Here is my experience:
I called my local Officemax to see if they had stock. The girl says no they don't have any. I ask her to check other stores and she transfers me to the guy in electronics. I can tell immediately that this guy will be helpful. I ask him to check on the DVDRW drive in the ad, and I am looking for the one that is 4X. He goes and checks to see if they have some in the store. He gets back on the phone, and says he has the last one in his hands and it's 4X. I drive up there ,and the girl I talked to first is running customer service. I bite my tongue and explain that they are holding a DVDRW drive for me. She calls the guy I talked to from electronics, and he brings out the old DVR-104 model. I almost cry, but instead I show him the print out of the take one card provided by MysticMan1. He then understands the difference and goes back in the store room. Triumphantly he returns with the Cendyne 4X DVR-105. Success and it rings up for $229. Since I had $135 worth of gift cards I wanted to purchase from Officemax so Staples was not a good option for me.
I need some media so off to Office Depot where I pickup the Imation DVD-R 5 pack for $12 and some Memorex DVD-RW 5 pack for $20. Best Buy wanted $35 for the same Memorex DVD-RW 5 pack. Anybody used any Ritek DVD-R 4X 4.7GB discs in there A05? ALLMEDIAOUTLET.COM has a 25 pack for $48 ($1.92 each). This looks like a good deal for DVD-Rs.
Thanks MysticMan1 for the pictures and links!!!!!!!!
Jerry