For PC, would a blueray dvd player be considered an IDE device?

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samm

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A blueray dvd player for a PC could be considered on IDE device, if it comes with an IDE interface.

IDE refers to the interface to the PC. First CD/DVD players were IDE interface, but most now are serial ATA (SATA).

IDE= Integrated Drive Electronics
ATA = AT Attachment. (it is reffered to as a standard).

So IDE refers to an Interface type, while ATA is a standard.
 
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classicsat

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AFAIK all blu-ray reader/writer drives are Serial ATA (the small red cable).

IDE and PATA (flat cable with really wide connector), are the same. PATA (Parallll ATA) used to sometimes be called ATA before they launched Serial ATA.
 
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