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expiredIggster posted Jun 21, 2022 09:20 PM
expiredIggster posted Jun 21, 2022 09:20 PM

LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive (Black)

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Best Buy has LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive (Black, SP80NB80) for $19.99. Choose store pick up where stock permits otherwise shipping is free on orders of $35+.

Target has LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive (Black, SP80NB80) for $19.99. Choose store pick up where stock permits otherwise shipping is free for RedCard Holders or on orders of $35+.

Thanks to Community Members Iggster and beerguy419 for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • Software CD ROM and USB cable
Features (source):
  • For DVD+R/R DL/RW, DVD-R/R DL/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, CD-R/RW/ROM and CD-DA media
  • 6x maximum DVD±R DL write speeds and 8x maximum DVD±R write speeds
  • 8x maximum DVD-ROM SL/DL read speeds
  • 5x maximum DVD-RAM write speed

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $20 lower (50% savings) than the list price of $39.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 10,000 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Targets return policy here
    • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found .here
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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Best Buy has LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive (Black, SP80NB80) for $19.99. Choose store pick up where stock permits otherwise shipping is free on orders of $35+.

Target has LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive (Black, SP80NB80) for $19.99. Choose store pick up where stock permits otherwise shipping is free for RedCard Holders or on orders of $35+.

Thanks to Community Members Iggster and beerguy419 for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • Software CD ROM and USB cable
Features (source):
  • For DVD+R/R DL/RW, DVD-R/R DL/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, CD-R/RW/ROM and CD-DA media
  • 6x maximum DVD±R DL write speeds and 8x maximum DVD±R write speeds
  • 8x maximum DVD-ROM SL/DL read speeds
  • 5x maximum DVD-RAM write speed

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $20 lower (50% savings) than the list price of $39.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 10,000 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Targets return policy here
    • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period.
    • Information about Best Buy returns can be found .here
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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Action101
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them good old days buying the 100-packs CD-R and DVD-R blank discs. The memories!
ryanstein
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Agreed! I've actually been waiting for one to go on sale at a decent price. Importing medical records (had to do that for a second opinion recently), burning classic games for CD based consoles, ripping CDs and DVDs for Plex, etc. Just because people don't do these things doesn't mean other people don't have very valid and frequent uses for things. I'm glad some people on here see that rather than threadcrap on other people's purchases and posts.
beerguy419
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$20 at Target with free shipping and 5% off. With Red card. Not the greatest reviews though.

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Quote from 02nz :
Amazing to me how many people on this website lack the imagination to understand that just because they don't need something doesn't make it unnecessary for everyone else.
Agreed! I've actually been waiting for one to go on sale at a decent price. Importing medical records (had to do that for a second opinion recently), burning classic games for CD based consoles, ripping CDs and DVDs for Plex, etc. Just because people don't do these things doesn't mean other people don't have very valid and frequent uses for things. I'm glad some people on here see that rather than threadcrap on other people's purchases and posts.
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polymorphicdealJun 23, 2022 12:56 AM
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Quote from OmahaJeff :
Pretty sure it's one that runs on sarcasm and is oiled by other's inability to get a joke. 🤨
Did you not get his joke?
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hskannerJun 23, 2022 12:56 AM
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Thanks OP. New CPU has no optical drive, and for the 3x/year need to read a disk, these are great, plus I can use all my spools of blanks that I purchased 15+ years ago
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Quote from Action101 :
them good old days buying the 100-packs CD-R and DVD-R blank discs. The memories!
The Memorex*
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I appreciate this post for teaching me about a decade-old technology that I completely missed 😂😂
Decade-old? That's funny. CD was released in 1984, CD-R on 1988, DVD in 1995 and CD/DVD-RW in 1997..

Honestly, I never burned a DVD but CDs were the mix-tape of my teens man.
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Quote from MyBallsItch :
I could use this to backup all my 5 1/4" floppy disks?
Have to transfer to zipdisk first..

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What is a CD?
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tags318Jun 23, 2022 02:38 AM
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What software is it?
CyberLink Media suite:
Power Director 16 (video editor)
Power DVD (Movie and media player)
Photo Director 9 (Photo adjustment & Design)
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ebolaboiJun 23, 2022 03:06 AM
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Quote from impasse :
afaik, and someone may correct me on this, but the lasers used for reading/writing dvd and br are separate, as they're different wavelengths, so theoretically one shouldn't affect the other..but my current external bd drive seems to do poorly on dvd+r, but fine on dvd+r dl and any writable bd and bd dl
Probably, but its only 20 bucks. I can carry around if needed. Not worry about my BR drive getting broken, lost or stolen.
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starcaptorJun 23, 2022 03:43 AM
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Burning CDs and DVDs are a core memory of my childhood, just as much as getting an HP Touchpad on SD was my most memorable experience buying anything retail, lol.

Forgive me as I go totally off topic...staring at a stack of Maxell DVD+R on my desk right now which came with me when I moved six years ago...

I remember when I bought my first CDR drive in mid 1997 for the low, low price of $549 (seriously, normal drives back then were $800 plus) ,a Yamaha CRW4260S

I still remember having to get a dedicated SCSI card with a SCSI CDR drive so that I did not have to deal with buffer underruns (before BURN-Proof was a thing). And then when you bought your spools of disks you always wondered if the dye on it was the good stuff (Taiyo Yudens) or the cheap stuff (CMC Magnetics), and how TDK would randomly switch formulas from one to the other.

You always wanted a Plextor drive as those were the gold standard before they sold off their brand.

High school was filled with trying to get the right dyes, burn speeds, and software (Padus Discjuggler or Adaptec Easy CD Creator, and eventually Nero Burning ROM) to burn PS1 disks...

College was filled with burning tons and tons of anime and warez to DVDs. By then, drives were a time a dozen.

Honestly, unless you are just getting a drive to read your MRI from a recent scan, getting a BD-R drive with the ability to read/rip 4k should be the bare minimum in this era...and that is VERY bare minimum. The movie buffs are the remaining holdouts...and those of us who need to boot OS install media on legacy hardware...thats about it Frown
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MOO7Jun 23, 2022 03:48 AM
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Quote from starcaptor :
Burning CDs and DVDs are a core memory of my childhood, just as much as getting an HP Touchpad on SD was my most memorable experience buying anything retail, lol.

Forgive me as I go totally off topic...staring at a stack of Maxell DVD+R on my desk right now which came with me when I moved six years ago...

I remember when I bought my first CDR drive in mid 1997 for the low, low price of $549 (seriously, normal drives back then were $800 plus) ,a Yamaha CRW4260S

I still remember having to get a dedicated SCSI card with a SCSI CDR drive so that I did not have to deal with buffer underruns (before BURN-Proof was a thing). And then when you bought your spools of disks you always wondered if the dye on it was the good stuff (Taiyo Yudens) or the cheap stuff (CMC Magnetics), and how TDK would randomly switch formulas from one to the other.

You always wanted a Plextor drive as those were the gold standard before they sold off their brand.

High school was filled with trying to get the right dyes, burn speeds, and software (Padus Discjuggler or Adaptec Easy CD Creator, and eventually Nero Burning ROM) to burn PS1 disks...

College was filled with burning tons and tons of anime and warez to DVDs. By then, drives were a time a dozen.

Honestly, unless you are just getting a drive to read your MRI from a recent scan, getting a BD-R drive with the ability to read/rip 4k should be the bare minimum in this era...and that is VERY bare minimum. The movie buffs are the remaining holdouts...and those of us who need to boot OS install media on legacy hardware...thats about it Frown
There's Dreamcast out there that still need games burnt. Glad they came out with ODE to allow us to keep using original consoles whenever the OD fails. PS2 runs great off Hard drives, SD, network drives glad the other consoles like SS and DC have the same option now.
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starcaptorJun 23, 2022 03:57 AM
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Quote from MOO7 :
There's Dreamcast out there that still need games burnt. Glad they came out with ODE to allow us to keep using original consoles whenever the OD fails. PS2 runs great off Hard drives, SD, network drives glad the other consoles like SS and DC have the same option now.
I love all of the ODEs that have come out for the DC as well as the GCN and other legacy consoles. Im not hard core enough to need native hardware for everything (although I prefer hardware with native support for older consoles, like the PS3 phat and the WiiU, my two fav "retro: consoles, lol). However, the PS1 was where I really had my teeth cut, especially when you wanted to play import games. Good mod chips, a good burner, good media, and a broadband connection...all had to be perfectly aligned. How else could you play DDR in the 90s, lol.
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genivJun 23, 2022 05:04 AM
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Quote from 02nz :
Amazing to me how many people on this website lack the imagination to understand that just because they don't need something doesn't make it unnecessary for everyone else.
you sir hit it on the spot.
as an IT person it's better to have one in hand then not have it. you come across old system once in a while.

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GoldenTigerJun 23, 2022 05:13 AM
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Movies. Not everyone has 4k tvs so dvd movies it is
No, regular Blu ray it is.

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