NEC ND-3550A (new), $39.99 shipped at NewEgg

[videopho]

ND-3550A
Package deals are also available so take your pick.
This pick makes it one sweet deal. There is no difference features wise between the 3540A vs 3550a that I can find except lead-free parts used in the new drive if you care to know.
The 3550A will unseat the noisy Sammy currently in my system. Just picked one up tonight.

 

[uwannawhat]

LOL! I've bought about 5 of these drives over the last couple of months.

Great upgrades for friends & family.

This is an excellent drive & a great price!

edit: Oooops. I've bought the 3540A not the 3550A.

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: uwannawhat
LOL! I've bought about 5 of these drives over the last couple of months.

Not even one single review at The Egg so it must be new to me. With the freebee picked, I practically paid $26 for the drive.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

whats the difference between the 3450? i have the 3250

 

[dtdfusion]

im on the fence at the moment and waiting for reviews before i jump over the benq 1640 for this.

 

[htne]

Read this thread over at club.cdfreaks.com:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=154457

 

[dtdfusion]

Originally posted by: htne
Read this thread over at club.cdfreaks.com:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=154457

thanks...but still hasn't pushed me over the fence.

 

[darkplayer]

Here's another link comparing both 3540A & 3550A.

I just ordered one today to replace my 3500A which started acting a little flaky. A firmware hack is being developed to upgrade the driver to a 4550A, the ability to burn dvd-ram. Looks promising :thumbsup:

 

[KDKPSJ]

Looks good to people like me who uses DVD burner for burn only and DVD-ROM for reading. Now, I have to deciede what I should do with ND-3500A I'm currently playing with!

 

[Chunkee]

picked up 2

i have the 3500, 3540, 3540a and now this one
jjC

 

[50]

Can someone tell me which NEC drive is the best out there right now? I saw there is a NEC 4550 out there. Can someone tell me the difference? Thanks

 

[carpenter]

I've got 4 of these now. Any one of these drives are a winner. Not saying they are better than the Benq, just that you can't go wrong with one of these. Paid $37.99 shipped last week for a 3540. I'm still remembering 2 yrs ago when my buddy was all excited about getting a Sony burner on Christmas sale for $150. And that was 2X. lol We're spoiled now. :thumbsup:

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: 50
Can someone tell me which NEC drive is the best out there right now? I saw there is a NEC 4550 out there. Can someone tell me the difference? Thanks

Ton of NEC drive info you can find there. I have had my beloved ND-3520a for almost a year now and it hasn't failed me. The 3550a will serve as a 2nd burner in my rig:thumbsup:

 

[LurkingInNC]

The black 3550A lists an IDE/ATAPI interface, while the 3540A and other color 3550A units list IDE only. Any significance?

 

[sheltem]

Originally posted by: LurkingInNC
The black 3550A lists an IDE/ATAPI interface, while the 3540A and other color 3550A units list IDE only. Any significance?

Nope. I forget exactly what ATAPI means, but its basically IDE's term for CD/DVD drives, or something along those lines.

 

[darkplayer]

Just got both my NEC 3550A & 6650 today

 

[tata]

Chiefvalue one day sale NEC 3550A Black OEM @39.99 free fedex saver right now. linky

 

[timswim78]

Good deal on a good drive.

I've used these with Windows and Linux and have not had any problems. They're fast, resaonably quiet, reliable, and reasonably priced.

 

[conehead433]

Ordered a Benq 1640. Seems they are hard to find in black. But I wanted the best.

 

[GnomeCop]

great deal ^

 

[Freejack2]

Still on, the $43.99 shipped deal with the Dual Layer discs is nice.

You can get the latest firmware for the drive here: support.necsam.com/optical/downloads/flashfirmware/readme.asp?ID=9

 

[tswill2]

Thanks for that link. I just got one off ebay in a usb external case. i'm putting it into my XPC and a hard drive into the case. I didn't get any software with the unit but expect that XP Pro will take care off supplying a driver for it.

My main question now is - is there any particular application software program that works best with it?

 

[thesurge]

picked up one. thanks.

 

[QTPie]

Just ordered. 5 free DL DVD+R and 1 free DL DVD+RW made the deal so hot. Thank you very much!

 

[Wedge1]

I got in on this deal last night, but the the freebie was 25 DVD-R's, not the 5 pack mixture they are offering now. I would rather have the 5 pack. Oh well, I come out ahead anyway. Good find.