Super smoken deal for a DualLayerDVD burner (the 8 gig ones)
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Super smoken deal for a DualLayerDVD burner (the 8 gig ones)
Okay, first go to newegg and buy the NEC ND-2500A drive. It is an 8x DVD-R, DVD+R, 4x DVD-RW drive.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductde ... 012&DEPA=0
On sale now for $68.99 with free shipping!
Okay, so where is the dual layer part? (DVD-R DL)
The ND2500A is the same drive as NECs new drive, the ND2510. The ND2510 is their Dual Layer drive.
All one has to do is update the firmware with a quick windows installer. The process takes about 45 seconds. Then you get the whole enchilada
My drive after the flash this morning:
Firmware is here: here
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductde ... 012&DEPA=0
On sale now for $68.99 with free shipping!
Okay, so where is the dual layer part? (DVD-R DL)
The ND2500A is the same drive as NECs new drive, the ND2510. The ND2510 is their Dual Layer drive.
All one has to do is update the firmware with a quick windows installer. The process takes about 45 seconds. Then you get the whole enchilada
My drive after the flash this morning:
Firmware is here: here
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seems that there is a few drives that offer this "bug"
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... 378&u=8101you can make the LiteOn SOHW-812S (and Sony U18A, and the Gigabyte branded version as well) as well as the NEC ND-2500A and the BenQ 800 and 822 drives dual layer for nothing if you don't mind potentially voiding your warranty.
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Price of product + $20 US for shipping. I've sent stuff to Mobi and G2.roid wrote:(how much would it cost one of you guys to do something like... forward it to me in Brisbane Australia? hypothetically)
Takes like 2-3 weeks to get it, tho', unless you want to pay for express stuff, the price of which I'm not sure.
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I found Verbatim dual-layer DVD's for sale @ Best Buy. The deal is you buy a pack of 10 DVDs and you get 8 DVD R's, 1 DVD RW and one Dual Layer disk
for 30 bucks brick & mortar
or 25.00+shipping online
http://www.supermediastore.com/verbatim ... n-kit.html
Memorex will be rolling out their Dual Layer product in July.
for 30 bucks brick & mortar
or 25.00+shipping online
http://www.supermediastore.com/verbatim ... n-kit.html
Memorex will be rolling out their Dual Layer product in July.
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roid: Just some food for thought...it'll cost me around $11 USD to ship a package under six pounds to Auckland, NZ from Tennessee via the US Postal Service. Not exactly the best way to go, but it beats paying nearly $40 via FexEx. However, it'll take four to six weeks for delivery, which is the real drawback. Just goes to show you how lazy our postal employees are.
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Well kurupt, I gotta agree, but sometimes it's nice to have it all on 1 DVD.
Not to mention that video presented to a client in DVD format is much more impressive than a boring old VHS.
Not that the 4.7 gigabyte disks wouldn't do that job too.
And dual layer prices will come down!
Anyhow, I have the product here, currently contemplating which machine I should install it on. Nice unti, even has a black faceplate!
Anyone have any Dual-layer media?
Not to mention that video presented to a client in DVD format is much more impressive than a boring old VHS.
Not that the 4.7 gigabyte disks wouldn't do that job too.
And dual layer prices will come down!
Anyhow, I have the product here, currently contemplating which machine I should install it on. Nice unti, even has a black faceplate!
Anyone have any Dual-layer media?
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Ok I got mine ... now I have a problem. I have 3 copies of Nero and they are all keyed to specific CD/RW drives ... I cannot use them on this drive. Do I have to go out and buy another software package (more $$$$ obliterating the 'smoken deal') for copying CD/DVDs or does anyone know of a good freeware package I can use?
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STRESSTEST wrote:the best of the best for copying DVDs is free and called DVDshrink. Google that, easy to find
Looks like I still have to buy the burning software after all ...www.dvdshrink.org wrote:DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.
DVD Shrink will also burn your backup DVD, if you have installed the latest version of Nero. You can download a demo version of Nero here. If you already possess alternative burning software and prefer to stick with it, then you can still use DVD Shrink. The output from DVD Shrink can be saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn with software of your choice.
DVD Shrink is free software. You should never pay for DVD Shrink