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Postby MonteLDS on Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:17 pm

I am on the look out for an online store that sells -/+ since i have the DRU500a.

But one thing is that i am cheap :) I mean a great money manager... so i was lookin for advice on where i can get 2x media in packs of 10 perhaps for a good deal, or where i can get a good deal on 4x media in 25.
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Postby Dartman on Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:22 pm

Best Buy had the Verbatim dvd+r 50 pack cake box for 99 or so on sale last week. I bought a 15 pack of 2x dvd-r for 37 from them with a $8 MIR.
They had the +r a bit cheaper in the same package but older dvd players sometimes play the - better so I got that. Nero claims 2x burns with my 500 but I haven't done any with them yet.
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Postby ddubb on Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:33 pm

I found http://meritline.com to be one of the lowest priced sites for media. Your looking at under a buck for 2x and under $2 for 4x media. I also have a DRU500AX and ordered Ritek 2&4x media.
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Postby MonteLDS on Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:39 pm

ddubb what has your results been with the 4x media? firmware information as well... software etc..

also any one atemp this Meritline media?
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Postby ddubb on Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:42 pm

I'll post a full 4x review as soon as I get the media. I am running 2.0c firmware on the 500ax.
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Postby Pradeep on Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:07 pm

www.hypermicro.com

Excellent service.
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Postby glock20rocks on Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:05 am

Best buy currently has a 50 pack of FujiFilm 2.4x DVD+R's for $99, and 15-packs of the Verbatiums for $44 something.


The Fuji's are two 25-packs bundled together...

Oh, and a 5 pack of Fuji DVD+RW's for $30. I grabbed both of the Fuji's, and both work fine on my IndiDVD. Stupid #$#@ laptop won't read +R or +RW! If I put a +R disc in it says the disc is not formatted...um, ok, whatever...

Worst part about DVD+R/RW is cost...best part is speed :)
I really don't care to much about making DVD movie discs, so...
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Postby HyperYagami on Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:40 am

glock20rocks wrote:Stupid #$#@ laptop won't read +R or +RW! If I put a +R disc in it says the disc is not formatted...um, ok, whatever...


try firmware upgrade your laptop dvd drive. it worked for my thinkpad. of course your mileage might vary.
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Postby Pradeep on Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:41 pm

IME the Samsung 308B cannot read DVD+ discs. I can't update to the latest firmware because I use an RPC-1 version.
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Postby MonteLDS on Mon Feb 17, 2003 6:52 pm

glock20rocks wrote:Worst part about DVD+R/RW is cost...best part is speed :)


speed? the .4x faster then DVD-R typically seems to be.. but then again DVD-R has 4x media commin out finally and then of course their the 4x DVD+R media.. so their really no speed diffrence any more.. just cost
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