Survey: Do you own a DVD player?

Since so many devices are able to play DVDs, we are wondering how important it is to you to actually own a dedicated DVD player. With our computers and gaming consoles serving dual purposes, is a DVD player really necessary, especially in a small space? If you use something other than a dedicated player, let us know in the comments. (image courtesy of J&R) -Kelly

Comments (12)

Gaming consoles come in a distant third place when compared to HTPCs and good dedicated DVD players in terms of picture quality.

posted by Max on 2007-03-15 15:15:35

I use my Mac Mini both as my tv and dvd player. I'm more than happy with its image quality, as its hooked up to a high-res LCD monitor.

posted by Austin on 2007-03-15 15:19:05

Yes to dedicated DVD players. I have 2 cheapo ones that I hacked to disable the region-coding. Because I loves me my import DVDS...

posted by Enrique on 2007-03-15 15:27:16

I don't have a seperate DVD player for my TV; I watch DVDs on my MacBook. I can lie on the sofa and have it on my lap; the small screen doesn't bother me.

posted by Sydney on 2007-03-15 15:30:10

I think the right question is: has anyone bought one in the last 3 years? I own mine from about 8 years ago, but have not actually bought a DVD in over 2.

posted by Craig on 2007-03-15 15:51:14

I used to watch movies on my laptop until my son reached tv-watching age, then I broke down and bought a tv and dvd player. He could wreak a lot of havoc on my laptop, but there's not much he can do to the tv.

posted by mi.jo on 2007-03-15 16:39:07

Heretofore, I've watched DVDs on one or the other of my Powerbooks. Now, with my brand new HUGE 24" iMac I think I'll be watching DVDs there.

posted by ebrown on 2007-03-15 17:17:58

Yes, absolutely. We love our Oppo for its upscaling capabilities.

posted by Elle on 2007-03-15 19:00:31

It's just my husband and I, and we don't watch enough TV to own one, so we just pop the DVD in the widescreen laptop :)

posted by Khayra on 2007-03-16 11:21:46

Of course. To answer Craig's question, I was an early adopter of the technology too...and so I recently bought a new player, which can write to DVDs and has a built-in hard drive for Tivo-like capabilities.

posted by verily on 2007-03-16 16:17:48

I used to watch DVD on my iBook when I was a kid and didn't have any money. Now I have the best TV on the market from Philips and a DVD player to go with it. The features you get from a DVD player, you just can't get from a PC or game console, like remote control, precision >> and

posted by anon on 2007-03-17 01:56:58

Of course, everyone with a nice television should have an upscaling DVD player for beautiful resolution on an HD set!

posted by Diana on 2007-03-17 20:15:16