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In Sunday's sale flyer. $69.99 and then two MIRs, one for $30 and one for $20.
This is the same drive mentioned in this thread. That deal was a little hotter, but this is still not bad.
I'm fairly certain you can determine which boxes contain a Lite-On drive. The boxes that have a 12-digit numeric serial number will likely be Lite-Ons (something like 230045800657). The boxes that have an alphanumeric S/N (like 2CDM65460027) probably won't contain a Lite-On. Cendyne does this and Verbatim is part of the same company.
You can tell if the drive is a Lite-On once you open it up if the faceplate looks similar to the one pictured on the box. I think these drives come with Verbatim firmware but you can flash it to the latest Lite-On firmware if you're so inclined (although that may cause the bundled version of Nero not to work with the drive).
Also this week, CompUSA has a 52x24x52 drive for $9.99 AR, but it's made by "Mad Dog Multimedia" and the box says it uses JustLink, so it's probably a Ricoh/AOpen drive. Edit: the CompUSA drive may only be available if you buy a PC.
This is the same drive mentioned in this thread. That deal was a little hotter, but this is still not bad.
I'm fairly certain you can determine which boxes contain a Lite-On drive. The boxes that have a 12-digit numeric serial number will likely be Lite-Ons (something like 230045800657). The boxes that have an alphanumeric S/N (like 2CDM65460027) probably won't contain a Lite-On. Cendyne does this and Verbatim is part of the same company.
You can tell if the drive is a Lite-On once you open it up if the faceplate looks similar to the one pictured on the box. I think these drives come with Verbatim firmware but you can flash it to the latest Lite-On firmware if you're so inclined (although that may cause the bundled version of Nero not to work with the drive).
Also this week, CompUSA has a 52x24x52 drive for $9.99 AR, but it's made by "Mad Dog Multimedia" and the box says it uses JustLink, so it's probably a Ricoh/AOpen drive. Edit: the CompUSA drive may only be available if you buy a PC.