Ever used a console as a CD player? Was this important?

[Tron 2.0]

I use to with the, TG16+Turbo CD still this was when a regular cd players were still expensive.

[Tamashii Sensei]

I think I remember using the original PlayStation and the Dreamcast in the past a few times as CD players.

[exit]

I used my PSX as a CD play for a short while, that was when my old stereo broke and the CD-rom of my PC back then was trashed. I remember keeping the audio jack in so I could listen to music while playing NES.

[scorch56]

It is worth mentioning that one of my roommates in college years ago loved using MY old Sega Saturn to play cd's in. He spent more time using it to play cd's than I did playing games on it. I was cool with it. It does have a somewhat nice light show, but I have nothing to compare it to (since people say the Jag cd is awfully nice, which I have never seen).

Once again.. I ask.. WHERE on the Sega Saturn.. is a "light show"? I have THREE Saturns and I've never seen a visualizer on ANY of them (Unless you're all talking about those little "spinning box" thingies in the CD player interface.).

[TurboGenesis]

When i was in high school (1991) I used my TG-16 cd player as my CD player. This was my very first CD player. I had the audio hooked up into my receiver. I had the menu memorized that I could navigate through it while the tv was off. When I upgraded to the Turbo Duo again this was my CD player until 1996 when I finally got a new stereo with a cd player. During my high school I had built a large music cd collection and listened to them all though my Turbo CD players.

[j_factor]

It is worth mentioning that one of my roommates in college years ago loved using MY old Sega Saturn to play cd's in. He spent more time using it to play cd's than I did playing games on it. I was cool with it. It does have a somewhat nice light show, but I have nothing to compare it to (since people say the Jag cd is awfully nice, which I have never seen).

Once again.. I ask.. WHERE on the Sega Saturn.. is a "light show"? I have THREE Saturns and I've never seen a visualizer on ANY of them (Unless you're all talking about those little "spinning box" thingies in the CD player interface.).

There isn't a light show on any Saturn to my knowledge (maybe on the Hi-Saturn or something). All there is is that space ship thing. Which was pretty spiffy back in the day.

Jaguar CD is unique in that it's only useful as a CD player. :P At least its "Virtua Light Machine" is rather neat.


Turbo CD was my first CD player. I got a CD boombox shortly thereafter, but would still use the Turbo CD sometimes. When I first got a Saturn, I'd play CDs in it just for the space ship nonsense. Later, when I had a Playstation, I bought MTV Music Generator and found some enjoyment in the CD playing aspects of that game (namely the random video generator). Oddly, I don't remember ever using my Sega CD for audio CDs.

Is it just me, or is Dreamcast terrible for playing music CDs? It always makes the music sound distorted.

[7th lutz]

No. By the time I got a cd game system, I already got a cd player. Never own or played a sega cd, turbo cd, Jaguar cd.

[Happy_Dude]

Never.


BUT


Earlier this week my Cd player packed it in and I'v been using my Saturn.
Seems O.k. exept I can't listen to them while playing games.

[CYRiX]

My bro uses my xbox to rip his songs onto, and then puts it as the small pip on our big screen while he plays like madden or other games that dont require the sound.

[Chuplayer]

I didn't own a CD player until almost two years ago, so when I got my first music CD, the Guns and Roses Greatest Hits CD from about two years ago, I played it in my Saturn. Then I played a Helloween CD I bought shortly thereafter in my Saturn, too. I didn't use my Saturn as my CD player for long, though. I got my boombox with CD functionality 23 months ago, for free

[dreamcaster]

I use my consoles for CD-players all the time, as I don't actually own a CD player.

I have found the Sega Saturn to be the best console CD player ever. So many features, great output and high resistance to scratches.

[WanganRunner]

I used a CDX as my primary portable for a long time.

My XBOX was my primary home CD player for awhile, until I stepped up to a Rega Planet

[tanda]

I used the 3DO CD player a lot in college because it had a cool light show that would display on the TV while playing music. I remember you could control it a bit, but not too much.