OfficeMax deals for 2-8 to 2-14

[Defender77]

Would this 160gb drive work in a Tivo HDVR2 DirectTV receiver? Don't burn me, I'm really new to the Tivo mod thing. I just thought someone might know off hand.

 

[mzkhadir]

Tivo is 120Gb max because of the lba structure.

 

[nebula]

Originally posted by: BurningDog
are the 1st 137gb accessable w/o a ATA133 card?

Answering my own question, it looks like WD has a bootloader w/their data lifeguard tools that will let you access the full drive if your hardware doesn't support it

Yes.

Correct.

 

[nebula]

Originally posted by: ton

Originally posted by: Salvador
The newest drives over 137 gb don't come with a controller card or a 3 year warranty. I think it's because Microsoft fixed the problem reading drives over 137 gb with the SP1 patch.

Nope. It's likely because ATA133 is more widely used now and manufacture probably want to cut cost. Even with SP1, you still need ATA133 on your system.

It has nothing to do with ATA133. It has to do with your BIOS and the OS. First you need a BIOS that will see the full drive which has to do with the BIOS having 64-bit LBA capability (IIRC), then the OS must have the right SP also.

All a controller card is is an updated BIOS.

 

[gedman]

Any chance that those CDRW drives come in Black?

GedMan

 

[Growltiger]

Originally posted by: gedman
Any chance that those CDRW drives come in Black? GedMan

Nope, they're beige/cream colored

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: Creig
Personally, I'm going to wait until next weeks ad comes out with the 250 gig WD and see what kind of price that comes to after rebate.

Looks like the 250GB is not 2/15 - 2/21 but should be the week of 2/22 - 2/28 (along with the 40GB)


Next week it looks like the 80GB drive goes on sale...again.

 

[APUMAN]

Originally posted by: Defender77
Would this 160gb drive work in a Tivo HDVR2 DirectTV receiver? Don't burn me, I'm really new to the Tivo mod thing. I just thought someone might know off hand.

I'm wondering the same thing myself cuz I too want to upgrade my HDVR2 and am new to TIVO moding. Anyone know for sure...would really appreciate the help. TYIA.

Also the 120 limit (I believe) is the number of hours, which is what you get from 137GB....just like the 40GB TIVO has 35 hours. (I'm only talking about the DirecTv TIVO mentioned above.)

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: wallsfd949

Originally posted by: Creig
Personally, I'm going to wait until next weeks ad comes out with the 250 gig WD and see what kind of price that comes to after rebate.

Looks like the 250GB is not 2/15 - 2/21 but should be the week of 2/22 - 2/28 (along with the 40GB)


Next week it looks like the 80GB drive goes on sale...again.

Hmmm... I wonder if they will catch up with the rainchecks from the LAST 80GB drive sale before they start trying to sell more of them.

 

[Northland]

I got a $25 off $100 coupon in the mail today for online or telephone orders. That would make this deal $55 AR. The online price is $149.99. The CSR wouldn't allow both a price adjustment to the ad price of $99.99 and the $25 off coupon!

Anybody know how to make this deal work?


Thanks,

Northland

Originally posted by: Hyperfocal
There is a hot deal on the 512mb Lexar 12x Compact flash cards. I'd rather have the 40x cards, but these still much faster than most CF card available at retail. They are $99.99 out the door and there is an additional $20 MIR that isn't in the ad, so they are $79.99 AR.

 

[Northland]

Nevermind, I got a friendly CSR to give me both the $99.99 price (plus paperclips) less the $25 off $100 coupon! Net for me after tax and rebate is $60.

So this can be done, you just have to be persistent.


Northland

Originally posted by: Northland
I got a $25 off $100 coupon in the mail today for online or telephone orders. That would make this deal $55 AR. The online price is $149.99. The CSR wouldn't allow both a price adjustment to the ad price of $99.99 and the $25 off coupon! Anybody know how to make this deal work? Thanks, Northland

Originally posted by: Hyperfocal There is a hot deal on the 512mb Lexar 12x Compact flash cards. I'd rather have the 40x cards, but these still much faster than most CF card available at retail. They are $99.99 out the door and there is an additional $20 MIR that isn't in the ad, so they are $79.99 AR.

 

[Growltiger]

Unless the coupon stipulates that it is only good for specific items or if the CF card has a listing of "no coupons allowed" like they've done with the HD, I don't see how they can deny you from using the coupon.

I guess I'll be looking for a 20 off 100 coupon so that I can get in on this deal. I need a CF

 

[Northland]

I agree completely! The only reason they would give for the denial of the coupon was that the price of the CF card had already been reduced to the "special" price and that the coupon would not be allowed. They reasoned that the special price and the coupon made the deal "too good". They of course were correct, $60 AR and with tax is a hot deal, but isn't that the point?

A subsequent phone call with a different CSR yielded no objections whatsoever and the coupon was readily accepted.


Northland

Originally posted by: Growltiger
Unless the coupon stipulates that it is only good for specific items or if the CF card has a listing of "no coupons allowed" like they've done with the HD, I don't see how they can deny you from using the coupon. I guess I'll be looking for a 20 off 100 coupon so that I can get in on this deal. I need a CF

 

[SteveInNC]

The DirecTivo upgrade guide I read said that a larger drive would work, but only the first 120G would be available for use due to design limitations. You can either add the drive (but this requires an additional bracket and some other junk), or just clone your current drive to the new one, replace the old drive with the new one, then save the old drive as a backup. Note that there are specific steps you have to follow to accomplish this. It apparently is not sufficient to just block-copy the old drive to the new one. Do a search for DirecTivo upgrade instructions for the specifics.

 

[Striker181]

Originally posted by: JuryDuty
I think one of the best deals in this week's ad is the 5 shelf bookshelf for $19.99 ($20 instant rebate off regular price). These aren't great quality, but they're nice for the garage or a closet--and they run $40 at Wal-mart. I bought several and got free shipping so I don't have to pick these things up. Very nice!

Search for item 20735965 or 20735956.

I saw this in the ad. Looking for a tall, reasonably inexpensive bookcase for the living room. How cheap quality are these, and how cheap do they look? Like do they look worse than a typical wood-veneer computer desk?

It doesn't have to be great quality for me, but dont want it to look like junk either.

 

[Growltiger]

nm

 

[Freejack2]

Originally posted by: elkinm
How is that camera, any good? Its a steel if its any good?

Great post

That $79 digitrex is a mixed bag. At 6' or more with the flash the pictures come out great. Anything less than that is a joke. If you don't use the flash it comes out grainy and noisy, if you use the flash it's so bright it floods out everything so badly that it can't be cleaned up using software. I tried the camera's option of changing how much light gets in and didn't do much. Also the flash defaults to off on power up and there is no way to change that.
This thing is going back. Anyone know how that Olympus D-390 is?

 

[Teyanhung]

I'm trying to find the om ad for this week, does anyone know if the western digital 160gb is in the ad? I need to know so i can do a rain check

 

[Kremerica]

on a side note,
the OM near my house came through!
the deal 2 weeks ago or maybe 1 week ago for the WD 80gig for $19.99. well they didn't have them in stock, so I got a raincheck, smart of me, they called me today and told me they are honoring the $19.99 in store!
thats a badass deal!
80 gig $19.99