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Consider buying an external optical drive (self.frugal)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by melbaboutown to c/frugal

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Title. I’m still trying to get mine to work but in theory owning one of these will allow you to use a computer without a cd drive to play or rip cds, play dvds, and burn backup cds of your music.

Obviously it’s better to have a computer with a cd drive but this creates options if you don’t. Pairs nicely with secondhand cds and dvds from the op shop. Look for these usb drives on eBay and at Officeworks.

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[–] The_Decryptor 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're super useful, and it's easy to get a US model in case you come across region locked blu-ray disks

[–] smegger 1 points 1 month ago

It was pretty easy back in the day to disable region locks on drives, I imagine it's still just as easy if they even still bother to lock them.