DVD PLAYERS: how many you folks still have or use them?

[Rmay635703]

I wasn’t using cd/ DVD that much after 2017 but started about weekly late pandemic.

I don’t pay for streaming so I’ve been grabbing them as a library checkout when I have a boring weekend rather than watching YouTube.

Never use streaming in the car so OTA or CD

Over the years the family has bought 3 DVD players, the first one was big, silver likely purchased on super sale 2001/2002 era (~$150+ ish, maybe even $200) and never seemed to actually break but over time I couldn’t navigate most DVDs and only play, stop and video controls seemed to work on newer disks, I think it was so old that it didn’t decode menus correctly which made many disks unwatchable.
I bought a cheap small APEX dvd replacement at big lots and was actually able to sell the old one in box to the pawn shop (they still would outright buy them at that point if you had the box and accessories maybe got $10 or $15)
Sadly the $50 cheapo only lasted maybe a year or 2 max before the internal PSU burned up, total piece of garbage.

Last dvd player we got had 1080 upscaling hdmi and was again on sale with a reasonable price, RCA DRC277 build date 2009, but pretty sure it was bought on clearance 2010, still use it, definitely Better deal all around, than the others, just need to clean it occasionally.

6 years ago the neighbors tossed their Sony dvd when they moved and I grabbed it, still works so now I have 2 not counting PCs.

Sadly a lot of content is getting hard to source on dvd so a forced upgrade to blueray is coming soon.

 

[rekit]

Sure came in handy during Hurricane Beryl running on generator or Li-po pack gen at nite. Actually bought a new one that will play the Blu Rays too. 65' LCD, bluray player pulling around 200 watts total, priceless!

 

[supton]

Have 2 or 3. We bought a few of our favorite series years ago, and favorite movies too. And watch on occasion. But usually have no idea what is a good show or movie so we rarely get anything new now, plus we do have streaming so unlikely to spend much going forward.

 

[Lubener]

Good Evening folks. I bought a 3 year old SONY DVD player at garage sale for $5 few weeks back. Plays music CD’s and works flawless. Got Sony remote off Amazon for $12~ too. How many folks here still have and or use one?

Still have a DVD player and a VHS deck...Don't laugh...

 

[Drifter]

I have an old school JVC single cd player in my system. Bought it new in 1994. Tons of CDs. Dont use it as much as I should. Youtube music is easier. No getting up to change CD. Getting old and lazy. LOL Have a turntable as well.

 

[GemStater]

To answer the question, yes, I still own and use DVD player(s). Have the first one I purchased at Walmart in 2001, a Sony DVP-NS300. Use it almost weekly to play CDs on my Klipsch speakers. We still own a lot of DVDs too which we still watch.

I have a theory that everything old becomes new again. Considering how a metric ton of people have spun some type of disc in their lifetimes, nostalgia has a funny way of bringing things around full circle no pun intended.

Yes, streaming is much more convienent, but so boring IMO. I think some will regret the current minimalist craze and want some of their old stuff back... Eventually.

And there has been times when my specific streaming service didn't have the movie I wanted to see at the time. A couple bucks at the thrift or pawn shop; problem solved, options are good.

 

[macarose]

We have about 450 to 500 DVDs apparently. Every single one of them belongs to my wife.

My wife gets them from thrift stores, DVD exchanges, Freecycle and so on. Most were free. The most expensive ones were maybe $3.

We have four DVD players. Two will go to the kids someday, and my wife likes to have one as a Blue-Ray that's a spare.

I keep telling her we would be perfectly fine with just an antenna for TV. But our internet is only $30 a month, and we also get an additional $15 discount every month by being part of an Arbitron-ish tracking system called TV Vision,

Netflix is $10 a month. Hulu is $2. Peacock is $2 a month. Amazon Prime is free.

I don't even watch TV. This is what I get for marrying a film and video major. But hey! We all need hobbies!

 

[berniedd]

Still have my 9-yr old Samsung DVD player but not used it in the past 5 years.

I was in Seoul, South Korea last week and saw DVD sales were still going strong, thanks mostly to the popular and thriving K-pop culture.

 

[vavavroom]

Considering my extensive movie collection on DVD, not having a DVD player would be silly. My PC has a DVD drive/burner and a Blu-Ray burner. My old laptop also has a DVD drive/burner. My new laptop has a plug-in Blu-Ray drive/burner.

I do not store data files or backups in the cloud., not even my phone data. Everything is backed up on HDDs and Blu-Ray or M discs and kept in three locations.

I also have CDs going back to '88 and I have a large number of LPs and several turntables. I also have actual books. Remember books?

 

[burbguy82]

Good Evening folks. I bought a 3 year old SONY DVD player at garage sale for $5 few weeks back. Plays music CD’s and works flawless. Got Sony remote off Amazon for $12~ too. How many folks here still have and or use one?

Recently, I learned that the hospital, and all MRI stattions, still use CDs as opposed to other means of physical recording, interesting.

 

[Wheel]

I've got several... My Dad is/was an avid movie collector and has 1000s of DVD/VHS titles. We're still in the process of digitizing ones we thought were/are good enough to watch again. He's already given away about 1500 VHS titles.

 

[vavavroom]

Recently, I learned that the hospital, and all MRI stattions, still use CDs as opposed to other means of physical recording, interesting.

That's likely over HIPAA concerns. Eventually, all patients' data will be out of hand and in the cloud.

 

[chainblu]

I can't remember the last time I watched a DVD.

 

[R18Civic]

I've got a $50 LG blu ray player to watch my rush concert collection on

 

[hrv]

I still have a DVD player along with a VCR and cassette player too....

 

[opus1]

Me. Including one unit that's a DVD player and VCR.

 

[Enthusiast]

We have a few and use them all the time. No streaming or cable for us.

 

[Jeffrey Behr]

I have a universal disc player, an Oppo UDP-205 (and actually TWO of them), that plays CDs, DVDs (both audio and video), BrDs, and SACDs.. I buy mostly SACDs for multichannel music and then movies on 4K BrDs.. I have 219 4K discs, 355 BrDs, 66 DVDs*.. Also over 400 SACDs and about 500 CDs.. I do not stream anything, but eventually I'd like to get my music discs on a file server.

* movies I can't find on BrD or 4K.

PS. I do not count these things, my spreadsheets do.

 

[53' Stude]

I still have a DVD player along with a VCR and cassette player too....

I snagged 20 original VHS blanks at the sale I got hunting pants and jacket at. Paid $5 for all.

 

[MVAR]

I have a universal disc player, an Oppo UDP-205 (and actually TWO of them), that plays CDs, DVDs (both audio and video), BrDs, and SACDs.. I buy mostly SACDs for multichannel music and then movies on 4K BrDs.. I have 219 4K discs, 355 BrDs, 66 DVDs*.. Also over 400 SACDs and about 500 CDs.. I do not stream anything, but eventually I'd like to get my music discs on a file server.

* movies I can't find on BrD or 4K.

PS. I do not count these things, my spreadsheets do.

Also have a couple Oppo players but not the 200 series UDP's. Have an old 983 DVD player I use as a CD/SACD player in one of my 2ch setups & a 100 series Blu-ray player in the living room. Picked up the 983 back when you still had to order them off the dock in SF lol. That was probably '07 or so. Have had really great usage from my Oppo players & great service when the BD player needed to be serviced.