Maxtor 80 gig 5400 rpm Hard Drive $57 - $62 after tax and rebate

[wjsulliv]

Office Depot currently has the Maxtor 80 gig 5400 rpm IDE hard drive for $69.99 after $50 in rebates ( a$30 and a $20 rebate).

Check around and find either a $15 off $50/75/100 Office Depot coupon (I had a $15 off $75 from their scratch off contest 2 weeks ago), or a $20 off $100 OfficeMax coupon.

Go to the store and buy it.

Using the Office Depot $15 off coupon
$119.99 Base drive price
-$15.00 Coupon
--------------------
$104.99 + Tax (which for me brought the total to $112)
-$30.00 Rebate
-$20.00 Rebate
-------------------
$54.99 +Tax ($62 for me!)


Using the OfficeMax $20 off coupon
$199.99 Base drive price
-$20.00 Coupon
---------------------
$99.99 + Tax
-$30.00 Rebate
-$20.00 Rebate
--------------------
$49.99 + Tax



Yes I know its not that fast but its less than $1 per gig, which is almost unbeatable.


NOTE: The rebates are not abailable online, but do print out at the register, as advertised in this weeks sales ad from your local sunday newspapar.

 

[ElFenix]

more tivo drive goodness!

 

[Spac3d]

Wow, you could make this really hot if you did a BVG PM

I am going to search around later and see how cheap we can get this drive, maybe hopefully below $40?

Spac3d

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
more tivo drive goodness!

You can use 5400 rpm drives in Tivo's? What's the max GB capacity a Tivo can handle?

 

[KarmaWahoo]

$20 Rebate listed on Office Depot site appears to have expired on 6/22/02... is there another link???

 

[poppagene]

b&m only. for those with no officemax locally, you can use the printable $20 of $100 Staples coupon that some people got for aswering a staples survey last month.

TIVO can use up to 137GB for each of two drives and 5400 is plenty fast for TIVO.

 

[poppagene]

and yes I now have 2 maxtor 80gig 5400rpm drives in my dtivo

 

[Johnfarrow]

Is this the D540X Model?

 

[Johnfarrow]

^

 

[wjsulliv]

Johnfarrow, in kinda a hurry to find out the answer?

And yes I believe it is the D540X

 

[Methos1995]

How many hours can an 80 gig drive hold on the highest quality setting on a TiVo? And what is the quality like? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I don't have Tivo and wanted some opinions from people who actually own these.

Also, how many settings does it have?

 

[dentalboy]

hot item man have too many drives

 

[broadwayblue]

Originally posted by: Methos1995
How many hours can an 80 gig drive hold on the highest quality setting on a TiVo? And what is the quality like? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I don't have Tivo and wanted some opinions from people who actually own these.

Also, how many settings does it have?

on my replaytv my 80gb drive gives me 80 hours at low quality (never use it), 40 hours at medium (rarely ever use it) and about 27 hours (always use it) at high. for me it's usually enough to have 27 hours of programs available to me at any one time. i delete the shows after i watch them so i don't need more space. even if you wanted to keep the last 2 or 3 episodes of any particular show you shouldn't have a problem with an 80gb drive even if you record everything at high or medium quality. can't live without my replay...i don't know how so many people can. the only hard part is learning how to use it. and i don't mean learning the controls or stuff like that. i mean learning how to NEVER watch live television. that's sometimes difficult to do after being brainwashed by the networks for so many years. know what you will want to watch in advance and record it...even if you start watching your favorite hour long tv show 22 minutes after it starts recording you will still end with the rest of country but you will have saved yourself ALL the commercials. works great for sporting events too. sorry to rant...it's just that everyone should really have one of these. it frees you from your television and gives you your life back.

 

[ikaika1]

might be a little less hot for those of us who dont have staples coupons from the survey or officemax coupons from the scratch off. i couldnt locate any coupons to use. if anyone finds one though, i wouldnt mind a pm.

edit: ok there is a useable office depot code for online purchases... so to use it... i just print out my cart with the coupon showing and bring it in to officemax?

 

[poppagene]

check out the fw site for printable stples coupon

 

[FredFlinstone]

hot item man have too many drives

Man can never have TOO MANY Drives. (or money, or ...).

Under $1/GIG - makes me cry when I consider what I have shelled out over the years.

Freddie

 

[wjsulliv]

Yes, print out a copy of your online shopping cart showing that the coupon is valid. Take it to the store and then you're all set.

 

[Methos1995]

Originally posted by: broadwayblue

Originally posted by: Methos1995
How many hours can an 80 gig drive hold on the highest quality setting on a TiVo? And what is the quality like? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I don't have Tivo and wanted some opinions from people who actually own these.

Also, how many settings does it have?

on my replaytv my 80gb drive gives me 80 hours at low quality (never use it), 40 hours at medium (rarely ever use it) and about 27 hours (always use it) at high. for me it's usually enough to have 27 hours of programs available to me at any one time. i delete the shows after i watch them so i don't need more space. even if you wanted to keep the last 2 or 3 episodes of any particular show you shouldn't have a problem with an 80gb drive even if you record everything at high or medium quality. can't live without my replay...i don't know how so many people can. the only hard part is learning how to use it. and i don't mean learning the controls or stuff like that. i mean learning how to NEVER watch live television. that's sometimes difficult to do after being brainwashed by the networks for so many years. know what you will want to watch in advance and record it...even if you start watching your favorite hour long tv show 22 minutes after it starts recording you will still end with the rest of country but you will have saved yourself ALL the commercials. works great for sporting events too. sorry to rant...it's just that everyone should really have one of these. it frees you from your television and gives you your life back.

Thanks for the reply. broadwayblue. How would you compare the quality to VHS tape?

 

[ikarus1]

Originally posted by: Methos1995

Originally posted by: broadwayblue

Originally posted by: Methos1995
How many hours can an 80 gig drive hold on the highest quality setting on a TiVo? And what is the quality like? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I don't have Tivo and wanted some opinions from people who actually own these.

Also, how many settings does it have?

Thanks for the reply. broadwayblue. How would you compare the quality to VHS tape?

well I have a Directivo and it's like comparing a Riva 128 to a Geforce 3 in terms of video quality
it's not quite as good as dvd but it's perfect recording for a satellite. CMON it's in MPEG format...........gimme a break. What's VHS?

 

[jimmyhaha]

NEW 20 off 75 coupon, NOT link intensionally

http://www.officedepot.com/promo/redir.asp?AdID=9634

My local OD OOS

$0.75 / G good for all mp3, p0rn, video or whatever junk u have..

question for tivo owner, can tivo record 2 channels at the same time ?

 

[poppagene]

only directvtivo can record 2 channels at a time

 

[Rhess3]

Does anyone know the SKU for this drive, I can only find the 7200 rpm drive on their site.

 

[wjsulliv]

I believe this is a B&M only deal.

For sure both rebates are not available online.

 

[joe678]

nice find!

 

[mwdelta]

Just picked one up at an Office Depot in MN. Using the coupon I got in the mail yesterday for $20 off 100, total came to $106.49, minus $50 in rebates is $56.49. Not bad for a good Tivo drive. Thanks for the deal!

--Mike