Hacker News with Generative AI: Optical Drives

Pioneer Has Ended Production of Computer Blu-ray Drives (techpowerup.com)
Pioneer has quietly confirmed that it has ended production of internal and external Blu-ray optical disc drives (ODDs), for computers.

Hardware, Optical Drives, Blu-ray

4 points by speckx 9 days ago | 0 comments

What Is LibreDrive (2019) (makemkv.com)
A LibreDrive is a mode of operation of an optical disc drive (DVD, Blu-ray or UHD) when the data on the disc are accessed directly, without any restrictions or transformations enforced by drive firmware.

Optical Drives, Technology, Hardware

153 points by Tomte 227 days ago | 41 comments