Aldi Dvd burner going for 130 quid

ando

I taught this thread should get a mention in the Bargain forum

yellum

Its a cloned Pioneer 06 allegedly. Good value.

violenza

This tread suggests that you can't upgrade the firmware, you might need to use babel fish to translate...any ideas???

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?threadid=82116&highlight=medion

Stephen

flashman at rpc1.org has made a tool that can apparently flash any OEM pioneer drive (i.e Asus, Teac, Medion etc) to the "real" pioneer firmware.

violenza

Yep...looks good.

Thanks..

acid

overclockers.co.uk has an 8x speed writer for about €120 (+ delivery)

MSI DR8-A 8x DVD±R/±RW

8x DVD+R writing / 4x DVD+RW rewriting
4x DVD-R writing / 2x DVD-RW rewriting / 12x DVD-ROM reading
40x CD-R writing / 24x CD-RW rewriting / 40x CD-ROM reading
BURN-Proof™ prevents buffer underrun and minimizes recording failures
Supported over-burn feature
Supported 99 (870MB) or 90min (800MB) CD-R disc
Supported 8cm or 12cm disc diameter
2MB internal buffer
Firmware upgradeable

Stephen

Its only 8x for +R discs though.

mayto

the nec 2500a dvd burner (bulk) writes 8x for+/- r and 4x +/- rw and svp are sellling it for 168 euro incl. delivery http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html from today,the 6th. waiting for info off oc-freak on cdfreaks.com about it before i buy one as pioneer a07 with same specs is out in a few weeks.

viking

On page 18 of the Irish Sun today, there is a full page ad for Aldi but the price of the DVD burner is 199.99 Euro??

Can anyone confirm the correct price?

viking

Roshomon

Well the price on the Aldi specials leaflet is 130 so thats more than likely correct.

And anyways 199.99 would hardly be a good price for this burner seeing as you can pick up the Pioneer A06 for about 155 delivered from UK.

Rosh

GerardKeating

Originally posted by viking
On page 18 of the Irish Sun today, there is a full page ad for Aldi but the price of the DVD burner is 199.99 Euro??

The web site sayes EUR 129.99 and has done so for some time.

an_taoiseach

Would one of you give Aldi in Sandyford a call tomorrow and point out the error ?

I have found them to be very approachable. ( Dont fall off your chair ) - they may even thank you for pointing this out.

I'd do it myself but I'm travelling for most of tomorrow


An T

ixoy

So is this offer still worth getting? Is it confirmed as a Pioneer 106 rather than "it looks like one kinda"? I wants me a burner...

viking

Aldi in Parnell Street had 8 dvd burners available! Eight !!!

I was in the first 15 and was pretty sure that I would be able to get one. They took people's names and phone numbers in case they were able to get anymore but I won't hold my breath.

Eight!!!

Jaysus, what a waste of an hour...

PS. They only had about 3 external Hard Disks available....

viking

ixoy

Bo77ocks! I was going to send Father down at lunch time to pick one up for me! Well if they're gone already, he may as well not bother. Thanks for letting us know.
Dabsdirect, here I come!

Roshomon

Arghhhh..I also wasted an hour of my life!
An hour I could have been sleeping.
And I was late for work!!

Eight is not enough damnit!!


Rosh

viking

Rosh,

Was this at the store in Parnell Street?

viking

parsi

Aldi in Ballincollig was cleared out as well - I went there for the HDD (which I got) , was about 7th in the queue and I noticed that the burners were nearly all gone.. when I left there was one still there...

Roshomon

Originally posted by viking
Rosh,

Was this at the store in Parnell Street?

viking

Yup, i think i was talking to you but i could be mistaken!

For all those that missed out on the burner you can get the Pioneer A06 at dabs.co.uk for €123 before delivery. If you know someone in NI delivery is fairly cheap there.

Also, hopefully the Pioneer A06 will drop in price as i read somewhere that the A07 is on its way


rosh

carrotcake

is there anywhere online that has a similar external hard drive at around the same price? i had a look around myself and came up with nothing. my dad wanted to get one, so went up to coolock for 8am but went down the wrong side of the aisle. by the time got to the other side they were all gone!

ozmo

Originally posted by carrotcake
is there anywhere online that has a similar external hard drive at around the same price? i had a look around myself and came up with nothing. my dad wanted to get one, so went up to coolock for 8am but went down the wrong side of the aisle. by the time got to the other side they were all gone!

Maplin have a USB2.0 External Hardisk box. You just pop in an IDE drive.
I think it was about 45 euros in the Christmas sales.

oneweb

Yep, couldn't believe when I heard the security guy at the Parnell Street branch sayin' they only had _8_ burners! Also that they only had _3_ HDs (but I didn't want one of those so that didn't matter) I foolishly let some smelly oul' fella in front of me thinkin he wanted a bargain shoe holder or somethin. Turns out he wanted a burner and a HD :O (ever so naive, ever so polite - I've gotta cop on and get mean. Grrrrr).

So they took names. I got the manager to check Coolock but they had also run out. Their numbers are ex-directory fyi, manager wouldn't give the number of any store

You'd think they wouldn't bother advertising them in the mainstream papers when they're only gonna get 8 ffs :rolleyes:

Recognised at least one face from boards.

Wonder how many burners/hds the staff availed of???...

Stephen

I got one of the burners from Aldi carlow this morning. Apparently they only had six in stock.

viking

There are 11 Aldi stores in Ireland. If each store had 8 drives available to the public then that makes 88 drives in total for the whole of Ireland!

What a pathetic "promotion"....

I got one of the burners from Aldi carlow this morning. Apparently they only had six in stock.

Ah, you must work in Aldi so....

viking

ozt9vdujny3srf

I missed out aswell, its a wee bit of a nasty marketing trick imo. The dvd burner offer was probably designed to get people into the shop so they would buy other products aswell.

ozt9vdujny3srf

http://www.dabs.com/uk/productView.htm?quicklinx=2NB6

spongebob

Dabs HAH!

UKP 105 + UKP 30 delivery (and out of stock)

Blankdiskshop

UKP 84 + UKP 15 Deliver (out of stock too but have a look at the whole list)

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html

ixoy

Originally posted by Muck
Dabs HAH!

UKP 105 + UKP 30 delivery (and out of stock)

Blankdiskshop

UKP 84 + UKP 15 Deliver (out of stock too but have a look at the whole list)

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html

Umm that's the Pioneer 106 for that price whereas the Dabs one is the Pioneer A06. Dabs sell the Pioneer 106 for 85 sterling here
So what's the difference between the two models?

oneweb

Originally posted by ixoy
So what's the difference between the two models?

One's Retail boxed (A06), one's OEM (106).

Paul007

I missed out in Aldi today aswell.
No sooner had the doors opened the damn things were gone.

I'd buy one online but I haven't got a credit card.
Does anyone know any sites that accept other methods of payment?

ixoy

Originally posted by oneweb
One's Retail boxed (A06), one's OEM (106).

So essentially the only difference is some software [already have Nero 6] and a couple of cables [easy to pick up]? That's the sole difference?

BigEejit

I missed the burner in the Aldi in Ballincollig ... I got stuck in traffic (some gobshíte on the back road) and by the time I arrived at 9:10 they were gone ... seemed to be a good few usb drives in peoples hands though ... saw someone with two of them

spongebob

Originally posted by oneweb
One's Retail boxed (A06), one's OEM (106).

/me Duh! . The Aldi yoke was more comparable to the Retail version given the software bundle . I got there late as well but there is a stack of inkjet refills and of photo glossy paper in Galway as I write.

M

carrotcake

Originally posted by ozmo
Maplin have a USB2.0 External Hardisk box. You just pop in an IDE drive.
I think it was about 45 euros in the Christmas sales.

thanks

oneweb

Whoever was lucky enough to get one - there's a firmware update here

OK so,
komplett (click twice) have them for €210 plus del, (the Pioneer 106, no software mentioned tho(?))

itdirect have them for €251 (the Pioneer A06, no software mentioned tho(?))

I came across a site that had them for €169 (the Pioneer 106 w/o software). Will try to backtrack to find out who if anyone wants to know.

Feck, had I realised how good value they were I woulda gotten up an hour earlier and also not chanced the first bus which took waay longer to get in What time did ppl start queuing?

Stephen

I certainly do not work for aldi!

A friend went in in the morning for me, got towards the top of the queue. I had to be at work myself.

I won't actually get my hands on the thing until sunday night.

ozmo

Originally posted by oneweb
Whoever was lucky enough to get one - there's a firmware update here

OK so,
komplett (click twice) have them for €210 plus del, (the Pioneer 106, no software mentioned tho(?))

itdirect have them for €251 (the Pioneer A06, no software mentioned tho(?))

Dont get so stuck on the A06. The NEC 1100 (DVD+R only) and 1300 (DVD+-R)
are just as good if not better/faster at reading and much cheaper.
Available here for 126 euros (+ about 10 for delivery)

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&sku=117959&p=&t=&l=&AvdID=1&CatID=&GrpID=&cks=SER

Iomega do a rebadged NEC1300 even cheaper. And this is the one Dell
give with their PC's.