NEC ND-2500A - $69 @ Newegg

[Kenny]

Newegg

Model# ND-2500A BLK
Item # N82E16827152012

Specifications:
Write Speed: 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW, 32X CD-R, 16X CD-RW
Read Speed: 40X CD-ROM, 12X DVD-ROM
Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE
Buffer: 2MB
OS Support: Windows XP/2000/Me/98SE
Features: Vertical operation possible, anti-dust seal
Packaging: OEM Bulk Pack

This is way too tempting now.

Edit: Price just jumped up again to $72.99

 

[JRKIO]

hmm buy this or pay for a trafic ticket... trific ticket it is .

 

[Naruto]

And most likely DL upgradeable.

 

[NightCrawler]

$70....man these things devalued fast, wonder how long before they sell for $50 !

 

[Breezie]

got one of these friday night for $69... couldnt resist any longer ._.

anxiously waiting for some solid confirmation that it'll do dual layer =P

 

[carmat4]

Wow. I paid like 130 at the beggining of February.

 

[BentValve]

I have not had a DVD burner yet...is this one as good as any of them or are there better ones for abit more money?

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: BentValve
I have not had a DVD burner yet...is this one as good as any of them or are there better ones for abit more money?

It's one of the top burners regardless of price.

 

[Beavis1313]

Why does Newegg do this to me?

A couple of days ago they had this on sale for $79 and I almost bought it. Now with it at $69, I had to jump on this little hot tamale.

Newegg will put me in the poor house!!

 

[opmaks]

This burner hsa been going down for about a month. About 3 weeks ago this burner was $80.99 and it keeps dropping. In the last week in a half it has dropped in price a dollar or two about every other day. I have been watching it closely because I want it but I do not want to get it till it looks as if it is not going to drop any more. If you are thinking about getting this burner it is great but I would wait a week or two and see how much more you could save.

 

[rubisco]

I've had it for a couple weeks now (bought it for $80). Perfect burns using DVDFab and DVDShrink using stock firmware. I'm aware of the DL firmware, but until the price of the DL media goes down, I have no use for it.

 

[GotIssues]

Man, too bad I already bought a new office chair, otherwise I would have to give this some serious thought! Oh well, I got the chair and can't afford this right now

 

[Falloutboy]

I got my 2.4x one and will proubly by this one or something simlar when the dual layer hack has been tested more

 

[simo]

Pretty tempting, especially with the possible dual layer hack (it's still pretty untested, and not even sure it will work on all 2500a's).

forum.rpc1.org also has a region free/speed limit removal/better media support hacked firmware, if you chose not to go with the DL hack.

I dunno why there haven't been any 4x deals, like an A06 for $45 or something. I guess there's no remaining stock of 4x drives, or they don't want cheap DVD+-RW's to take a piece of the CD-RW/DVD-ROM market.....?

 

[LilGator]

Is there any DL media available anywhere ?

 

[Breezie]

best buy has it i hear-

i also heard dl HAS BEEN TESTED on this one and worked (on most of the 2500a's ._.)

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=86

has been talking about it for a while