Fry's Ad is up stollen from huge wallet. orginal post modified.

[cardart]

Hows the DVD burner for 79.99 with NO rebates guys?

is it any good?

and what about that 17 inch LCD? Response time? DVI?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: cardart
Hows the DVD burner for 79.99 with NO rebates guys?

is it any good?

and what about that 17 inch LCD? Response time? DVI?

On FW I predicted that the Emprex 4x DVD +/- burner would go on sale at Fry's. That $79 no rebate Emprex drive is a BTC IM1004, exactly the same as the Micro Advantage drive that has been on sale for around $100 AR/AC at officemax in the last 2 months.

I used the BTC IM1004 drive for a month. Like the Optorite DD020x drives, it has pretty limited media compatibility, but without the horrible basic bugs the Optorite 4x burners have. With compatible media, it works fine. I burned many Ritek G03/G04s in it without a single coaster.

When I had it (firmware is now up to v043), it did not write to CompUSA 1x ("PRINCO" id) or Lead Data 2x ("LD" id) media reliably. I would be a little outraged about it, but my Optorite DD0201 still doesn't reliably write to those either with the latest 2.30 FW.

That 17" LCD is a Hyundai L70S (L70S is printed in the ad). I walked around Fry's yesterday to see what would likely go on sale and I saw many of the things in the 1 day ad. I'll bet many more are in the Friday weekend ad. You can look up the PLU on www.outpost.com to get details on many of the items, including the brand and model to look up specs elsewhere.

 

[neutralizer]

I got my Maxtor rebate just fine, but the WD rebate shouldnt be so bad. It's a MIR so it will come from WD and they come pretty fast.

 

[cardart]

Thnx Pxc!
i checked and theres no specs on the response time and theres NO dvi connector

bummer!

 

[willboxer]

Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
Is this the black Friday ad????? I don't really see anything worth getting up for in the MB and CPU dept..... theyre only dropping DURONS!?!??!
I also notice that here in Houston the Fry's paper is normally more pages than this.... could it be that there will be another paper on Friday as usual???

it says on the bottom that the prices are valid starting nov 28th, and prices may change after 28th

so yes i'd say it's for black friday

 

[mra]

I'm going to stop by Staples and get their Maxtor 80Gig first, then if there's any of the 60Gigs left at Fry's I'll grab one of them. No WD here, thank you very much.

I'm pretty certain that both are through Maxtor so they're pretty fast.

 

[optimistic]

Wher'd the links go? Fatwallet's is missing too.

How much is the ram? How much is the rebate for the ram?

 

[pxc]

It's almost unbelieveable that some of you just haven't gone out and bought a newspaper. It's $0.50 well spent just to have the ads. The lists that have been posted aren't even close to being complete, except for Sears which was typed from a scan.

There are also many of other sales, at least in my area, for local stores that aren't even being discussed here. The LA Times today is thicker than the Sunday edition.

 

[Naruto]

Any idea whats oem dvd drive is in the Emprex one? I'm pretty sure it is one made from a quality company like NEC or Pioneer, who knows? I rather get a NEC or Pioneer one for $80 with no rebates over the Liteon one at BB.

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: Naruto
Any idea whats oem dvd drive is in the Emprex one? I'm pretty sure it is one made from a quality company like NEC or Pioneer, who knows? I rather get a NEC or Pioneer one for $80 with no rebates over the Liteon one at BB.

I answered that 7 posts above your post.

 

[Naruto]

Hmmm.. I geuss its not a good one then. Thanks for the info.

 

[moks78]

Originally posted by: pxc
It's almost unbelieveable that some of you just haven't gone out and bought a newspaper. It's $0.50 well spent just to have the ads. The lists that have been posted aren't even close to being complete, except for Sears which was typed from a scan.

There are also many of other sales, at least in my area, for local stores that aren't even being discussed here. The LA Times today is thicker than the Sunday edition.

LOL! Yup, got the newspaper today and it's even thicker than the Sunday edition...will check all the ads and plan my attack for tomorrow's sale.

 

[Akira13]

Originally posted by: Tuanies
Anyone know if those deals are valid for the Seattle store?

The ad in the second link looks like the ad in the Seattle PI today.

 

[fatBrain]

Nowaday Maxtor and WD just dump hard drives like garbage. I guess by the end of next year u can buy a 500G hard drive for $50AR, a dime per giga.

 

[FreakyGuy]

Reminder from above

DFW Fry's ad can be found here

http://newspaperads.dfw.com

 

[NasdaqTrader889]

Originally posted by: pxc

Originally posted by: cardart
Hows the DVD burner for 79.99 with NO rebates guys?

is it any good?

and what about that 17 inch LCD? Response time? DVI?

On FW I predicted that the Emprex 4x DVD +/- burner would go on sale at Fry's. That $79 no rebate Emprex drive is a BTC IM1004, exactly the same as the Micro Advantage drive that has been on sale for around $100 AR/AC at officemax in the last 2 months.

I used the BTC IM1004 drive for a month. Like the Optorite DD020x drives, it has pretty limited media compatibility, but without the horrible basic bugs the Optorite 4x burners have. With compatible media, it works fine. I burned many Ritek G03/G04s in it without a single coaster.

When I had it (firmware is now up to v043), it did not write to CompUSA 1x ("PRINCO" id) or Lead Data 2x ("LD" id) media reliably. I would be a little outraged about it, but my Optorite DD0201 still doesn't reliably write to those either with the latest 2.30 FW.

That 17" LCD is a Hyundai L70S (L70S is printed in the ad). I walked around Fry's yesterday to see what would likely go on sale and I saw many of the things in the 1 day ad. I'll bet many more are in the Friday weekend ad. You can look up the PLU on www.outpost.com to get details on many of the items, including the brand and model to look up specs elsewhere.

Thanks for the info on that dual drive from Fry's, if it were an NEC 1300 in there I would have waited it out in line to purchase and not having to deal with a rebate. So, I will be buying the Pacific Digital Dual drive at Staples and deal with rebates instead.

I hope it's true about what I read on another post that it is an NEC AD1300 dual drive, if not, someone with more information please say so.

 

[Installer]

Originally posted by: feralkid
stollen is more of a Christmas thing.

My Grandmother made stollen for every holiday. We could tell which holiday it was by what was in it. Now Fry's is selling stollen made by huge wallet--and me in a town with no Fry's.

 

[xenocyd3]

holy.. i was waiting like outside at the entrance of the freeway just to get into the fry's parking lot today. but it was worth it... i got the 160gb drive

 

[Bot69]

I have a question for all the people that bought the WD 160gb hard drive. Which rebate do I send the original upc code with...the $70 rebate form or the $30?

 

[mikeford]

I stopped in at Anaheim Fry's right after lunch, and pretty much all the good stuff was gone, cases were gone by 8 am, but I did farm the returns baskets ending up with $1.99 coleman light, DDR3200 memory Kbyte, Asylum Gforce FX 5600 Ultra, and FAR CD STomper. Lots of stuff was goofy, ie I asked about Nero 6 and it had the wrong sku and upc, so rang up full price with no rebate.

My guess is a LOT of people came in for the ad stuff and got stepped up to non sale items that cost more and were not as good.

Lines were insane too.