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[bill]

Outpost ad start 9-9-06

Hard drives ( posting only the internals) that have free shipping:
Seagate 300gb PATA for $90.
Maxtor 300gb PATA for $80.
Maxtor 500gb SATA for $180.
Seagate 500gb PATA w/8mb cache for $170.
Seagate 500gb PATA w/16mb cache for $180.


OfficeMax

Verbatim 16x DVD +or-R, 50 for $17. Free optical mini mouse sweetens the deal.. Its not clear if the mouse is free after some type of rebate..

OfficeMax 52x CD-R, 100 for $12.
OfficeMax DVD +or-R, 50 for $12.

Seagate 160GB pata hard drive is selling for $60.


Staples

Sony (highspeed) CD-R, 50 for $8.
Imation CD-R, 100 for $15. Includes a free sharpie valued at, apparently, $14
Sony DVD +or-R, 50 for $13.

Sony DRU820A, $50 after $20 rebate.

100 pack of Staples slim jewel cases, 50 are clear with the remainder being mixed colors, $15.

Maxtor 200gb PATA, $70.

Maxtor 300gb external USB hard drive, $130.
Maxtor 40gb 2.5" USB hard drive for $60.

If you purchase a Netgear Storage Central for $120, Staples is throwing in a Maxtor 80gb hard drive for free.


EDIT; add the following-


Best Buy

Verbatim DVD+R LughtScribe media, 30 for $20.
Fuji 16x DVD +or-R, 100 for $25.
Memorex mini DVD+RW, 10 for $20.

LG Super Multi (model GSAE10L) w/LightScribe external writer for $90, no rebates..

Western Digital 250gb PATA hard drive, $90.
Seagate 300gb SATA ( model ST3300622AS-RK) hard drive, $130.

Western Digital 250gb My Book Premium hard drive w/ USB and firewire, $130.
Simple Tech 60gb (2.5 inch) USB hard drive, $80.

Webroot's Spy Sweeper and Window Washer in a combo pack, $20.


Office Depot

Memorex 52x CD-R, 50 for $8.
Office Depot labeled 16x DVD +or-R, 50 for $12.

Western Digital 160gb My Book USB hard drive, $80 after $40 rebate.
Western Digital 320gb My Book Premium hard drive w/ USB and firewire, $160 after $50 rebate.
Maxtor OneTouch III 200GB USB external hard drive, $120 after $40 rebate.
I/O Magic 40gb USB (2.5 inch) hard drive, $70 after $20 rebate.

Windows XP Home upgrade version, $30 after upgrade rebate. Couldn't find any terms for the rebate other than it's for upgrade only..


Circuit City (posting only the media and writers)

HP 16x DVD+or-R, 50 for $13.

Mad Dog 18x Triple Format writer for $50. I'm assuming this is a Samsung? Is this a recent transition from NEC?


CompUSA

TDK 16x DVD +or-R, two 50 count spindles for $25.

Hi-Val 16x DL writer for $40 after $25 rebate.
Hi-Val 8x external USB writer for $60 after $30 rebate.

Maxtor 500gb PATA or SATA hard drive, $200 after $60 rebate.
Seagate 250gb PATA hard drive for $60 after $60 rebate.
Samsung 60gb (2.5 inch) hard drive for $80 after $20 rebate.

Maxtor 300gb external hard drive with USB and Firewire support for $160 after $40 rebate.
Lacie 250gb USB external hard drive for $100.

[CowboySlim]

Thanks, Bill, always appreciate the headsup.

Better yet, it looks like all the back-to-school specials will be gone for a while.

They start them the weekend after the 4th of July as if school were starting in two weeks instead of tow months.

Slim

[Dartman]

Lets hope some of the Sonys at Staples are TY. I buy those now whenever I get lucky and find them on sale. The Samsung 18x will even burn them at 18 with good quality and the rest of mine all do 16 with them with excellent results
Just remember to look for the octagonal foam spacers on made in Japan ones and they should be TY's, otherwise they could be Sony D21 or like that.

[dolphinius_rex]

Lets hope some of the Sonys at Staples are TY. I buy those now whenever I get lucky and find them on sale. The Samsung 18x will even burn them at 18 with good quality and the rest of mine all do 16 with them with excellent results
Just remember to look for the octagonal foam spacers on made in Japan ones and they should be TY's, otherwise they could be Sony D21 or like that.

The funny thing is that for me, I'd be trying to AVOID the TY, and aim for getting the actual SONY product

[Dartman]

Well I have to say its not quite as godlike as it once was but still pretty nice here. The d21 only seems to burn really well on my 1655 last time I tried it, probably thanks to solid burn. The Samsung made a colorfull coaster out of it when I tried it and the other drives do better but not oustanding. With all the new Firmwares out maybe its changed a bit, they released one for the samung too yesterday.
Hope to find some Plus media as some of these drives do way better to it.

[bill]

Thanks, Bill, always appreciate the headsup.

Better yet, it looks like all the back-to-school specials will be gone for a while.

They start them the weekend after the 4th of July as if school were starting in two weeks instead of tow months.

Slim

You're welcome, Slim .

There haven't been very many media specials lately to get excited about.. Its been kind of ho-humm. I guess the manufactures are going to hold steady at this price level until production of the newer technologies increase and gets a better market share.

BTW- I just updated the first post adding a few more store ads.

[bill]

Lets hope some of the Sonys at Staples are TY.

Just remember to look for the octagonal foam spacers on made in Japan ones and they should be TY's, otherwise they could be Sony D21 or like that.

Thanks for the tip Never could figure out how to tell the difference prior to the purchase..

You and Dolph have made me curious. Think I'll stroll over to the Media Forum to see if there are any longevity comparisons between TY and Sony media.

[dolphinius_rex]

You and Dolph have made me curious. Think I'll stroll over to the Media Forum to see if there are any longevity comparisons between TY and Sony media.

I'm working on one

[Ian]

Mad Dog 18x Triple Format writer for $50. I'm assuming this is a Samsung? Is this a recent transition from NEC?

Probably.. Then again, it could be Sony NEC Optiarc. I might head over there later today and pick one up.

Edit: Here it is on Circuit City's website:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Mad-Dog- ... tDetail.do

The drive on the box is definitely a Samsung...

[Dartman]

I have the Samsung and it works OK, not oustanding. some media it writes horribly to, others it does pretty well but not BenQ or 111 quality most of the time. It will autobitset plus and 18x is about 5:20 to 5:45.
They just released a new FW that has helped it a lot with at least the true Sony 16x media I have that it made coasters to before. I wrote up my thoughts and a mini review at SPL if you guys want me to post the link to save time and typing.

[Ian]

Dartman, are you talking about the SB03 firmware that was released yesterday? I haven't given it a try yet myself.

[Dartman]

Yep, the autoupdate thing they have found it for me and installed it so I figured I should try that Sonyd21 stuff as the drive totally wasted the first one I tried on sb02. Did much better with new update, haven't tried everything I have yet ....
A pretty good deal for 40 out the door, I paid 32 shipped at the Egg.

[Ian]

Yep, includes software and a 2 year waranty to boot.

[TCAS]

Thanks bill for the nice job, bay the way: The Sony DVD+/-R that are on sale this week at Staples are both MIT & MIJ and are 8X speed, I just got two pack of 50 each DVD+R MIJ which are TY T002.