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16-inch laptop with Blu-ray drive, USB 4 and AMD Ryzen 7: Fujitsu FMV Note A launches (www.notebookcheck.net)

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[–] Australis13@fedia.io 43 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Interesting to see that demand for optical drives is increasing, although apparently it's only in Japan: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/optical-drive-demand-surges-amid-windows-10-retirement-japanese-users-switching-to-windows-11-are-buying-up-blu-ray-drives

Still, hopefully that means Bluray writers stay on the market for a bit longer.

[–] radieschen@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What's the use case? I haven't had an optical drive for all least 10 years and can't say that I've missed it. Not even once, I think.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Backing up Blu-rays and watching them on your device.

Unlike with music, you can't buy DRM-free Blu-ray quality movies outside of Blu-ray. If you stream a show or movie, even if you have "bought", you don't own it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can torrent blu rays. And if you already own the disc, it's probably even legal. Maybe.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Someone has to rip it in the first place.

I prefer to rip my own, as well as CD's and DVD's I already own. I also do a lot with retro hardware that doesn't always have a USB port.

BluRays are also fairly decent for offline, offsite backups, though writable media is getting expensive.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Retro gaming and media rips.

You can literally pop a ps2 game and just play with pcsx2, don't even have to rip it. Given the recent pushes towards "you'll own nothing and fuck you if you don't like it" it isn't surprising to me that a company is offering a path back to media ownership.

Based on the specs for the machine, that's the goal as well. I wouldn't consider a 16 GB kit sufficient for much else than a media/web machine anymore, and that's the default on the advertised rig

[+] theoriginalcows@lemmings.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You should read the EULAs you sign when you Buy digital media.

If it isn't on a physical device that someone can't take away, you don't own it, and even then you still have DRM in the way of you and the data you bought and paid for. That's why game consoles are being sold without disc trays, and why services like game pass are being pushed so hard. The writing has been on the wall for years, and ubisoft's director even said it out loud.

Emulation from backup file still requires somebody rip the game, and if you download that you're stuck in a legal gray area, even if you own a physical copy of the game. For some, that's a dealbreaker.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep physical media is for newbies. It has its place, for newbies, but soon enough you should graduate to a level where you don't need it anymore. The Internet becomes a complete and easy to use library once you know where to find it. Yarr, matey, it simply be data archival an' don't let Davy Jones' lawyers be tellin' ye otherwise.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

...so do people not expect to upload their own rips anymore? Or is there a different process these days?

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

I have several use cases, a big one being that it gives me an alternate storage medium for backing up home photos and videos. Obviously there's caveats on how long BD-Rs last (although M-discs should outlast me) and the issue of needing a player in future, but it gives me more peace of mind knowing that I can backup these sorts of things to different storage types (external hard drives are all well and good until they're corrupted by power issues or user error, or you want to keep a copy at a relative's place and it's a multi-hour trip... with optical media you can just keep adding discs to the offsite backup as needed and update the external HDD less frequently).

The other major use case I have has already been mentioned - backing up Blurays that I've bought (or, in the case of a few shows I like, being able to compare the DVD vs Bluray frame by frame).

[–] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

I have one but it is external and I use it to rip BluRays. Shh don't tell anyone.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use M-DISC (not all blu-rays are M-DISC) for backing up important documents.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I have a PC USB Blu-ray drive, and bought a backup one last year just in case this one dies.

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are rumors that the last two makers of consumer computer blu-ray drives have ceased production. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the actual reason sales have surged in Japan, as physical media is still quite popular there.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's quite possible, unfortunately...

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Smart. Kids are really hyping physical media again, akin to when 80's kids brought vinyl back in the 2000's.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Or the 90's kids who buy vinyl today

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Does it run Linux?

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't it?

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

unsupported hardware, firmware bugs

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes they use the oddest hardware in such a machine for which only windows drivers exist, at least for the moment. Hardware shops manage to fuck this up especially with wifi cards.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I had the same question

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Blue-ray drive? Wild.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago

Intel core i3? ...

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Do you use Blu-rays tho?

My parents would always say Blu-rays are waste of money and they just rent some ordinary DVD from the store instead.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

DVDs are stuck at a low-quality 480p resolution versus 1080p or 2160p, so Blu-Rays are indisputably better.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

480p

That sucks. Maybe I wasn't caring much because I was watching those videos ripped and imported to VLC through iPad (in 2013).

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

Compression is also a factor, uncompressed (or least a higher bitrate rip) DVD rips don't really look particularly terrible. Plus, if you're watching on a phone/tablet or modest sized tv/monitor (32" and under) it really isn't that big a deal for the most part.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

4K Blu-rays look stunning on a good OLED TV. I tend to pick up movies I really loved the visuals of in 4K Blu-ray (Interstellar as an example).

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't need to be OLED. Just a half decent 4k tv.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

Try watching a regular DVD on a modern OLED TV and I think you'll understand.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I guess it's a little more compact to make it internal, but I'd think that an external USB drive would be a much better option, not compete for space in the laptop. I mean, people can't be using the thing all the time.

considers

Though there was a point in the past when laptop vendors would design the laptop to support a secondary battery in the optical drive bay if you didn't want an internal optical drive, and that would be something I'd like. That's the only way you can exceed the 100Wh maximum on flights, if the battery is a spare removeable, not built-in.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think I rembember modding my Macbook Pro to remove the optical drive and add a second SSD, an eternity ago.

[–] flemtone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

This would make a great Kubuntu 25.10 system.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I want it.