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Office Max may very well have this on sale for Black Friday for only $40 (after instant/mail-in rebates). Is anyone aware of the actual manufacturer? I'm also wondering about the viability of the mail-in rebate itself...

I might pick this up or the I/O Magic 16X dual-layer burner on sale at Staples the same morning (this is most likely BenQ, yes?).

Whatever I choose, this will be my first DVD burner.

yea i/o drive is more than likely benq

Don't hold me to it but I think the Digital Max is a LiteOn drive.

You have to watch those OfficeMax mail in rebates. I must have mailed in 40 of those when they were running all those free after rebate specials a while ago. About 5-10 were deemed invalid for no good reason. I had to call them and resubmit some of them to get the rebates. If you aren't good at following up on rebates than I would recommend against it.

I got a Western Digital a couple years back that required a rebate....had no problems receiving it. I don't remember if the rebate was from OM or Western Digital, however.

This also isn't a free after rebate item, so maybe the excess scrutiny won't be present? I will say that I've never had a rebate denied, but I've probably done only around 10 or so total, from different sources.

Thanks for that link, Overclock. I'm thinking the I/O Magic is a better gamble at this stage. LiteOn hasn't done so well in the dvd burning sector.

Jim wrote:You have to watch those OfficeMax mail in rebates. I must have mailed in 40 of those when they were running all those free after rebate specials a while ago. About 5-10 were deemed invalid for no good reason. I had to call them and resubmit some of them to get the rebates. If you aren't good at following up on rebates than I would recommend against it.

exactly right. I hate Officemax rebates.

vinnie97 wrote:Office Max may very well have this on sale for Black Friday for only $40 (after instant/mail-in rebates). Is anyone aware of the actual manufacturer? I'm also wondering about the viability of the mail-in rebate itself...

I might pick this up or the I/O Magic 16X dual-layer burner on sale at Staples the same morning (this is most likely BenQ, yes?).

Whatever I choose, this will be my first DVD burner.

Just be prepared to be on line an hour (or more) before the store opens if you want to find one at OM.
Staples may not have as big a line.

Yes, the local Staples traffic was surprisingly light last BF!

BenQ as the manufacturer, easy-going Staples, I doubt I'll concern myself with Office Max. I think there's even a free-after-rebate shredder @ Staples to further sweeten the trip.

Went to my local Office Max yesterday (Tuesday) and they had one of the $39.99 Black Friday Digital Max drive out on the floor . $99.99 regular price. Box said it has "Smart Burn" and "Smart X".

Also has a web site for other info: WWW.GODIGITALMAX.COM

Looks like a LiteOn to me .

Yeah, I'd say its a Lite-On.

so did anyone pick this drive up?

is it a lite on?

I grabbed one but don't know how to tell if it is or not

how can I tell?

I picked up this drive...but as you can tell I am a noob...with this being my first POST. So needless to say I would like to know also so that I can FLASH it to the newest fimware that was just released.

ANYBODY KNOW FOR SURE???

Brass

look here noob:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18297

The digital max dvd rw is definately a LiteOn unit.Check it out here;
http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/English/e_p ... w1633s.asp