Fry's/Outpost Emprex Dual +/- DVD burner $99 B&M/$109 online

[virtuamike]

Outpost $109.99
Sac B&M $99.99

I have no idea who makes this drive, but that's a damn good price considering no rebates.

 

[The Stigenator]

i will pay my B&M fry's a visit tommorow..

 

[nutxo]

Did a search, many people say its BTC, dont hold me to it though

 

[cfb44]

they've been $89 in Arlington for the last 2 weeks. Bought two - both were made by Top-G (???)

 

[gunblade]

It is the same one that is offered $79.99 on the Black Friday.

The normal price here in Bay area is $89.99 instead of $99

 

[FreakyGuy]

This drive has been on sale at Fry's for about 2 weeks now at $89.99 and is still on sale this week till tuesday for $89.99

 

[superflysocal]

Any probs with this with name brand media? I have given up on generic media.

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: superflysocal
Any probs with this with name brand media? I have given up on generic media.

So far, I've only tried it with a CD-R (TDK 80-minute) and the generic DVD+RW that was bundled with it...copied the recent Battlestar Galactica from a DVD-R I had burned with a Pioneer DVR-105, and it played OK in my Apex AD600A. (It's worth noting that I replaced the loader with a BTC 16x DVD-ROM drive that's been flashed with RPC-1 firmware.) Most of my burnable-DVD stash is DVDPro 4x DVD-Rs (thermal-printable Princo), but I also have some Maxell DVD-Rs and Memorex DVD-RWs on hand.

I spent most of my time figuring out what Linux software would work with it...neither dvdrecord nor cdrecord-prodvd would burn DVDs, but dvd+rw-tools works. It's supposed to handle DVD-R and -RW as well, but I haven't had a chance to test it with those media yet.

(As for the DVDPro media, I've had no coasters when they've been burned in the Pioneer. I have some more DVDs to make soon, so the new burner will be getting a workout.)