a Pacific Digital 16X DVD drive. Anyone else get one of these? Who makes them and are they as good as the Cendynes? The rebates are still SUPPOSED to be good ... we will see
Pacific Digital is Mitsumi Retail brand, don't know who actually makes it, but I presume Mitsumi.
I went to Office Max late today, didn't get my butt up in time. They had no Cendyne DVD's and there was no mention of a substitute, I'm going to call them and ask because I did see the Pacific Digital DVD-ROM there but it had no special deal on it.
No Verbatim CDRW left, but there were three qualifying SKU's: Verbatim, Cendyne, and a Polaroid CDRW! I wanted the Verbatim, thinking there would be a greater chance of it being a Lite-On, but I took the Cendyne, anyway.
Got it home, opened the box and the free CD-R disc had "Lite-On" labeled on it and so did the bundled NERO software CD. Uncovered the drive and it says "LITE-ON IT CORP" right on the drive label. Cendyne doesn't even try to pretend they make their own drives, apparently. haha
Model # LTR-48125W
No slim line jewel cases or Hi Val CDR left, but I picked up the K-Hypermedia and they seem to work fine. I also got the Belkin surge protector, PCI modem and NIC. Cheap, yes, but for just the cost sales tax, I'll take cheap.