Warm? Cendyne/Lite-On 48x12x48 CDRW for 19.99 AR

MySTified3k · Mar 2, 2003

3/2
This is my first time posting a deal so if I did something wrong phhhbbbbttt!

Anyhow, I just walked out of the local Office Max with a "Cendyne Lightning iv" CDRW for 19.99. Price is $79.99 -30 Instant Rebate -30 MIR. It's supposedly a 48x12x48, but it's also definately a Lite-On LTR-48125W, and I've heard you can do a firmware upgrade to make it a 52x. Not that I know how, but hey! I never use CD-RW's anyhow since CDR's are so cheap, I figure 48x is probably fast enough.

The Office Max website also lists the 52x24x52 Cendyne as "69.99 before rebates," but that's a typo. In-store, the Lightning V Cendyne is 99.99 - 30 IR - 30 MIR, for 39.99.

Meow.

Bianca

Morpheux · Mar 2, 2003

Good, I need a cd-rom for my second machine and this should do nicely. But, there is a cheaper TDK from CompUSA I'm looking at.

doinmybestatlast · Mar 2, 2003

Nice deal! .....but Cendyne rebates "We hates them."

ScrapSilicon · Mar 2, 2003

Originally posted by: MySTified3k
3/2
This is my first time posting a deal so if I did something wrong phhhbbbbttt!

Anyhow, I just walked out of the local Office Max with a "Cendyne Lightning iv" CDRW for 19.99. Price is $79.99 -30 Instant Rebate -30 MIR. It's supposedly a 48x12x48, but it's also definately a Lite-On LTR-48125W, and I've heard you can do a firmware upgrade to make it a 52x. Not that I know how, but hey! I never use CD-RW's anyhow since CDR's are so cheap, I figure 48x is probably fast enough.

The Office Max website also lists the 52x24x52 Cendyne as "69.99 before rebates," but that's a typo. In-store, the Lightning V Cendyne is 99.99 - 30 IR - 30 MIR, for 39.99.

Meow.

Bianca

very nice post..

RDMustang1 · Mar 2, 2003

Originally posted by: MySTified3k
It's supposedly a 48x12x48, but it's also definately a Lite-On LTR-48125W, and I've heard you can do a firmware upgrade to make it a 52x. Not that I know how, but hey! I never use CD-RW's anyhow since CDR's are so cheap, I figure 48x is probably fast enough.

Lite-Ons are awesome but it is only the 481225S, 481226S, and 482426S that you can flash to a 52x (basically any 48x that ends in S).. Not much difference between 48x and 52x tho

hansmuff · Mar 2, 2003

Hmm. I got my $30 Cendyne rebate 6 weeks after i submitted. Only gripe is that it was one of those postcard checks, easily discarded as junkmail.

stevejst · Mar 2, 2003

1 rebate = 4 months
1 rebate = 3 months waiting, check reissued, another two months, all after 5+ telephone calls

Not exactly a type of rebate I am looking forward to. Scr*w Cendyne.

paradiss · Mar 2, 2003

I picked up 2 of these drives, i dont know what the deal with my old 16x yamaha.. but this Cendyne is DEAD SILENT when burning!!!! my yamaha u hear the crap rev up and spin a million miles an hour when burning..

the rebate.. i never once had a problem with any store/company rebates yet. (maybe im just lucky!)

Rab · Mar 3, 2003

1 rebate = 4 months
1 rebate = 3 months waiting, check reissued, another two months, all after 5+ telephone calls

Not exactly a type of rebate I am looking forward to. Scr*w Cendyne.

So do an end run around the rebate hassle.

Buy one at your local Circuit City with a 110% pricematch, and beat OfficeMax at their own game.

As long as Circuit City doesn't have a valid rebate on the drive, and OM has one in stock, you're good to go.

Hunter4U · Mar 3, 2003

Heads up: I just picked up two of these today local SLC Utah they are not Lite-on drives they are BenQ or Acer, they are not worth the cardboard there shipped in. Check the model #'s on the box (4824P) is a BenQ, (LTR-48246S) also (LTD-4824) are Lite-on drives.

Good luck all.....

Wolverine88 · Mar 3, 2003

I got Verbatim 52x as substitution. it's liteon. it's $10 AR. (used a mail coupon)

ebaker · Mar 3, 2003

The newer 48x Cendyne's are not Liteon, but lots of older stock on store shelves are Liteon. Only Liteon models that end in 6s are flashable to 52x. They have the newest "6" series Mediatek chipset.

fcastle · Mar 3, 2003

HELP -

The local Office Max has the following two deals:

Cendyne 48x12x48 CDRW for $20 after rebates
Cendyne 52x24x52 CDRW for $40 after rebates

The problem is that they do not have any Lite-ons in the 48x CDRWs. Their 52x ones are Lite-ons.

Best Buy this week has the Sony 48x24x48 CRX215A1 CDRW (always a lite-on from what I understand) for $30 after rebate.

Which one should I get? Since the Sony can be upgraded to a lite-on 52x with firmware, the only difference is bundled software. The Sony does not have Nero while the Cendyne does. I am only doing very simple buring with the CDRW - nothing overly complicated.

Any help appreciated!

MySTified3k · Mar 3, 2003

Hey my Cendyne/Lite-On is working great, did an MST3k episode burn in 2 mins (my old acer was like 5-6).

BUT, it makes this fast stacatto "tick-tick-tick" sound when the tray closes. Is that normal on a Lite-On? Otherwise it seems to work great.

Bianca

MrMaster · Mar 3, 2003

Add 4816P to the BenQ list. That is what I got.

Oh well.

NoLegs · Mar 3, 2003

I received the Cendyne from OfficeMax today with the model number [4816A]

The web says this is a Asus CRW-4816A 48X/16X/48X.

Anyone know anything about the drive?

Regards,

NoLegs

Mallow · Mar 3, 2003

My officemax substituted the 48x12x48 Cendyne Drive with a 52x24x52 for the same price, w00t! I also picked up a 5pk of HP DVD+R's for $6.99!

SinMen · Mar 4, 2003

I got a SW248.

jamnjk · Mar 5, 2003

Heads up: I just picked up two of these today local SLC Utah they are not Lite-on drives they are BenQ or Acer, they are not worth the cardboard there shipped in. Check the model #'s on the box (4824P) is a BenQ, (LTR-48246S) also (LTD-4824) are Lite-on drives.

Thanks for the head's up Hunter4u. Guess I'll take my model 4824P back to the store.

sak · Mar 5, 2003

Originally posted by: doinmybestatlast
Nice deal! .....but Cendyne rebates "We hates them."

well i have bought lets see 24x..32x...40x..48x..all cendyne..and all have come back...so unless u doing something wrong...there is no reason to hate them

btw they all been Lite-on also

lokni · Mar 5, 2003

Yeah, watch out. Cendyne also packages BenQ, Asus, and AOpen drives in these boxes aside from the Lite-On. I have been to 1 Office Max and 2 Staples and have had no luck finding a Lite-On drive. Right now I have got the Aopen.

Wolverine88 · Mar 5, 2003

actually, i got the substition for it. verbatim 52x (liteon inside) for $9.99 (used $10 mail coupon)

gonzo2k · Mar 5, 2003

I'm waiting for a 60,000,000,000 X 24,000,000,000 X 60,000,000,000 (with a firmware hack to 66,000,000,000 X 24,000,000,000 X 66,000,000,000) drive so I can listen to CD-Rs 13 seconds after they're recorded "in session".

Of course the important stuff must still be burned @ 8X.

Mallow · Mar 6, 2003

Are we sure the Verbatim 52x is Lite-On?

rockyct · Mar 6, 2003

Originally posted by: gonzo2k
I'm waiting for a 60,000,000,000 X 24,000,000,000 X 60,000,000,000 (with a firmware hack to 66,000,000,000 X 24,000,000,000 X 66,000,000,000) drive so I can listen to CD-Rs 13 seconds after they're recorded "in session".

Of course the important stuff must still be burned @ 8X.

I would want a drive that fast just to see how much damage a disk that shatters at that speed could do.

Warm? Cendyne/Lite-On 48x12x48 CDRW for 19.99 AR

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