Sony DVD-DL Burner $11.04 AR

[tkistre]

I went into my local OD Tuesday to pick up something so I strolled over to the Clearance section to take a look. They had their internal Sony DVD-/+ DL burners on clearance for $31.04, then a $20 rebate, making your final price $11.04. It doesn't do DVD-Ram. I believe the model is the DRU-810A, but I'm at work and can not look at the box to verify. I thought the $31.04 was a very good price since you may be able to go to your local store and pick it up. Burners are in the $30 range at NewEgg. With the $20 rebate, a great deal! Only drawback is, it is a clearance item, so YMMV!

 

[starwars7]

nifty, what do you mean by no DVD-RAm?

 

[CoolTech]

Originally posted by: starwars7
nifty, what do you mean by no DVD-RAm?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM

read up.

 

[MustangSVT]

i got one as well. interestingly it comes with both clear/white and black front panel

 

[RAQemUP81]

Yeah bought a few down here in SA. For the price, I called up a few of my friends if they wanted me to buy em while I was getting myself one. Was a major upgrade for most of them. Bought a total of 5.

 

[OCNewbie]

BTW, for those that don't know, these are either rebadged BenQ 1640's or 1650's. There's a thread on FW about this.

 

[acegazda]

Well then that means they are good right? the 1650's are VG, or so I have heard. C0_0l price. Thanks!

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: acegazda
Well then that means they are good right? the 1650's are VG, or so I have heard. C0_0l price. Thanks!

It means that they (the BenQ's) are/were some of the best DVD burners ever made.

 

[aimanzym]

office-depot do that? why i didn't see one?

 

[weirdichi]

None in Crystal OD.

 

[RBC]

Anyone have sku on this? I couldn't find any sony burners around here. Just Memorex and Iomega. The Sonys were just DVD ROM drives.

 

[AMD K9]

It's on the OD website but for $79.99... Definately YMMV. Is there a way to check online which actual stores carry this model, and if so, if those stores have them on clearance?

 

[SleepyB]

SKU for this item is 508835.

Office Depot Sony DRU-810A product link

There is no online way to check for inventory, but if you go into the store, they can check stock at neighboring store with their little terminal computer thingy. They directed me to a store with 4 in stock, but I only saw 2 in the cabinet.

But this deal has been around for about three weeks now. oslama posted this in a previous thread when the price was higher. I think most OD have been cleaned out by now.

 

[Marinski]

I have one of these that i bought like 2 years ago. Its a pretty good drive. Didnt need to upgrade firmware. Burned many DVDs. Had a lite-on that took a ******. This drive kept going.

 

[unclebud]

"Is there a way to check online which actual stores carry this model, and if so, if those stores have them on clearance?"

use the kiosk. but like people have posted, this deal been out for a while + this item and several others have office depot doing their selective price clearance... meaning one store will have it priced $11.04 and another having it for $79.99 still
people might want to read the rebate forms {b]carefully[/b]. i didn't on a previous 810a rebate deal and i heartily regret it. i will feast on sony's bony corpse yet

 

[RBC]

Thanks OP! I finally found one and the manager was in a good mood since he let me use a $10 off $50 bounce back coupon and handed me the rebate when it printed making mine come out to $1.04 AR. It's nice that it even comes with a black bezel if you want to change from grey.

 

[RBC]

FYI - Just found another one today at a Louisville store that had been out of stock last month.

 

[aimanzym]

nice find. will hurry to take a look tmr. thx

 

[Lipservice]

Darn it... none left in Omaha, NE