External dual layer DVD Burner £59.99 from March 3rd

mike_paterson

External DVD Burner
Just got an email from Aldi - From March 3rd they have External dual layer DVD Burners for £59.99 - this is a great price for an external drive and is ideal for anyone that has a laptop (like me)!



Take advantage of DVD storage with this top specification multi format dual layer EXTERNAL DVD burner. Burns DVDs in both 'positive' and 'negative' formats. A single DVD will hold 8.4Gb of files, ample storage space for movies, images etc. Write speeds: 40 x CD-R, 16 x DVD-R, 16 x DVD+R. Re-write speeds: 40 x CD-RW, 4 x DVD-RW, 4 x DVD+RW. Also burns and reads CDs! Complete with manufacturer's three year warranty, customer helpline number, Nero burning software (OEM version), firewire cable and USB cable. † Check pack for warranty details. The warranty may be available via the distributor or the manufacturer.


£ 59.99

shrek101

Heres the link

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_91.html

skdotcom

Does anyone know if this is a good deal? You can get a similar spec NEC internal one for about £35, which i know is a good buy. I've never heard of the manufacturer Gericom so am a bit wary.

shrek101

They aint like for like though, yes you can get the NEC for £35 but you pay more for an external one. I have heard of Gericom before I think Aldi stocked some Gericom hard drives in a while back.

amit_1

skdotcom wrote:

Does anyone know if this is a good deal? You can get a similar spec NEC internal one for about £35, which i know is a good buy. I've never heard of the manufacturer Gericom so am a bit wary.

where can u get the NEC 1 from?

HairyHatMan

According to their website, they're available now....

Aldi special buys

Oh, no they're not, it's just changed!

I'll get my coat

LongDongDave

skdotcom wrote:

I've never heard of the manufacturer Gericom so am a bit wary.

It's a German company that makes most of the laptops and desktops for Aldi. Last year i bought a DVD burner from Aldi, it had Gericom on the box. On closer inspection of the actual burner, it was a Pioneer with the Gericom logo on the tray.

seth

skdotcom wrote:

Does anyone know if this is a good deal? You can get a similar spec NEC internal one for about £35, which i know is a good buy. I've never heard of the manufacturer Gericom so am a bit wary.

To compare ebuyer have some external driver but these are more than the Aldi offer. Don't wory about the drive it will be known manufacturer. Even KNOWN Brands like HP acually use OEM drives from Philips. Sony used to do this with Ricoh drives until they got their own plant and designed the DRU-500.

Plus there is no P&P as you buy it from a store.

The NEC is great for an internal drive but you are not comparing like with like.

To put a DVD Drive like the NEC in an external case and PSU connectors costs about £40 for the case cables and PSU. Remeber that DVD writers use more power than HD or CD writer (laser is more powerful) the Sony Drive draw 2amps! So you need a beefy Power supply for the external drive.

3 years plus warantee and customer helpline is great, a good deal.

Flange

amit_1 wrote:

where can u get the NEC 1 from?

Try https://www.svp.co.uk for cheap NEC drives - prices seem to be dropping by the week! Register for their Buyers Club - and every now and then they will do 99p shipping weekends!

caverncity

Gericom is a German Phone

Klinsmann

I just bought an MSI (a decent name in the PC world I believe, certainly hope so, I have my motherboard from them too) external USB2 dvd writer for £65 including delivery and VAT from Dabs. It came with Nero OEM and "Cyberlink dvd solution" cd's. Looks a really solid and smart piece of kit. Also, referring to an earlier post, it runs off mains and not the PC's power supply.

http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/cdanddvdreaderswriters/dvdwriters/productView.htm?quicklinx=39VH