able to install the game from physical media and play it.
I prefer to use my disc drives to rip the games to see if they work.
Absolutely, that's what I do as well, I didn't really touch on it (and should have) but another better option for this is to rip your game in as ISO and then run it from that sexy fast SSD you have. Thx for watching!
for a second i was like, The Car Wizard?...
I don't see anybody with cases that even have a slot for these drives anymore!
That’s a good point, I’ve noticed that too. Most cases don’t even allow for a dvd rom slot now, it’s sad. Although I do like the look of the clean clutter free cases. Maybe an external is needed for those.
Thank you!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
So let’s say hypothetically I bought a CD ROM Drive that plugs in via USB I would just put whatever game I want to play example (hot wheels bash arena)into the drive and then boot up the same emulator you have and then play it directly off the disk?
That’s exactly how it can work, yes! Configure the emulator properly, graphics audio and make sure it knows to boot from the disc, and you are off and running! Enjoy!
@@TheHeineHouse So if i got an old pc game do I still need an emulator to run it or can i just put that game into the CD ROM Drive and play it like that
I found my old dvd with pictures of school from kindergarten and I had to buy an external drive. Couldn’t use my ps5. Cds are cool
Hey I'm new to pcs and really want to do this. I'd love if you did another video in more depth on this topic
So limited by case. i have collected some physical DVD'S as i like the feel of physical films. so few cases offer the choice
coming from the future, still have and use a Tape Drive
@@daslowlife I love it! The future is bright!
I would never have a pc without one
So I need the cd reader , the universal hard drive adapter & a hard drive? What does the hard drive do? Does it make the cd reader go faster?
If you have an SSD hard drive it will make transfer and ripping faster
@@TheHeineHouse can you explain transfer & ripping? also do you have a recommendation of SSD I was thinking seagate ?
Is there any full tower pc case that still supports optical dvd drive today bro? Can u suggest me some, it would be better if its glass case
What’s your recommendation for the best internal optical drive?
I need blue ray too for watching my anime collection
I don’t know why they call all this non optical disk stuff “digital” like “PS5 digital” when CDs DVDs and Blu Ray are very much digital mediums.
Wait so can i play transformers rise of the dark spark or fob?
Hey so just a question I really want to play my physical copy of dragon ball budokai tenkaichi 3 on the steam deck can you take me through the steps I would really appreciate it
For what console is that game? From what I can tell, it wasn't released on PC.
@@JJFlores197 it wasn’t it was on the ps2
Do you have to install any software/firmware/update or anything to get the blu ray drive to work? (For internal drives, not external ones via usb) Or is it just plug and play?
Mine was plug and play so I believe you’ll be ok.
Can it play Xbox one and PS4 games as well?
Does this work with old PC games? Like diablo, diablo 2 for example?
Can u plug in any controller or console specific
I wonder if this works for any physical reproduction games, as well? Like if I buy a repro copy of Def Jam for the PS2, will the PC be able to run it like it's a legit copy?
My gaming computer lacks most needed external and internal parts.
Where do you find a computer case that has the bay for a CD drive? I am planning on building a new computer and would like a CD drive and a panel for more USB, USB C and a reader for micro SD. I don't want all the plug in stuff extra, I want it in my PC.
It’s not as easy anymore, but they are out there. You may need to look for an older case from the 2000’s
The last case I bought, a Corsair Obsidian 750D has 3x 5.25" drive bays. Its a full size PC case.
I think my dvd capable drives are dying.
CD part still works.
And what about movies? That's what I need an optical drive for. :)
Oh my lord, you are telling me I can replay my old games that are stored in closet. ps3, ps2 maybe even ps4 and 5 on my pc.. 😖IF SO, 2023 IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER😭😭
Have fun!!
Would this work if I wanted to run a PS4 game...such as bloodborne
If PS4 has emulation, I don’t see why it wouldn’t
By the way Do PS3 Blu ray games read on PC BD-ROM drives? I know Ps1/Ps2, CD/DVD roms read just fine, but I have never tried PS3 emulation yet.
I know XBOX and NINTENDO made it a real pain in the ass to read their disks on a PC, but Sony never has in the past.
I am just wondering, do I just YO-HO HO PS3 games from the pirates, or is getting the physical PS3 BD-ROMS worth it if I am planning on using Emulators only without real console hardware.
Are the disks encrypted and unreadable (XBOX STYLE), or do they read out of the box like PS1/PS2 disks...
(YES I HAVE A BD-XL WRITER already.)
Your link doesn't match the drive you show
Good eye there, it looks like Amazon changed it, or maybe something else happened. I’ll fix this so it matches up. Thank you!
I have just updated the links to reflect similar products, the drive im using is much older, so there’s some newer better ones available now. A good name brand DVD drive will do fine like the one I linked. Links are good! Thanks!
@@TheHeineHouse ty sir.. Great video
I have a CD/DVD writer. CD/DVD forever!
Nice! Ya, that’s all you need!
Q.Why YOU NEED a CD-ROM Drive in 2023!
A. Install Windows 10/11 from DVD . If flash drive not shown
Jason great video I want a DVD-R Recorder to burne off the Firestick or DVD / Blu Ray I am running Windows 10 in a Windows 7 yes I should update soon I had a DVD-R Recorder I used like a VCR to Record my favorite shows off Satellite and the Firestick the stand alone Magnavox DVD-R Recorder I had for 17 years it got to the point that I cant no longer use it record any help I would appreciate it .
Awesome, thanks for watching! Ya, Windows 7 is difficult due to support and compatibility. It can still be used, but it might be difficult. You'll have to find an older drive that works with your system, but that should be the easy part.
Great video. Educate the kids bro. It is kind of sad to see CD's go but the fact is that they want to take that control away from you (and say it's for your convenience) and make everything digital so you have to go to them, and you have to be connected/signed in/tracked/monitored/ with a risk of being censored or banned to get the stuff you already paid for. Not to mention what are you going to do if you can't afford the internet bill for a month or two? Modern PC towers don't even have a slot for CD/DVD Burners anymore but people with more than 12 brain cells and a few extra bucks can buy and external CD/DVD Burner or just connect an internal one with a longer SATA cable and set it on top of the tower lol. Do whatever you got to do.
Isn't that what caveman used to start when they run out of sticks?
Actually you’re right, I did read about this in my history books too. Actually, from what I remember the cavemen use to rub both a DVD drive and a blu ray drive together and it would make a blue flame! Insane stuff.
will the cd rom work if i buy a xbox360 game (nfs pro street) since its cheaper so i can play it on my pc ?
If you have the correct emulator, I don't see a reason why it wouldnt work. I haven't tried that personally, but give it a shot.
If I buy this can I I put in a PC physical copy of a game and play without emulation? Will the game just play !?
No, it won’t work that way. You’ll need some sort of software to play it.
why when i use any cd-rom or dvd my pc just crash and dont open it i have to restart it on red botton? i cant use any cd
It has to be a driver issue, can you update the drivers in your cd rom drive? Make sure everything is up to date as well
I bought a plug in disc cause I had no where to put a disc drive in my pc
I have an interactive CD Rom from the 90s that I tried to get to work on my mac with a cd rom player, but no luck. do you have any advice?
I’d try it in a windows PC and see if not works there. It might not support Mac OS. Look on the disc cover or back cover, it might say system requirements somewhere on there.
Good luck. Apple loves to drop support for obsolete software so it is extremely unlikely very old programs (especially software built for PowerPC CPUs) will run on modern Macs.
Can i do this with my gamecube cames on dolphine emulator and if so how can i?
Yes you can, you can select to boot from CD, and then launch your game that way. I do this all the time with mine.
Not everyone has a ultra fast network
Crazy how now I can get DVD writer as low as $20😂
Will this work for PS3 games as well?
I haven’t specifically looked at ripping PS3 games but I would assume it would work too! Just research how to rip your PS3 games, one thing you’ll need 100% is a disc drive like this.
YOU TOTALLY RIPPED OFF THAT GUY THEEMUREVIEW! EXPOOOOOOOSED!!!
But for real though. I've got most of my consoles in storage now save for last gen. I run everything off an old slim form factor hp core2duo that I swapped for a q6600 and threw an old amd hdmi card in there. Just a bit bigger than a ps5 or 4 and it runs everything gorgeously.
i need to find my copy of vice city and get a drive
Title: CD-ROM
Picture: Blu-Ray.
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CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Blu-ray drive, all the same applies here, use your imagination, you’ll get through this.
@@TheHeineHouse So, rather than acknowledging you should have said "optical media" or "optical disc drive" as a more encompassing term, you insinuate I lack an imagination...? It's too bad you don't care about the quality of your content. I'm out.
It’s all good man, I just found it odd you would nit picking something like this. Thanks for your feedback, I’ll be sure to update my thumbnail.
Could i use this to play xbox 360?
You could, if you put the disc in and then launch the 360 emulator, you could boot from it I believe
My closet has 4 of them. I dont need anymore.
Well, I guess this wouldn’t apply to you then would it?
I'd rather get the Asus external bluray drive. At least I can use that on any PC
Yes, that's a great option, I actually said this in the video as well. Getting an external can be easily used on multiple computers, hot swap it around. Thx for watching!
oh shoot, I didn't catch that...I would have loved to find that BluRay/HD-DVD combo drive but that one came out 15 years ago. I don't know how much it goes for now
Just get to it already.
OK, I just got here... Where are you??
Can. You play carnivores on this
If I'm going to emulate I'll just skip the optical drive and download roms lol
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Does this work for laptop? I have a very powerful laptop.
Yes, it would, as long as you get the USB version of the disc drive (linked in the description)
@TheHeineHouse would the Universal Drive Adapter also work?
@@NicDotNic oh ya, that’s another way you can do it. If you have an old drive and use the adapter on it, then plug it into the USB on your laptop, that would work.
@@TheHeineHouse thank you very much. Your video and your reply are super helpful!
Dude, I haven't touched a CD in probably 5 years.
Ya, cool story! Some of us have physical copies of our games, movies and media. This video prob doesn’t apply to you then.
Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader ... there you have it..
By The way.. I love media in the form of cds and DVDs... I just bought soooo many DVDs .. its just different when you can see the cover, the title and insert the disk .. I dont know .. I'm just like that.
Yeah this seems really cool until you realize that it's absolutely 100% pointless. If you're running a game in an emulator, using the real software isn't doing anything more than inconveniencing you. It doesn't make anything more or less accurate. I've done this with Sega CD on the Fusion emulator since I have physical games but no Sega CD hardware. It was fun the first time I did it. After that I just loaded the CD image.