Digitize your library with these Blu-Ray or DVD drives from as little as $27 in these Prime Day deals — revive your old DVD/Blu-Ray collection with these drive deals

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With the majority of today's entertainment media available on demand or via streaming services, physical media has taken a back seat, with many traditional DVD and Blu-Ray manufacturers packing up shop. However, there's also been a resurgence in people wanting to actually own the content they purchase, rather than relying on streaming services that may remove their favorite content on a whim.

While they are less common now, you can still get plenty of DVD and Blu-Ray writing drives at the moment. Lots of cheaper external drives available from unfamiliar brands are plastered all over Amazon, but if you want a drive with a bit of pedigree, then take a look at these Asus external drives for either DVD or Blu-ray. The Asus Lite Portable USB 2.0 Slim 8X DVD/Burner/Rewriter is now just $27.99 in the Prime Day sales, with Asus' External Blu-Ray 6X Writer marked down to just $149.90.

● Grab this External Blu-Ray Writer deal at Amazon

With most laptops and PCs not having a physical disk drive nowadays, an external USB drive is the next best thing for easily picking up and playing your old DVD/Blu-Ray collection (if you still have one). I know I still have a bunch lying around, and actually prefer the visual quality to streaming, plus the added benefit of still having entertainment to hand in a power outage or if my internet service goes down.

These drives are both portable and practical if you still want to own physical media. So if you happen to come across a stack of movies or an old PC game at a yard sale, these drives could be your answer to accessing a bunch of new entertainment. And why not make the most of the Prime Day sales event and save a few bucks?

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Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom's Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.

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