Some people have reported similar problems with firewire when the drive's jumper settings are not set to MASTER - try setting it to that and to see if that makes a difference.
That's because the maximum transfer speed of most DVD or CD drives is lower than the minimum speed sustained by either Firewire or USB 2.0 - but when you put a hard disk into the same enclosure, you'll realize that Firewire'sperformance beats USB 2.0 by a pretty good amount.
I believe every Video-DVD has a folder called "VIDEO_TS" with all the Video files (*.VOB, *.IFO, etc.) inside it - many softwares expect this folder to be present, but DVD Shrink allows you to save your files into any folder. Just create a sub-folder with this name, and move all the files that...
I finally received my 2nd month's statement for the American Express Credit Card yesterday, and sent it in to these guys today - now let's see how it takes before I receive my Free DVD Player - I'll let you know.
I second that - none of the other DVD player's (including the big brands or the hackacle ones) that I have tried come even close to the CH-DVD 500 in terms of quality, features or compatibility - it has played all kinds of discs that I have thrown at it, a claim that none of the other players...
I agree with you, and if you are indeed looking for 4x media, check out this deal that I just posted:
Memorex 4x DVD+R 50-pack spindle for $72.99 + S/H ...
Buy.com is selling Memorex 4x DVD+R 50-pack spindles for only $72.99 plus shipping ($5 for the standard method):
Buy.com - Memorex 4x DVD+R 50-pack Spindle
Also, since Buy.com charges sales tax only for orders shipped to California, Indiana and Massachusetts, you could think of the low...
Looks like they have now - they are showing the product status as being Currently Unavailable, which means that if you place an order now, the order status page will show them as being Backordered. Once this happens, they will take a certain number of orders before declaring the item Sold Out -...
The previous link was in the older link format of the Best Buy site - ever since they launched their new site last weekend, they've been running into problems, and they keep swithcing between the old and the new sites (and then there is the occasional site unavailable notice).
At present, this...
Best Buy is selling all of its Imation DVD and CD media at 40% off this week - this particular 50-disc spindle was priced at $99.99, and has a $35 instant savings on it along with a $5 main-in rebate, bringing down the final price to $59.99:
Best Buy - Imation 50-Pack DVD+R Disc Spindle =...
While this sounds like a good geal to get NSW Pro 2003, I was able to get an even better deal - I got mine for free from Staples after instant ($20), mail-in ($40) and upgrade ($30) rebates (well, I did pay about 2 bucks in sales tax).
Many stores offer it for free every now and then, and it...
I agree with Cherub - I have this DVD burner, and it ROCKS !!!
I have tried +R and +RW discs burned with it on many different players, and all of those have been able to play them, except a friend's 5-6 year old Sony (which really doesn't count).
As for the statement "+R is far more expensive...
Or maybe its just because these days you can get an 80 GB Maxtor for $50 and a 120 GB one for $60 (both after MIR's and coupons) at Staples. Check out this page for details:
Hard Drive Deals
Since all of the Best Buy stores near me ran out of these discs on Sunday itself, I had to place an order on their web-site - it kept on showing the order status as being backordered for a few days, but now shows it as being in the process of being fulfilled.
The product page shows them as...
Actually CenDyne didn't even bother to rebadge the NEC drive - they just put it with the NEC labels and stickers directly into their boxes - maybe that is what makes them even cheaper. I got my hands on one of these, and it works PERFECTLY !!!
How did you buy this for $410.99 when its listed on their site for $499.99 - do they accept coupons?
Coincidently, I just saw this player earlier today at BJ's, and I believe the price was $399.99 - this has got to be one of the smallest 5-DVD changers that I have ever seen !!!
EDIT - Just...
You're right - it must've changed in the last 20 minutes - it was the old price when I checked earlier.
Also, in case somebody needs it, here is a scanned copy of the weekly ad with this offer:
Weekly Ad - check the bottom of the page
Actually, most of the DVD+R drives are made by one of these 3 companies: NEC, Ricoh and Sony. Since the Sony ones are already pretty expensive, the big brands use the OEM versions of NEC and Ricoh and then rebadge and/or repackage them and sell them under their own name and model number...
You're right - My bad - I was looking at a few different offers at the same time, and mistook this also to be a mail-in rebate, while it was an instant one!
Best Buy has launched their new web-site today, and here is the new link to this product (although the price is still the old one -...
Just like jrutz, I have also had the CenDyne drive for a while now, and it is just PERFECT - it is actually the very same drive that is being sold by bigger brend names like HP and TDK after rebadging and repackaging. CenDyne just packages them in their boxes without any rebadging - here are a...
It looks like today may be the last day for this deal - I just checked next week's flier (valid from tomorrow), and there is nor similar deal in it.
However, there is an even better deal at Best Buy starting tomorrow - check it out in this thread:
TDK 100-Pack 4x DVD+R Disc Spindle for $129.99 !!!
Just saw the ad in next week's Best Buy flier - they are selling the TDK 100-Pack 4x DVD+R Disc Spindle for $129.99 after a $60 main-in rebate:
TDK 100-Pack 4x DVD+R Disc Spindle
And here is a link to the weekly ad:
Weekly Ad - check the bottom of the page
Update: As mentioned below in the...
Actually the Best Buy web-site is under major renovation these days, and displays this availability message for most of their products, even though the products are indeed available in their stores. The new web-site is supposed to be ready, and will be launched this coming weekend.
I am using the Nero Express software that came along with my NEC ND-1100A drive (sold OEM through CenDyne), and it burns all DVD+R media at speeds upto 4x flawlessly.
Note that it can't be used to backup your existing DVD's - I use DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink or IfoEdit for that purpose, and then...
For quality 4x discs, the lowest price these days seems to be $1.50/disk for TD K DVD+R media at Target (in-store only) - check out this thread that I started for that and a few other related deals:
Fuji DVD+R 50-pack for $74.99 After Instant Rebate ...
Last night I bought the Fuji discs from Best Buy and the TDK ones from Target - after taxes, the former costed me $1.23/disk (since I had a $20 gift card from Best Buy), while the latter costed me $1.59/disk. I have also ordered the Memorex combo-pack from Circuit City, which should be here...
Do you have a link to these disks on the Target site, as I couldn't find on their web-site or in their weekly ad - is this only an in-store deal?
I'll probably still buy the Fuji discs from Best Buy, since I have a $20 Gift Card from them. They will finally cost me $1.10 per disk before taxes.
If it's a +R drive that you're looking for, then Staples has a pretty good deal going on - check out this other thread for details:
Cendyne DVD +R/RW for 129.94 AR AC @ Staples
And check out this thred that I started for a great deal on DVD+R blank media:
Fuji DVD+R 50-pack for $74.99 After...
If you're thinking of buying a +R drive, then Staples has a pretty good deal going on - check out this other thread for details:
Cendyne DVD +R/RW for 129.94 AR AC @ Staples
Saw another good deal in the Circuit City flyer today - they are selling a Memorex Combo Pack of 3 DVD+Rs & 3 DVD+RWs for only $9.99 after a $10 mail-in rebate:
Memorex Combo Pack of 3 DVD+Rs, 3 DVD+RWs
I have used Memorex discs before, and they seem to be pretty reliable - so, I am surely...
Just saw this deal in the weekly Best Buy flyer for next week (starting from tomorrow - Sunday, June 22nd):
They are selling Fuji DVD+R 50-packs in-store for $74.99 after instant rebate - it usually sells for $99.99. These are the disks shown on the Best Buy web-site:
Fuji 50-Pack 2.4x DVD+R...
If the DVD writer gets added to the cart for $189.94, then isn't that the sales price instead of $229.94? I have mostly seen Staples offer "instant savings" only in the form of coupon codes, where you add the item to the shopping cart for a particular price, and then apply a given coupon code to...
Unfortunately, you can't use a dollar off coupon for a particular product on the Staples web-site, if you are already using an instant rebate coupon for the same product. I believe the same holds true for their in-store coupons too.
However, even at that price, this is a great deal, because...
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