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I haven't purchased an optical disc drive (ODD) for my PC since...actually, I don't even recall the last time I bought one. It's even been a minute since I owned a PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay to ...

Going to rip the DVD and possibly the BD collection to the Plex server. Of course, optical drives are all but a footnote in a modern PC. I see LG, Asus, Pioneer BD drives on Amazon, but for all I know ...