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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Even just buying a new drive is not exactly easy. There is no market. I got a new* BD DVD CD burner eventually, Asus BW-16D1HT, they were introduced more than 10 years ago!

*used one prior only lasted a year before it smashed the CD and DVD laser head into a CD.