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Verbatim DVD/R-+ FOR 149.99 (RETAIL)

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ARMINTECH57

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Best buy sell Verbatim Dual dvd/r drive for $149.99.It comes with nero ,windvd and another dvd software. i bought one last night but i have not put it on my system yet . but i heard good things about Verbatim .bestbuy.com
 
just ordered mine, waiting for my in-store pickup email, and i'll post on what kind i get. looks to be very hot deal.
 
Hmm...OD also sells this drive. Too bad it's special order only, otherwise would've been able to do a Price match + $20 Off. So that would be $149.99 - $20.00 = $129.99 + Tax. I guess since Best Buy is free shipping, you could also request free shipping from OD? Comments welcome.
 
Didn't Cendyne buy the rights to use the Verbatim name? And now that Cendyne is out of business, that means no warranty/support for this drive. I think I'll pass.
 
Originally posted by: gwlam12
no rebates!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1055388010138&skuId=5560699&type=product
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And NO! warranty too. (Verbatim Corp. and Peripherals Group Inc. (PGI Verbatim Corp), is the exclusive licensor of Verbatim optical hardware products is a subsidiary of CenDyne Inc.)
I sure that now that stores know about Cendyne going out of business they will be trying to dump all of their Cendyne/Verbatim products as fast as they can on to their clueless customers before they lose any more money on all of their unsold Cendyne/Verbatim products.

FYI: The Verbatim is a rebadged NEC 1300a

BTY: The current low price for the retail Optorite DD0203 4 DVD±RW drive on Pricewatch.com is $142 shipped, and a OEM NEC 1300a is going for $134 shipped

Optorite DD0203 4 DVD±RW

NEC 1300a
 
Originally posted by: MysticMan1
Originally posted by: gwlam12
no rebates!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1055388010138&skuId=5560699&type=product
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And NO! warranty too. (Verbatim Corp. and Peripherals Group Inc. (PGI Verbatim Corp), is the exclusive licensor of Verbatim optical hardware products is a subsidiary of CenDyne Inc.)
I sure that now that stores know about Cendyne going out of business they will be trying to dump all of their Cendyne/Verbatim products as fast as they can on to their clueless customers before they lose any more money on all of their unsold Cendyne/Verbatim products.

FYI: The Verbatim is a rebadged NEC 1300a

BTY: The current low price for the retail Optorite DD0203 4 DVD±RW drive on Pricewatch.com is $142 shipped, and a OEM NEC 1300a is going for $134 shipped

Optorite DD0203 4 DVD±RW

NEC 1300a
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So...is this a bad buy?
 
I haven't dealt with any of the pricewatch low price leaders carrying the NEC1300a, but you can get it for 149.99 shipped from Newegg. OEM, beige or black bezel. $154.99 to get some garbage Roxio software bundled with it.
 
Originally posted by: AvesPKS
So...is this a bad buy?
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I would say it's bad.. You can get the NEC and Optorite cheaper than this and they come with warrenties.. Maybe if you had a large GC you wanted to use then maybe it's a decent deal.

It is a quality drive so the chances of it breaking are slim, but they are still there..
 
I caught one of these tonight and picked it up figuring I could always take it back if the reviews were bad. C|Net gave it a decent review but dinged it for slow rewrite speeds. Some questions:

* What model is it exactly? What does Device Manager report? The Verbatim firmware page has choices for Ricoh and NEC drives and the NEC DL is for a ND1000A, not a 1300. A ruling, please?

* Any media finickiness?

* C|Net said it was NEC hardware like the TDK. Their roundup is here.

Any other advice? Thanks!
 
Have fun with your dual format drives which are incapable of bitsetting, reducing dvd-video compatibility significantly. :\
 
Care to elaborate on that comment or just gonna settle for the threadcrap?

Does this particular drive have a problem or all dual-format drives? What exactly is the problem? What superior hardware (that you prolly own
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Originally posted by: DefRef

* What model is it exactly? What does Device Manager report? The Verbatim firmware page has choices for Ricoh and NEC drives and the NEC DL is for a ND1000A, not a 1300. A ruling, please?

* C|Net said it was NEC hardware like the TDK.
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CNet is right. Both drives are based on the NEC ND-1300A. Actually, if you buy the Verbatim, it is an ND-1300A. No modifications were done.

 
I bought one and burned a perfect DVD using Memorex DVD+R media. Just need to find some good .vob editing software now.
 
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