Sony DVD burner $24.99 AR

[allisolm]

CompUSA has the Sony 16X DVD+/-R internal burner for $69.99 less $25 savings and $20 MIR 3/18 - 3/24.

SKU 341869

 

[Whipped]

Nice find. Thanks!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Good find, but people here would probably rather sell their soul for a SATA based burner than pay a good price for a PATA.

 

[imported_bubbalou32]

Not worth paying a premium for SATA over PATA on an optical drive. If you know otherwise, please enlighten us.

 

[SleepyB]

Originally posted by: bubbalou32
Not worth paying a premium for SATA over PATA on an optical drive. If you know otherwise, please enlighten us.

I think it's because a lot of the new motherboards don't have PATA connectors anymore, and are SATA only.

I got this burner around BF from CompUSA. It's a rebadged Lite-On SHM-165P6S. Nothing really special. Works fine, and the rebate came in a fairly quick time.

 

[KDKPSJ]

Originally posted by: bubbalou32
Not worth paying a premium for SATA over PATA on an optical drive. If you know otherwise, please enlighten us.

Like SleepyB said.. New mobo/chipset only has one or none PATA this day. They might have one or two more with 3rd party IDE controller on board - but sometimes it delays the boot, sometimes it doesn't work with some IDE ODD, etc. And it also helps to organize the case with less messy wires.

And also, premium is only few bucks this day, so it's definately worth.

 

[kasparov]

any one know if this can burn DL disks?

 

[ahmurat]

Originally posted by: bubbalou32
Not worth paying a premium for SATA over PATA on an optical drive. If you know otherwise, please enlighten us.

My biggest concern is airflow with pata

 

[Preyhunter]

Originally posted by: kasparov
any one know if this can burn DL disks?

DVD+R (DL) Write Speed: 8 X

 

[nomadh]

Lots of new systems are short on pata. Sometimes very short ( zero). I figure drive mfgs are paying a royalty to MB mfgs to keep it out of the chipsets. Intel makes a few bucks leaving pata out and LG, Liteon seagate et al make a ton reselling us all our drives.

 

[us3rnotfound]

No SATA. 🙁
Good Price. 🙂

 

[kasparov]

thanks preyhunter.

 

[cyberia]

In for one. Thanks OP.

 

[inthell]

comes with Nero® 7 nice!

 

[freshspace]

nice find