decent cdrw and dvd for under 100 shipped

[salehrules]

hi guys,
i'm looking for a decent cdrw and dvd (separate if possible) for under 100... for dvd at least 8x and for the cdrw... 8x4x32 minimum.
somehow 8xs are hard to come by these days... :P

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[JTYoung1]

Originally posted by salehrules:
hi guys,
i'm looking for a decent cdrw and dvd (separate if possible) for under 100... for dvd at least 8x and for the cdrw... 8x4x32 minimum.
somehow 8xs are hard to come by these days... :P

If you can get a little more $$$ you might be able to get a Lite On DVD and a Lite On CDRW for about $130-135 shipped from www.newegg.com



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4x4x24 HP CDRW

[akbar]

i got my toshiba SDR1002 for 100$ , it has 4x dvd and 4X cdrw, i dont care if it takes long as long as it gets the job done , and i had to buy this as i was on a budget and didnt have 2 spaces for having a dvd rom and a CDRW, im ext happy with it!! and its not so slow as you may think...telll me if ur interested..i got mine from www.directron.com

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Seagate. 40 gig, ATA 100, 7200 rpm
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48X Sony Cdrom
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[salehrules]

sounds somewhat decent, but i'm looking for dvd speeds 6x+.
thanks though
i had ordered the hp from buy.com, hoping to get the 100 or 50 dollar rebate to bring it down to 120 something, but they spent so much time processing (instead of shipping within 24-48 hours, i found even after a whole week they hadn't shipped it, and they didn't have any tel. no. or email) i cancelled that.

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[Prince]

Originally posted by salehrules:
sounds somewhat decent, but i'm looking for dvd speeds 6x+.
thanks though
i had ordered the hp from buy.com, hoping to get the 100 or 50 dollar rebate to bring it down to 120 something, but they spent so much time processing (instead of shipping within 24-48 hours, i found even after a whole week they hadn't shipped it, and they didn't have any tel. no. or email) i cancelled that.

I will strongly suggest against HP. Their burner die no matter how much care you take off. Support is really polite either. Called many times. I heared its changed with new burners but I don't believe it.

[datboiwilly]

umm, 4x is SLOW. i had my 4/2/24 from hp for a couple years now and upgraded to a 16x...you'll notice the difference from burning 3cd's in an hour to burning like 15 or so cd's in an hour

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Toshiba 16x DVD-rom
Lite-On 16x/10x/40x
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Samsung 19" Syncmaster 955df

[Vadatajs]

I don't know how they rate reliability wise, but I got a samsung 12x8x32 a couple of months ago for $100. It doesn't have burnproof, but it has an 8mb buffer and I haven't made any coasters yet.

EDIT: Model SW-212B

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[This message has been edited by Vadatajs (edited August 25, 2001).]

[salehrules]

Originally posted by Vadatajs:
I don't know how they rate reliability wise, but I got a samsung 12x8x32 a couple of months ago for $100. It doesn't have burnproof, but it has an 8mb buffer and I haven't made any coasters yet.

EDIT: Model SW-212B

thanks for the responses, but i was looking for either a combo or two separate drives...


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[akbar]

http://www.directron.com/toshiba2.html


Specifications: 8X Record CD-R, 8X Rewrite CD-RW, 8X DVD Read, 32X CD Read. Horizontal or Vertical mount. 650MB capacity. Random Seek Time: DVD read: 120ms; CD-ROM read: 95ms. Data Transfer Rate Sustained: Max 10,816KB/s (DVD-ROM - 8X); Max 5,472KB/s (CD-ROM - 32X). 2MB Buffer. MTBF 100,000 POH's.

Toshiba SD-R1102, CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drives, Internal, IDE, Retail box, Beige (black, silver optional)
CDR-521310Regular price: $199.00Sale price: $189

its a little over ur budget....

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AMD Athlon 1200 @ 1200 mhz 266FSB (tbird)[AXIA ]
Enermax Whisper 350W EG365P-VE(FC)
Toshiba SD-R1002 DVD/CDRW
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Asus A7V133-RAID
Kingston pc133 256 megs SDRAM
Hercules 3D Prophet II 64MB (GForce 2 GTS)
Seagate. 40 gig, ATA 100, 7200 rpm
Realtek Nic 10/100
48X Sony Cdrom
Sblive! Value
Cambridge SoundWorks® SW310
56K Rockwell PCI modem