Rebate:
Sony Optiarc BR-5100S 2x Blu-ray Drive $70 at ZipZoomFly
Zip Zoom Fly has the Sony Optiarc BR-5100S 2x Blu-ray Drive for $85 - $15 rebate [Exp 8/20] = $70 with free shipping. Reads Blu-ray discs at 2x, DVD-ROM at 8x, and CD-ROM at 24x. 2 MB buffer memory.
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#1
bridgebuilder - Posted 6:19 pm PDT 07/26/09 (72 Posts)
Anyone have any reviews on this drive good or bad?
#2
bunga28 - Posted 7:18 pm PDT 07/26/09 (21 Posts)
what are you smoking? According to zzf site, "Sony Optiarc BR-5100S-0B SATA 2X Blu-ray Drive (Black), Bulk." Where does it say 5x for Blu-Ray and DVD+-RW? This drive is a ROM drive! $70 at the old hen with no rebate mumbo jumbo.
#3
attki - Posted 7:21 pm PDT 07/26/09 (39 Posts)
First of all it's 2x not 5x, reviews on newegg are mixed: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16827118013
#4
attki - Posted 7:24 pm PDT 07/26/09 (39 Posts)
BTW on new egg it's $69.99 free shipping.
#5
biggsmatthews - Posted 7:33 pm PDT 07/26/09 (11 Posts)
I've been holding my tongue for a while but this site has really fallen in quality. I saw this deal on my iPhone and then stopped a movie I was watching with my wife to fire up the desktop to come over and buy this thinking that it was a DVD+-RW and Blu-Ray drive. And then I find out that it's not. I don't know how much revenue I've made you in the past but I've bought several things linked through here and I'm not sure if I'll be doing that in the future. This oversight is not an isolated incident either.
#6
astrokat - Posted 8:44 pm PDT 07/26/09 (76 Posts)
You and your wife were watching a movie on your iPhone?
#7
tiburoncito2000 - Posted 9:12 pm PDT 07/26/09 (1362 Posts)
too good to be true, too sad it not what is advertised. I guess you are right too about a lot of items that are no longer available of hyping things up and getting disappointed when ordering..
#8
Nageek18 - Posted 9:23 pm PDT 07/26/09 (66 Posts)
no, he was watching a movie and saw the ad on his iphone
#9
jpnfun - Posted 2:23 am PDT 07/27/09 (528 Posts)
Thanks for all the comments guys. I just want a cheap way to play Blu-ray dvds. If I buy a case for this, can I then hook up an hdmi cable between my tv and laptop and use this? Also, is this region free?
#10
bunga28 - Posted 3:44 am PDT 07/27/09 (21 Posts)
@jpnfun. Surely you meant b/w your TV and Desktop. it's region-free since you can re-program the Blu-ray drive region in Windows. You have 5 tries (switches of back-and-forth) before it's locked.
#11
sethook - Posted 7:05 am PDT 07/27/09 (1163 Posts)
BOGUS ALERT.
Ben, Ben, Ben. Come on pal. You can do better than this. It's a ROM for gawds sake. Ain't no burning going to happen with this unit.
"BR-5100S is ideal as an ultimate ROM solution"
#12
dr__toddsucks - Posted 10:12 am PDT 07/27/09 (44 Posts)
#5, can you hold another appendage for me?
sincerely,
toddsucks
sincerely,
toddsucks
#13
dave_c - Posted 11:00 am PDT 07/27/09 (7521 Posts)
Did you really need to read specs to know a $70 drive isn't a BR burner?
#14
biggsmatthews - Posted 6:34 pm PDT 07/27/09 (11 Posts)
#12
I was so offended by your message until I saw that I was being denegraded by the one and only toddsucks. It's an honor. Keep bensbargains dirty.
I was so offended by your message until I saw that I was being denegraded by the one and only toddsucks. It's an honor. Keep bensbargains dirty.
#15
rebaits - Posted 8:51 pm PDT 07/27/09 (19 Posts)
Good one to use my sony points!
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