Kinda HOT!! Lite-On 24x (Pacific Dig.) Burner @ Staples.com for 64.00 thru 70.00 with coupon and MIR

[ewanatin]

If there's a Sam's club near where you live,,,,

I just got back from Sam's in Long Beach and purchased one of this drives for $56.99

courtesy of this thread

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=668985&highlight_key=y&keyword1=sam's

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Might want to hurry tho.. there were only three left when I got mine.


oh and I just opened it and confirmed that it's a liteon too...

 

[Danzilla]

<< Well, not so obvious. I have read multiple threads/websites that have implied doing just that. I am not willing to do it, maybe someone else has? Just interested. >>

I'd like to take a look at those. How about posting some links?

 

[colossus]

This deal is still good until the rebate expires (01/12/02 I believe).

I just went to a Staple B&M (Brick & Mortar for you newbies) and exchanged the drive. Got home and it's a Lite-on!!! It looks like Pacific Digital has switched their OEM supplier to Mitsumi since this drive just came onto the market and Mitsumi may be competing with Lite-on for the discount burner market. B&M stores probably have old stock so if you have a B&M store near you and don't doing the exchange the deal is still good. Supposedly tomorrow Staples has this drive for $10 less so I get it for about $64 after tax, rebate, stamp, time exchanging, etc.

Let's just hope my drive lives up to its good reputation. Gotta go looking for those firmware updates.

GP200K As far as the "Pacific Digital" drive having burnproof, I don't think I've seen a 16X or higher CD-RW drive come out without some sort of buffer underrun protection scheme. The Lite-on uses a protection method all their own (I believe based on details from other members' posts) called Smartlink or something. If you get a Mitsumi you get something else (Burnproof, Justlink, etc...)

 

[chrisjor]

colossus,

I am truly pleased that you were able to complete this deal. For some unknown reason it means a lot for me to have a good reputation on AT. I was beginning to worry that I sent a lot of people off on a wild goose chase ......wasting time and money. I feel better now. On the negative side, though I have not had any problems with Lite On drives, I am stunned by the number of people I am finding who have had problems with these drives. There seems to possibly be some connection with Lite On drives and Abit mobo's. One of my rigs has a KT7A+ with a Yamaha 16x burner. I will swap burners and see what is to be seen.

Danzilla,

I saw your post, and am slightly asI am having trouble tracking down the websites/threads I stated. I assure you that I did see them, and I am working to find them again. I believe one involved a Plextor firmware revision being used in other drives.

Maybe this deal could be combined with the Turbotax thread I just reported/reposted for better savings?

 

[colossus]

<< colossus,

I am truly pleased that you were able to complete this deal. For some unknown reason it means a lot for me to have a good reputation on AT. I was beginning to worry that I sent a lot of people off on a wild goose chase ......wasting time and money. I feel better now. On the negative side, though I have not had any problems with Lite On drives, I am stunned by the number of people I am finding who have had problems with these drives. There seems to possibly be some connection with Lite On drives and Abit mobo's. One of my rigs has a KT7A+ with a Yamaha 16x burner. I will swap burners and see what is to be seen. >>



I've have personally owned 10 different burners from companies like Plextor, Iomega, Yamaha, Phillips, Teac, Sony, Ricoh, and now Lite-on. What I've come to realize is no burner is perfect. I'm not talking about hardware failures, I'm talking just weird kinks in behavior specific to a model. My first drive was a Yamaha and it couldn't burn CD-text or read subchannel (I paid almost $700 for it in 1997). The Plextor didn't allow DMA to be enabled on my dad's Asus P2B-F, and my Teac which I am replacing with the Lite-on is flaky with EZ CD Creator.

The situation with the Pacific Digitals/Lite-on is similar to the Iomega/Plextor situation last year where Iomega switched to Sanyo burners at a specific point for their 12x10x32 ZipCD CD-RWs. Some got lucky, some didn't.

My firmware BTW is 5S0J and Nov 2001 Manufacture date.

Good luck to the rest of you looking for the drive you want

 

[Tanner]

colossus...I opened mine to find the same thing! Did yours have the bufferUnderrun protection red sticker on the front? I wonder if those are better or worse than LiteOn's?

I dunno..all I know is that there is a $30 rebate to an item that I just PRICEMATCHED for $56.71 from the Sam's Thread WAHOOOOOOOOOO

Here's the linky for the Sam's Club $56.91 Pacific Digital


GOOD LUCK PMIN' W/ IT! I was lucky fortunate enuf to get it to werk...so maybe I'll get my MITSUMI for $31 after tax and rebate!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless

Tanner

 

[onegauss]

nice deal!

 

[Tanner]

<< nice deal >>



Linky to it's own Thread


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless



Tanner

 

[Tanner]

anyone concerned about the fine print? namely the bold text? Not intended as a scarcastic comment, just a Q. to promote the common good of my fellows here. I would hate to be rejected for this rebate after 8 weeks!



<< Promotion Details

Promotion: $30 Rebate on a Pacific Digital 24X10X40 CDRW Drive (SKU 471101)
Rebate Reward: $30.00 Rebate Check




Required product(s): Quantity:
24X10X40 CD-RW DRIVE 1

Valid Purchase Dates: 01/03/2002 to 01/12/2002

Must be Postmarked by: 02/12/2002


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Promotion Details:
Rebate applies to a Pacific Digital 24x10x40 CDRW Drive Model #U-30106 (SKU 471101) purchased at Staples stores, Staples.com or Staples Direct only. Purchase must be made between January 3, 2002 and January 12, 2002. All requests MUST be postmarked by February 12, 2002. Offer not valid with any other rebates, offers or promotions. Offer valid in US only. Good for actual purchases by end users; excludes resellers and distributors of products and their families. Please allow 8 weeks after claim is received by fulfillment company to receive your rebate. All rebates will be made in US dollars. Manufacturer is not responsible for lost or misdirected mail and illegible entries. Staples logo and product names are trademarks of Staples and their respective companies. One rebate per name/family/address. For questions about your rebate call 1-877-266-6483. Fraudulent submission of multiple requests could result in federal prosecution under the U.S. Mail Fraud Statutes (18 USC, Section 1341 & 1342). Keep a copy of your claim for future reference. >>



any thoughts?

please comment...

has this worked for anyone previously?


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless

Tanner

 

[Wolverine88]

so far, I have

philips 2x2x6 int scsi (not working anymore)
acer 4x2x6 int ide
yamaha 4x2x6 ext scsi
yamaha 4x4x16 ext scsi
philips 8x4x24 int ide
plextor 8x2x20 int scsi
plextor 12x4x32 ext scsi
teac 16x10x40 int ide
iomega 12x10x32 int ide

I hate to have so many junks.

 

[VerbalKint]

I have a question for those who have gotten the lite-on version of the drive.. have you tried using it in Clone-CD, if so were there any problems. Also what does the device show up as under device manager. Im just curious since I'm about to head out to staples. Thanks

 

[DerProfi]

Hey, does anyone have a copy of the $30 rebate sitting around? The one on the Staples and RebateHQ web sites now shows up as being only $20, and the clueless folks manning the Staples 877-266-6483 rebate hotline are referring me back to the store, while the store is referring me back to the toll-free number.

 

[Joemonkey]

Here is the $30 rebate, but i think you must have purchased it at office depot to use it... i can't find a different $30 rebate, maybe someone else can?

The Pacific Digital 24x10x40x i purchased has a lite-on sticker on the top, and shows up as LITE-ON LTR-24102B in device manager

 

[DerProfi]

Joemonkey, thanks for responding. I'm referring to the $30 Staples rebate mentioned a few posts above by Tanner. It was definitely available when I bought the drive (see chrisjor's original post at the top of this thread) but it's now been replaced by a $20 rebate for some unknown reason.