HOT! DVD Burner deal of the Month!!! Dual Format for $199. and free shipping

[Lager]

Originally posted by: avhokie
Keep dropping baby!

Down to $184 at PC Supply Source

Damn, tax kills it for me.

 

[MIDIman]

wow - starting to reach my CompUSA Sony burner pricematch AR price now... tempted to sell my burner for a profit and grab this one...I mean heck - what's the difference between burner's these days other than speed and Optorite's HDBurn?

Originally posted by: PatoLoco

Still dropping..... $176.98 with free shipping at at cdrexpress.com.
Do I hear $160?

 

[memo]

according to this review here it says that optorite packaged the black bezel with the regular beige one. can anyone confirm this? possibly they package the beige bezel along with the black bezel, when you purchase the black drive but when purchasing the normal beige drive, they only package the beige?


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edit, sorry guys read wrong. both bezels are not included according to them. sorry about the waste of bandwidth for all involved

 

[MrMet]

I ordered, I installed , I love this drive. Button issue is nonexistant in my eyes. I dont even see it taking longer to eject than the other drive in my comp (16x TDK burner). Buttons were meant to be pushed inward, not upward or downward...................

 

[captains]

feel its kinda of a let down that this drive didnt have a dvd decoder packaged in the box..........oh well drive works great

 

[conehead433]

"feel its kinda of a let down that this drive didnt have a dvd decoder packaged in the box..........oh well drive works great "

Do other DVD burners come with any kind of decoder? Since it's being sold in the USA, and since some of them are considered illegal here why would you expect to get one with a burner.

 

[Ginta]

Originally posted by: conehead433
"feel its kinda of a let down that this drive didnt have a dvd decoder packaged in the box..........oh well drive works great "

Do other DVD burners come with any kind of decoder? Since it's being sold in the USA, and since some of them are considered illegal here why would you expect to get one with a burner.

I think when he said decoder, he means movie player software like PowerDVD or WinDVD which allow playback but not ripping. Alot of regular dvdrom drives include some kinda player software in the box.

 

[conehead433]

"I think when he said decoder, he means movie player software like PowerDVD or WinDVD which allow playback but not ripping. Alot of regular dvdrom drives include some kinda player software in the box."

Well that's one way they can keep the price down. I highly recommend PowerDVD if you need a player for your computer.

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: conehead433
"I think when he said decoder, he means movie player software like PowerDVD or WinDVD which allow playback but not ripping. Alot of regular dvdrom drives include some kinda player software in the box."

Well that's one way they can keep the price down. I highly recommend PowerDVD if you need a player for your computer.

conehead433, I just want to thank you for recommending me this drive. This drive is awesome. Thanks.

 

[MysticMan1]

Cdrinfo.com has added a review of the Optorite DD0203 dual DVD±RW recorder to their web site.
They also have a review of the new Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD±RW recorder

Link to Optorite DD0203 review

(Conclusion

The HD-BURN along with the 4X DVD±R writing are certainly the most interesting features of the Optorite DD0203 drive. The HD-BURN is the Sanyo's approach to affordable high capacity recording on CD-R media and can be proved very handy when it comes to video storage or when your data archive volume does not fit on a single 700MB disc. Furthermore, writing on DVD at 4X is currently a demand among users and Optorite DD0203 offers this in a wide range of DVD±R/RW media.

We liked the way HD-BURN is adopted through the software applications, allowing writing up to 1.4GB of data / video on normal CD-R media. A 30min DVD Video file can be recorded on a CD-R disc in less than 10min, by choosing the 24X HD-BURN writing speed. However, the playability of the produced disc is depended on the hardware capabilities and most of the players currently does not support it. The discs were solely playable on the Optorite drive. According to Sanyo, HD-BURN reading compliance can be achieved through firmware upgrade of the various players. Sanyo also plans to make HD-BURN available for audioCD creation, and this would make most audiophiles happy.

The drive accepted the most of the DVD±R recordable media we used and recorded it at 4X. The writing times for a 4.4GB file was approximately 15min. The playback compatibility of the discs (DVD Video) was almost 100% for both DVD formats, with Maxell, Verbatim, Pioneer, Philips and Ritek media.

The supported 12X DVD-ROM reading speed is high enough for your reading tasks combined with low seek times. DVD±R media are read at 4X CLV and DVD ripping is achieved at a high rate. However, the drive had reading problems with the ABEX scratched DVD-ROM media, where it gave back read errors with both single-layer and dual layer media.

Optorite DD0203 is also a reliable 24/10/40 CD recorder, provided fast reading, low seek times, and 30X average DAE speed. Although the implemented Z-CLV writing strategy for 24X recording does not allow impressive recording times, the writing quality is adequate and low jitter is introduced to the CD-R media we tested.

Audio protected discs are partially supported, as the drive is able to read the Key2Audio discs but is weak when it comes to Cactus Data Shield 200 protection. In addition, the drive does not support reading of 99min discs.

Optorite DD0203 is the faster drive available if you ask for fast image creation of data protected discs. Gamers will also not be satisfied by the lack of the drive's ability to create working backups of the latest SafeDisc v.2 protected titles.

The drive is available in the market at a very competitive price of $180-190, making it a very attractive DVD recording solution among the rest recorders of the market.[i/])

 

[Crucial]

Man I wish the HD-burn wasn't so buggy on this drive. It's the only thing keeping me from buying this over the pioneer 106. It beats the pioneer in a majority of the speed tests but isn't proven like the pioneer drives. Desicions, decisions.

 

[conehead433]

"Man I wish the HD-burn wasn't so buggy on this drive. It's the only thing keeping me from buying this over the pioneer 106. It beats the pioneer in a majority of the speed tests but isn't proven like the pioneer drives. Desicions, decisions."

After much burning using HD-BURN I would say that this drive is not buggy in regards to HD-BURN, it is picky about the media used for that purpose. Some cheap Taiwanese discs simply don't work for HD-BURN. I have had no problems whatsoever with Fuji branded Taiyo Yuden discs and HD-BURN. To date I have had two coasters with this burner. One was creating an HD-BURN disc while I was actively surfing the net, so it was pretty much my fault, and another when the power went out while I was burning a DVD. So if you don't want the best you can get at the moment, don't buy this drive. BTW I have burned over 3 dozen HD-BURN discs so far with the one failure that I mentioned. I would have burned more but I am so lazy that I keep buying more hard drives to have more disk space. But HD-BURN is a great and inexpensive way to archive data, in my case live music.

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: conehead433
"Man I wish the HD-burn wasn't so buggy on this drive. It's the only thing keeping me from buying this over the pioneer 106. It beats the pioneer in a majority of the speed tests but isn't proven like the pioneer drives. Desicions, decisions."

After much burning using HD-BURN I would say that this drive is not buggy in regards to HD-BURN, it is picky about the media used for that purpose. Some cheap Taiwanese discs simply don't work for HD-BURN. I have had no problems whatsoever with Fuji branded Taiyo Yuden discs and HD-BURN. To date I have had two coasters with this burner. One was creating an HD-BURN disc while I was actively surfing the net, so it was pretty much my fault, and another when the power went out while I was burning a DVD. So if you don't want the best you can get at the moment, don't buy this drive. BTW I have burned over 3 dozen HD-BURN discs so far with the one failure that I mentioned. I would have burned more but I am so lazy that I keep buying more hard drives to have more disk space. But HD-BURN is a great and inexpensive way to archive data, in my case live music.

You seem to be one of the few who have had no0 problems though. Reading other sites it seems there are a lot of other people that have the tracking error. It could be that those people A. don't know what they are doing, or b. Dont bother buying good media. I use Fuji cr-r's exclusively now so I guess I will have no problem.

 

[theduc]

LiveWarehouse has this OptoRite DD0203 DVD±RW / CDRW Dual Drive for $169 - $4 code XXXXX = $165 shipped
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[Esquire]

i had the track error, but use pny media and bingo good 2 go

 

[Crucial]

Originally posted by: theduc
LiveWarehouse has this OptoRite DD0203 DVD±RW / CDRW Dual Drive for $169 - $4 code XXXXX = $165 shipped
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Oh man you might have just sealed the deal for me.

7.2 on resellerratings
returns look like they are a pain to work with

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: theduc
LiveWarehouse has this OptoRite DD0203 DVD±RW / CDRW Dual Drive for $169 - $4 code XXXXX = $165 shipped
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Hot price, too bad I have to pay tax.

 

[Crucial]

Sigh, $165 was too good to pass up. I hope you're right conehead. My credit card hates this place.

 

[Averox]

I was using CMC Magnetics cd-r's to HD-burn and it went smooth

 

[wutai012]

I just placed my order at livewarehouse. I cannot wait till the drive arrives! I am happy that I will not have to deal with stubborn divx files being too big to fit on a cd-r.

 

[sync]

Can you change the booktype on + media with this drive?

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

New firmware out v2.11 out today.

 

[Muzzy]

Well, newegg now has this drive for $164.99 shipped!! Some side note about updating the firmware. First, make sure that there're NO disc in the drive. When I upgraded mine, it kept failing. Before I know it, my number of changing the region got down to zero, and the region was stuck at region 2!!!! As a last ditch effort, I unhook the CD-ROM that was on the same channel. Reinstall the firmware(to 2.11), and bingo!!! My region problem and the firmware now it's 2.11.

Oh, how do check to see if the cache is now 8 MB?? Thank you.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

New firmware 2.14 out yesterday

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: GetInMyFatBelly
New firmware 2.14 out yesterday

Is that the official optorite or ???