Staples B&M - 8x DVD burner $37.99, 50 pk DVD media $17.99

[KeithP]

I happened to stop in at Staples today (corner of Knott and Katella for you So Cal folks) and they had some tables set up with items on special.

Pacific Digital "Mach 8" DVD burner - 8x DVD-+R - $37.99 (no rebate)

HP DVD media, 50 pack, your choice -R or +R $17.99 (no rebate)

The burner was marked as a clearance item so not all stores may have them.

-KeithP

 

[rky60]

I'm lookin for a cheap burner, will stop in on my way to work tomorrow, thanks

 

[pdo]

that Staple is real close to my house...I live on Western and Chapman...gonna stop by and check out...

 

[mrrman]

bump and a $10 off $40 coupon has been posted in Hot Deals to

 

[charliebrown]

Be careful with cheap DVD burners - I bought an I/O Magic DVD burner and had a lot of problems with the burned DVD's (stalling, skipping, stopping). Tried different media, different software, upgraded the firmware, etc. Nothing helped. Went out and bought a Sony burner and have had no problems since.

Check out this site http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters

 

[zerodeefex]

PD 8x burners are either Lite on ld811s, ld851s or optorite I think. The lite-on ones are damn good.

 

[dwirsz]

This was posted before christmas so good luck finding any... but if you do
"The Pacific Digital 8x DVD±RW uses rebadged LiteOn (LDW-851S & LDW-811S), NEC (ND-2500A) (Writes both 8x +/-) and BTC drives.
(Serial numbers starting with a "41 and a letter" are reported to be NEC ND-2500A drives)
(Serial numbers starting with a "P" are are reported to be BTC DRW1008IM) drives)
all other numbers are LiteOn drives.
The NEC & LiteOn drives can be upgradeable to DL burning. "
quoted from this thread
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
The NEC is an excellent drive the LiteOns are good too, but generally avoid the BTC they can be bad news although some have had good experiences

 

[weepul]

do u happen to know what the SKUs for the dvd media are?

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[KeithP]

Don't know the SKUs on the media. If I get a chance, I will stop by again today and check.

As far as availability, as I mentioned the drives were marked clearance, so I suspect it will be hit or miss from store to store. The store I was at had 3 on the clearance table.

-KeithP

 

[allisolm]

For more information, you might want to check this thread from 12/17:

Pacific Digital 8X DVD Burner - $37.50 - Staples Clearance Rack.

 

[DefDC]

For handy reference, you can call staples and ask them if they have any of the SKU#556595 in stock. They can look it up and tell you, before you make the trip. I bought 3 around Xmas. Made great gifts!

 

[ericboo]

I also bought 3 PD burners two weeks ago on clearance. All 3 are Nec 2500A's.

 

[Ensign]

For the recordable HP DVDs, which are better +R or -R? Which are most compatible with the most drives and DVD players?

Thanks!

 

[StormRider]

I bought 2 of those HP 50PK 8x DVD-R last night because they had cool looking redish labels. I'm Chinese and red is supposed to be a lucky color. Oh yeah, and they were made in Taiwan....

 

[Kevin1211]

you can also order it online:
http://www.staples.com/product...116/572988/Default.asp

 

[stingygrrl]

you can also order these DVDs (item #s) 511455 and 511456 from staples.com and pricematch to officedepot. it's already in the computer log. I got 1 of each for $10.70 shipped (free shipping for all staples rewards members) so that's 35.6cents/disc. Not the hottest deal, but I only wanted to shell out $10. it's about the same price /disc as the HP media in the link above and I think the Maxell are supposed to be HQ.