New Cendyne +/- Burner at Costco for $229!

by **whoster69** on Mon May 19, 2003 10:46 am

Costco is now selling a Cendyne +/- burner for $229. The external is $289.

http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?trg=subcat%2Easp&catid=84&subid=1333&hierid=1373&log=&NavTop=

Does anyone know who makes this drive or if there are any reviews of it?

by **cpurs** on Mon May 19, 2003 6:13 pm

this may be the start of the flood of liteon dvd burners headed this way

MILLIONS OF EM !!!!!!!!!!!

REMEMBER liteon is THE main supplier for SONY !!!!!!!!!

SOON DVD burner will be below 100 per drive !!

as always the case

right after will all buy em at over 200 each !!

by **Ian** on Mon May 19, 2003 6:25 pm

whoster69 wrote:Costco is now selling a Cendyne +/- burner for $229. The external is $289.

http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?trg=subcat%2Easp&catid=84&subid=1333&hierid=1373&log=&NavTop=

Does anyone know who makes this drive or if there are any reviews of it?

Going by the specs, I'm guessing that it is an NEC ND-1300A.

cpurs, do you know that Sony is supplying DVD writers to Lite-On right now? :lol:

$100 per writer? Personally, I think that's wishful thinking. We'll probably start to see some of the single format DVD writers on clearance for close to that, but it will be a good year or two before high end DVD writers reach that level. Of course, thats my opinion..

by **whoster69** on Tue May 20, 2003 3:19 pm

Doesn't Lite-On make most of the parts for the Sony drives?

I'm still trying to find out who makes the new Cendyne dual format drives...

by **dodecahedron** on Tue May 20, 2003 5:10 pm

hey!
hi there whoster69 !

welcome to CDRLabs.
a new Whovian on board!

yeah, Tom Baker is my favorite Dr. Who too!

by **Ian** on Tue May 20, 2003 6:20 pm

whoster69 wrote:Doesn't Lite-On make most of the parts for the Sony drives?

Yeah, their CD-RW drives. Sony is supplying Lite-On's 400D right now though.

Dr. Who scares me... :oops:

by **dodecahedron** on Tue May 20, 2003 9:31 pm

Ian wrote:Dr. Who scares me...

LOL

Dr. Who - my favorite Sci-fi show!

by **VEFF** on Tue May 20, 2003 9:33 pm

Regarding $100 single format DVD writers, it isn't that crazy, especially if you are talking after rebate prices:
I got my CenDyne (Pioneer) DVR-105 for $128 AR + $11 tax way back in January.

Regarding dual format writer prices, there haven't been many deals unfortunately.
The Ikebana one not too long ago was a nice deal.
I was lucky enough not to hesitate and jump on a deal (posted in the forums) to get a Sony DRU-500A for only $221 shipped after $7 in ebates (not rebates), back at the very beginning of October 2002 when it had just come out and was almost impossible to find online.

I am excited about 8X burners (possibly) coming out in the 3rd quarter (fingers crossed).

by **whoster69** on Tue May 20, 2003 10:26 pm

dodecahedron wrote:
Ian wrote:Dr. Who scares me...
LOL

Dr. Who - my favorite Sci-fi show!

Hehe... Mine too, but you probably already guessed that!

Still looking around trying to figure out who makes this drive. I'll post more answers when I find them.

Now where did I put that sonic screwdriver! :wink:

by **bigd** on Tue May 20, 2003 11:57 pm

Ordered the INTERNAL version from costco.com on Sunday. Arrived today:

The drive is NEC ND-1300A.

by **whoster69** on Wed May 21, 2003 12:09 am

bigd wrote:Ordered the INTERNAL version from costco.com on Sunday. Arrived today:

The drive is NEC ND-1300A.

Thanks for the info. Now to go look up some reviews of this drive...

by **whoster69** on Wed May 21, 2003 12:46 am

I was able to find one review of the NEC ND-1300A. You can read it at: http://www.cdrwcentral.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=61

Also, there is a media compatibility guide at: http://www.necd.de/software/1032_Medialist_ND-1300A.pdf

If anyone finds any more info, please post.

Sounds like a nice drive!

by **hoxlund** on Fri May 23, 2003 12:16 am

since i work at staples, they carry it in my store for $299

and i do believe NEC makes the drive, says ND on the model number, along with some numbers, ill look closer tomarrow

also about sony providing parts to liteon, aren't the liteons 2mb buffer, 12x dvd read speed? if so then they aren't sony's

but if liteon's are 8mb buffer, with 8x dvd read speed then yes, they are sony's

by **JerMe** on Sat May 24, 2003 2:59 pm

I received the external version of this drive from Costco yesterday. It's a ND-1300A, says so right on the box.

I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong, but the damn thing won't burn *anything* - not even a CD-R at 4X/8X/16X. My 52X burner works fine, so I'm wondering maybe my firewire port is slow, something's wrong with the computer, the 2MB buffer is too small, or I got a bad drive.

I'll try out a Sony DRU-510A and see what the deal is.

whoster69, you having any luck with your drive?

by **whoster69** on Sat May 24, 2003 3:39 pm

JerMe wrote:I received the external version of this drive from Costco yesterday. It's a ND-1300A, says so right on the box.

I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong, but the damn thing won't burn *anything* - not even a CD-R at 4X/8X/16X. My 52X burner works fine, so I'm wondering maybe my firewire port is slow, something's wrong with the computer, the 2MB buffer is too small, or I got a bad drive.

I'll try out a Sony DRU-510A and see what the deal is.

whoster69, you having any luck with your drive?

I haven't bought one yet. I don't know when I'll get to it either. Thanks for letting us know your experiences.

One thing to check however. I'm guessing you've got the external since you mentioned firewire. Do you have any other firewire devices? Do you know that your firewire is working correctly? I've heard about some motherboard's not implimenting firewire well.

Just a thought...

by **JerMe** on Sat May 24, 2003 5:13 pm

Good thought, it crossed my mind. It could very well be a bad firewire interface.

I wanted to pick up a USB 2.0 PCI card and go that route. I'll update again.

by **Nerva** on Fri May 30, 2003 7:03 am

What is the Cendyne DVD+-RW Model #
Tanks!

by **hoxlund** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:14 am

im purchasing the sony dru-510a within a 3 days

by **whoster69** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:16 am

Nerva wrote:What is the Cendyne DVD+-RW Model #
Tanks!

1300A.

by **hoxlund** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:17 am

hey whoster, who the hell is that in your avatar?

by **Nerva** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:21 am

whoster69 wrote:
Nerva wrote:What is the Cendyne DVD+-RW Model #
Tanks!

1300A.

There is Nec ND-1300A..., but Cendyne ...... you mean it calls Cendyne ND-1300A??

please, if it possible :wink:

, exactly Model # or what firmware says in System properties

Thanks!

by **whoster69** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:43 am

hoxlund wrote:hey whoster, who the hell is that in your avatar?

Tom Baker! The most famous Doctor Who of them all (#4)!

by **whoster69** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:45 am

Nerva wrote:
whoster69 wrote:
Nerva wrote:What is the Cendyne DVD+-RW Model #
Tanks!

1300A.

There is Nec ND-1300A..., but Cendyne ...... you mean it calls Cendyne ND-1300A??
please, if it possible , exactly Model # or what firmware says in System properties

Thanks!

You're right Nerva. Sorry about that. Brain wasn't functioning properly yet this morning. The Cendyne model # for the internal is: Model CDICD00208

by **Nerva** on Fri May 30, 2003 10:55 am

whoster69 wrote:
Nerva wrote:
whoster69 wrote:
Nerva wrote:What is the Cendyne DVD+-RW Model #
Tanks!

1300A.

There is Nec ND-1300A..., but Cendyne ...... you mean it calls Cendyne ND-1300A??
please, if it possible , exactly Model # or what firmware says in System properties

Thanks!

You're right Nerva. Sorry about that. Brain wasn't functioning properly yet this morning. The Cendyne model # for the internal is: Model CDICD00208

CDICD00208 - whos f@k decide to named it so... ugly

by **dodecahedron** on Sat May 31, 2003 12:47 pm

whoster69 wrote:
hoxlund wrote:hey whoster, who the hell is that in your avatar?

Tom Baker! The most famous Doctor Who of them all (#4)!

yeah! he's the greatest of them all!

New Cendyne +/- Burner at Costco for $229!

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