is this a good dvd burner?

[red ryder]

hey, i'm considering purchasing this dvd burner..."Internal IDE DVD-R/RW Drive" its by Cendyne and has a retail of $300. does the burnt dvd quality differ between different dvd burners? or is the price just a matter of how fast and how many features the burner has and whether its internal or external? and how does the quality of the burnt dvds compare to the originals? are they so close you can't tell the difference? i really appreciate it if you answer one or all of these questions. thankyou.

[BJ_M]

its a re-marked pioneer 104 and a (very) good drive -- internal or external , it all works , but external firewire i like better..

you can buy these now for about $250US btw ...

[musher70]

$169 at office something fri morning after t-giving
wont last too long,hope nobody finds out its the
pio 104,after rebate of 50 bucks i think

[johneboy]

I SOO cant wait to wake up tomorrow morning to get me one of these!!

[eneste]

I went to OfficeMax and got this drive for $169 (counting the $50 rebate) and it says that the model number is the DVR-105. It's not the same picture as the box on the flyer. Is this a Pioneer 104 because it sounds like it's a 105 to me! If so even better deal!!!

[mysterio1]

You got that right it is the pioneer -AO5, I just got it they only had 5 for the whole store it is the new 4X DVD burner, I was very surprised when I got it I had no idea they were going to give me that one. for only $169 after rebate. Yeah baby.

[Chiarobscuro]

Yeah the same thing happened to me, I rush over to Office Max dangerously early, it already happens to be a madhouse I dart into the hardware aisle, forge my way through the masses, pick up the box I saw on the flier and ... it was empty ... damn display box. An employee sneaks up from behind me, says "Oh you want one of those, i'll go get one." I stand around for a few moments looking at the empty box. Suddenly she comes back hands me a box, I stare at it a moment ... look at the display box ... something wasn't right ... the boxes were different. I am standing there puzzled and she assures me that its the same thing but a different box. As I leave the store after a treacherously long wait in the checkout line I realized that the display box had X2 on it ... the one I had in my hands said ... X4 ... woohoo ... all I need to do is install the damn thing.

[mysterio1]

I think we got an early christmas gift from pioneer, thank you pioneer and officemax

[BJ_M]

one sweet deal for sure !!! :P

[eneste]

I think we got an early christmas gift from pioneer, thank you pioneer and officemax

I think that you are right. I too was worried when the guy brought me a different box but he said it was the one in the flyer. He also said it was the last one that they had so I wasn't about to let go of it. Looks like we really lucked out today!

[pimp97max]

dang...i went to officemax, but they didn't seem to have any burners left...so i went to staples, and got them to pricematch the same burner as shown in the flyer...so i got the DVR-104 from staples...is this still only the 2x burner?

maybe i'll go back to officemax and see if they'll let me order a new 4x burner at the same price