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[bill]

Dual layer media is on sale at Best Buy, Comp USA and Staples this week. Does anyone have any experience with the Sony 2.4x DVD+R DL and a Pioneer 111-D? Edit- Ooops, never mind, I just read that some are MKM and others are Ritek.

Best Buy

Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R DL, 20 for $30.
Memorex 16x DVD+or-R, 50 for $13.

Sony DRX-830U, $100.

Western Digital 250gb PATA or SATA, $100.

SimpleTech 80gb external(USB powered), $90.
Western Digital 120gb external (USB powered), $110.
Seagate 300gb external (USB & firewire), $130.
Seagate 750gb external (USB & firewire), $380.

CompUSA

Sony 16x DVD+or-R, 100 for $23.
Sony 2.4x DVD+R DL, 25 for $35.
Sony DVD+or-R RW, 25 for $15.
Sony 48x CD-R, 50 for $8.
Sony 32x CD-R w/slim jewel case, 25 for $8.
Memorex 52x CD-R, 100 for $13.

Sony BWU-100A, $700.

Sony 18x writer, $70 after $20 rebate.
Sony external 18x writer, $100 after $30 rebate.

Seagate 160gb SATA, $40 after $40 rebate.
Seagate 60gb 2.5 inch PATA, $60 after $30 rebate.
Seagate 300gb PATA or SATA, $90 after $30 rebate.

Seagate 100gb external (USB powered) $90 after $30 rebate.
Seagate 160gb external, $70 after $40 rebate.
Seagate 300gb external (SATA version) $150 after $50 rebate. The kit includes a SATA PCI card.
Seagate 750gb external ( USB & firewire) $320 after $50 rebate.
Iomega 250gb external, $80 after $30 rebate.

Nero 7 Ultra, $30 after two rebates that total $70.

Office Depot

Memorex CD-R lightscribe w/case, 10 for $7.
Memorex DVD+R lightscribe w/case, 10 for $8.
Office Depot Mini DVD-R w/case, 10 for $13.
Office Depot combo pack- 75 DVD-R & 25 CD-R for $15.
Office Depot 16x DVD+or-R, 50 for $13.
Memorex 52x CD-R, 100 for $13.

Sony 18x internal writer (DRO-830A), $60 after $20 rebate.
Sony 18x external writer (DRX-830U), $90 after $25 rebate.

Western Digital 160gb PATA, $50 after $50 rebate.

SimpleTech 160gb external (USB), $80 after $20 rebate.
Maxtor 320gb external (USB), $130 after $50 rebate.

Office Max

Vebatim 52x CD-R, 100 for $15.
Vebatim 52x CD-R, 50 for $8.
Verbatim 16x DVD+or-R, 50 for $13.
Verbatim 4x DVD+RW w/case, 10 for $9.

I/O Magic writer IDVD18DLS, $50.
I/O Magic external writer IDVD16DLSE, $80.

SimpleTech 500gb external (USB), $200
SimpleTech 120gb external (USB powered), $110.

100 clear slim jewels, 100 for $16.

Staples

Sony 2.4xDVD+R DL, 25 for $35.
Staples 16x DVD+or-R, 50 for $13. 128mb flash drive included for free.
Sony 16x DVD +or-R, 25 for $9.
Staples printable CD-R, 50 for $10.
Staples 52x CD-R, 100 for $15. 128mb flash drive included for free.

Memorex DL writer, $50.

Western Digital 120gb (USB powered), $100.
Maxtor 60gb (USB powered), $60.
Maxtor 200gb PATA, $70.
Maxtor 300gb external (USB), $120.

50 slim jewel cases, $10.


The wife and I will be testing a bartenders skills next week so I won't be available for the ads.

[TCAS]

Thanks so much bill for the information and hard work.

[Ian]

The wife and I will be testing a bartenders skills next week so I won't be available for the ads.

Hopefully my wife won't be testing my skills as a builder so I'll have time to do it.

[OoAnd1]

Perhaps a minor correction...

The Verbatim DVD+R DL, 20 for $30, being sold at BestBuy are advertised online as 8x not 2.4x.

[Ian]

Perhaps a minor correction...

The Verbatim DVD+R DL, 20 for $30, being sold at BestBuy are advertised online as 8x not 2.4x.

They're not Verbatim's 8x rated discs though. They're "8x capable". It's kind of misleading and unfortunately Best Buy isn't the only one doing this.

Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R DL discs:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 4697746286



Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL discs:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 5848825217

[bill]

Yeah, the retailers have fooled me a few times too with that 8x description for 2.4x rated media. I'm going to BB and pick some up today because my 10% off coupon expires at midnight.

TCAS- glad to see you're back in circulation. Was starting to wonder if all was well.

[dolphinius_rex]

I'd like to ask all my Ameri-friends out there to please give Bestbuy some verbal hell for their continued failure to update their product information to be correct...

If enough people complain, maybe they'll change it.

[HKS]

I bought the Verbatim 100pack cd-r's at Office Max and they were CMC made in Taiwan, manufacture date 2005. The first four I tried to burn gave multiple failure errors including 'illegal disc.' Needless to say I returned them promptly and ordered TY CD-R's from supermediastore.com. Avoid these Verbatim CD-R's like the plague.