Verbatim 48x12x48 cd-rw 19.99 after rebates

[sterling]

HI ALL

Office Max has a Verbatim CD-RW for 19.99 after a 40IR and 30MIR. Starts Sunday 1/5/03. Looks like a lite-on or aopen but with the body painted black and verbatim printed on the face.

 

[BossBoss]

thanks

 

[AnimEva]

wow, started 10 years ago.

I only had like a 1x CDROM then.

 

[Jaxidian]

Is this in their next-week's flyer?

 

[Mallow]

next week... starting tomorrow the 5th.

 

[qIat]

Originally posted by: sterling
HI ALL

Office Max has a Verbatim CD-RW for 19.99 after a 40IR and 30MIR. Starts Sunday 1/5/03. Looks like a lite-on or aopen but with the body painted black and verbatim printed on the face.

Actually, if you zoom into the ad on OM's site, you can see that it says "Burn Proof technology"

Of course, you know what that means

And if it's not true, then Plextor is gonna sue somebody's ass

Sadly, it's not a Plextor because it doesn't have a plextor bezel, but I'd bet it's a Lite-On

 

[Amber]

it's on line now

 

[VotTak]

Verbatim 48x12x48 Internal CD-RW Drive

 

[Macro2]

RE:"Actually, if you zoom into the ad on OM's site, you can see that it says "Burn Proof technology""

I think they are using that as a generic term. Lite on uses Smart burn. Aopen uses Justlink and Benq uses "seamless link".

BTW, Burn proof type technology was developed by Sanyo.

 

[dc]

so anyone know what are the odds that you'll get a liteon?

 

[sterling]

Actually I think that might be good. Teac uses sanyo drives and their rated as good or even bbetter than Lite on.

 

[GnatGoSplat]

I bought this drive for my sister before Christmas and took a peek. The picture on the box shows a Liteon, but the drive in the box was an Aopen 48x12x50x.

 

[barrybeal]

According to CDFreaks www.cdfreaks.com

Verbatim, all verbatims is manufactured by Lite-On.

Did anyone get this drive - I am deciding between this drive - the Sony 48x24x48 drive (Office Depot) or a BusLink 52x24x52 at MicroCenter ? Is it a Lite-ON and what model ??

 

[kef7]

Out of stock at the OM I went to; sales person claimed this drive was a substitute for the $20 cd-rw in their ad from last week that sold out.

 

[rile0161]

Originally posted by: sterling
HI ALL

Office Max has a Verbatim CD-RW for 19.99 after a 40IR and 30MIR. Starts Sunday 1/5/03. Looks like a lite-on or aopen but with the body painted black and verbatim printed on the face.

Looking at their ad they show a beige CD-RW...is there a black painted drive in the box, or is the one in the ad a different drive?

 

[eddieg]

I just picked one up and I cant tell who the heck made it. Only thing I can tell you is the model number is CW 4802.
Only thing I found on a search was a burner called Opti something with that model number. It may be going back to OM


erg EDIT: I am pretty sure it is this OPtoRite ( whatever that is ) here http://www.directron.com/cw4802.html
because it is a 48x16x48 not 48x12x48 like the box says

 

[kponds]

just ordered it online w/$30 of $150, WD 60gb 7200, and a 2 for 1 pack of highlighters online. My total delivered with tax was $130.52 with $60 coming back to me in rebates so I end up at $70.52 (less $.74 in stamps) for a 48x cdr, 60G HD, and 8 highlighters.

Current Status: Your order is being transmitted to our delivery center
Order Date: 01-05-2003
Delivery Date: 01-07-2003


Item Name and Description Unit Qty Price Total Status
---------- -------------------------------------- -------- ----- -------- --------- ------
20076917 Western Digital 60GB Hard Drive EA 1 $99.99 $99.99 OPN
Western Digital 60 GB Hard Drive. $30

20216375 Verbatim 48x12x48 Internal CD-RW Drive EA 1 $49.99 $49.99 OPN
Verbatim 48x12x48 CDRW Drive. $30 Mfr

10016939 2 $1.00 $2.00 OPN
Highlighter Desk Style 4 Pack


Subtotal: $151.98
Tax: $8.54
Delivery: $0.00
Discounts: $30.00
------------------------------
Grand Total: $130.52

 

[IronTek]

What software did it come with to burn cd's?

 

[eddieg]

Nero Express

 

[Krueger81]

mine just says 48x12x50 that's it. I am thinking I was one of the unlucky ones to no receive a liteon

 

[ebaker]

The new shipment of these drives appear to be Optorites. If you can find an older one it will be a Liteon. A local store stated they got a FedEx shipment of drives (Optorites) yesterday afternoon.

 

[eddieg]

Update on the OptoRite. Windoze says it is a Cendeyne 48x16x48. I installed it and Roxio 5.1.X platinum would not reconize
it. I updated to 5.3.X and burned a small ( 40mb ) file. It was on some OLD cheap disk but it burnrd at the max ( 8 ) of the disk.
Think I will keep it to stick in a spare computer


erg

 

[John P]

The one I picked up is a 48x16x48 OptoRite also.

 

[Macro2]

RE:"mine just says 48x12x50 that's it. I am thinking I was one of the unlucky ones to no receive a liteon"

That's likely a Aopen. Probably has an ellipical shaped door.
Does it use "justlink" burnproof technology?
Aopens are pretty good actually. Second choice behind Liteon.

Mac

 

[Tazan007]

Yea I got an optorite last week with that Cendyne substitution of the I/O Magic. It is louder then the liteon but I hear it is quieter then the Aopen. I burned a CD and the damn thing uses CLV for writing. It sounds like a jet engine when an airplane is taking off every 30 secs since it is changing its rotational speed drastically. But the weird thing is that the reviews I read of it said the drive used CAV. Can some of you use CDSpeed software that comes with nero and check to see if your is CAV or CLV ?

Thanks