Sony/NEC AD7240S 24X SATA DVD burner $25 FS @ Newegg.com

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030

 

[mshan]

I believe guys over at CD Freaks have commented that this is supposed to be best dual layer burner out there right now.

Price jumps around and has been $25 shipped before (don't think I have seen it lower than this, though).

 

[Engineer]

$19.99 after rebate ($10) at ZipZoomFly

Rebate ($10 Visa Debit Card)

Should be 2% Bing at either place.

 

[MisterE]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030

Greetings, all. Not a bad deal, but it's been this price with free shipping for a couple of weeks. NewEgg had sent me a $10-off-$10 coupon code, and I considered using it on this drive for a few days (I ended up buying something else, though).

3rd party firmware with bitsetting enabled for single-layer DVD+R/RW media available at http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7240S/

 

[konakona]

I wish they had a deal on a BD drive by now

 

[MisterE]

I wish they had a deal on a BD drive by now

If you can afford to pony up the cash, NewEgg will sell you a combo with 200 blank 4x 25GB BD-R discs and an LG BH08LS20 8x burner for $500 with free shipping. They list an LG drive with a similar part# for $180, so that makes the blank discs cost around $1.60 each:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817607027

 

[zagood]

lol...in the official Overview...

"It's always your decision, but I wish I had a dead drive right now so I could replace it with one of these."

 

[Nunya]

3rd party firmware with bitsetting enabled for single-layer DVD+R/RW media available at http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7240S/

I've heard of people loading different firmware on drives but haven't messed with it myself. What does this do for the drive?

 

[MisterE]

Nunya,

See this wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_type

 

[Nunya]

Nunya,

See this wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_type

Thanks.

 

[konakona]

naw, I meant like BD drive that is capable of reading BD disks. Not really into burning BDs when HDDs are so cheap anyway

 

[astrosfan315]

cool..looks I selected the correct drive for my new build when I ordered it Monday.

 

[killster1]

nice i needed 5 more dvd burners so grabbed these.. last sony sata burners seemed ok so should be good

 

[nomadh]

I've heard of people loading different firmware on drives but haven't messed with it myself. What does this do for the drive?

I did this on an OLD nec 4x speed I think. It was very limited, very slow ang horrendous burns. I bought a benq and while it was on the way I flashed the firmware with liggy dee at the time as I had absolutly nothing to lose. Turns out it doubled the speed allowed plus and minus burning and The quality went to the absolute top. The transformation was phenomenal. It still freaks my mind

 

[mshan]

http://club.myce.com/f86/

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Other than the 7200A/S (IDE/SATA, first OptiArc drive - had a tendency to die), the 72xx drives are pure win. I've been running NECs and OptiArcs for the longest time, always with flashed Liggy & Dee's bitsetting RPC1 firmware.

 

[zippin44]

$25 OTD at Microcenter.