Update: Boo! Price is now $60, a $10 increase. Must have seen the demand and decided to jack it up to capitalize on it.. congrats to all those who bought it at $50.
Update: Deal is back again with an apparent 399 units left in stock. Hurry and grab one before they disappear again!
Update: ukmark says "I just got one, it said 1 in stock and I bought it. So keep checking back, maybe they have a shopping cart reserve system which times out."
Look under 'DVD-ROM WRITERS (NEW)'
Genuine Pioneer external USB DVD-RW. Great for netbooks without optical drives. $50 with free delivery.
- 20x DVD-R/+R Writing Speed
- 12x DVD-R/+R Dual/Double Layer Writing Speed
- Writes up to 40x on CD-R
- USB 2.0 (requires AC power adapter - included)
Complete with Cyberlink software which allows you to burn DVD/CD content.
With internal DVD-RWs about $65 plus shipping these days, you could order this, rip out the drive and still save $15.
According to TerminalVeloCD on Whirlpool; 'I've received my (first) four. They're all BRAND NEW. All drives have never been used / opened and still have their factory-applied anti-scratch film intact.' He gives them the thumbs up, and he's the resident DVD-RW expert.
The internal drive is SATA. Reports are suggesting it's a DVR-216 inside.
Over 100 in stock as of posting.
Update dangercharlie says: 'Registration email confirmation took a while to come through to my gmail (about 5 mins), so don’t panic!'
Great deal - grabbed mine at 50 clams.
HEY……pulled the drive out - MAKE SURE you test it first before you void the warranty by yanking out - but I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of what I can use the left over external enclosure for?
Seems a waste to toss it……options I've considered:
keep and add another SATA optical drive to it later when they're cheap
mod it and place an optical HDD in it (but this'd be a lot of work and it'd be a pretty poor enclosure (no ventilation and made of plastic
Other than those two dunno - maybe its just a case of binning it being the best option.
Anyone else have any thoughts?