Page 1 of Aldi DVD burner £79.99 & other stuff

I find this Forum totally addictive & very useful. I`m a new member, and maybe you avid baragin hunters already know this, but if your register on the Aldi website www.aldi-stores.co.uk/ they will send you a list of their special offer bargains every week, by email. This week`s offers are a DVD burner for £80, and a 160GB external hard drive for £120.

Of course there`s a lot of old tat always on offer as well, but my recent bench mounted grinder for £11.99 is great, and that video sender for £29.99 worked a treat (still got `em at Long Eaton store - but not on display - YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR THEM).

i wanted one of those video senders from aldi but didnt have any left when i went to my local one. and its very local - 3 min walk!

id be extremely grateful if someone could get me on and post it for me. obviously i will send a cheque (or paypal/nochex) and cover the postage

if anyone hc.kram....nac[at]ten.nigriv

That external hard drive sounds very interesting.

I`m not too techie with this stuff, so can anyone tell me how that would work? Is it just a USB job, then it shows up in my computer as a regular hard drive?

Kev

Yep. With Win Xp/2000 should just appear as an external drive after you`ve plugged it in. With win 98, probably need to install a driver from a disk (odds are against it running with Win 95 - usually don`t have the drivers).

Would probably do better with Firewire connection though (supplied I think), as you`d get faster throughput than USB.

Think these external units were primarily designed with backup in mind, rather than expansion.

SN

This item was edited on Saturday, 3rd January 2004, 22:54

external usb hd, yes mate load drivers in that should come with the kit and when u plug into usb, extra removable hd will appear, with hd`s its far better to have usb 2.0 has its 20x faster than the older 1.1usb, all depends on your motherboard if it has version 1.1 or version 2.0 but should run on either just quicker access and transfer speeds on 2.0, check your motherboard manual or if u look in your device manager should say version 2.0 like mine.Ive used a few of these external hd`s on a few pcs find windows 2000 pro and a usb 2.0 will give best results, also if u intend to plug this hd into more than one pc check there operating system ie windows 98se/ me/ 2000 pro/ xp all support usb devices but if windows 98se/me do not support ntfs file format(windows 2000/xp do support ntfs) so hd will have to be formatted in fat 32 for these os`s to work with it, hope this is of help to you.

That Dvd burner has the same spec as my Pioneer 106 and suspiciously looks the same apart from the Medion badge on the front , whether it is a rebadged 106 or not it is still a good deal with the software and 3 year warranty.

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Wayne

This item was edited on Sunday, 4th January 2004, 00:12

Could well be. My new Medion PC (Cybermaxx), has a DVD writer, and its the Pioneer 106 too.

Mark.

Wll the DVD burner could well be as we shop there sometimes and i no alot of there foods ar etop makes but renamed for aldi shops so the same could work for medion. I`m gunna buy one of them i think anyone think its a bad idea or a good buy? please mail me at the email address below (if it work`s LOL)

Thanks Becky

This item was edited on Sunday, 4th January 2004, 01:58

Am I right in thinking that this comes with the software that normally costs an extra £30 quid and is not included with most burners?

This from the Aldi e-mail:-

`DVD Burner £79.99
Take advantage of DVD storage with this multi format DVD Burner. Burns DVD in both 'positive' and 'negative' formats. A single DVD will hold 4.37Gb of files, ample storage space for movies, images etc. Write speeds: 16 x CD-R, 4 x DVD-R, 4 x DVD+R. Re-write speeds: 10 x CD-RW, 2 x DVD-RW, 24 x DVD+RW. Read speeds: 12 x DVD, 32 x CD. Also burns and reads CDs!! Comes complete with DVD copy, DVD recorder, DVD creator and discmaster software, one blank DVD and installation cable. Should you have a standard colour PC then simply order a standard face for your DVD Burner free of charge, through the customer helpline. Complete with manufacturer's three year warranty and customer helpline number`