DM8000 DVD Burner

[B16MCC]

HI guys, I was surfing the dreambox sites today and spotted this, the internal DVD burner drive for the DM8000.

_https://sslrelay.com/s99233214.oneandoneshop.co.uk/sess/utn;jsessionid=15499d8a6993fd3/shopdata/0111_DREAMBOX+DM8000+DVD+DRIVES/product_overview.shopscript

The purpose of this post is to determine what exactly is the requirement for the DVD drive in the DM8000. You'll notice this guy wants £129 for this drive. Is he taking the f8cking p1ss ! Safe to say, this guy has a bad reputation and I would stay well clear.

Here's a couple of alternatives but will anything do ???

_http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pioneer-DVR-TD08-8x-DVDR-6x-DVDDL-DVDplusRW-x8-R-x6-Ram-x5-SATA-black-oem

_http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=964139

As you can see these drives are around the £30 mark. The site I've used does have a good rep !

I'm not a Dm8000 owner yet, I'm waiting for the £ to recover a little, but when it does, I'll be having one. Just thought this might be one thing people are looking at.

Regards
MCC.

 

[Llew]

Moving hastily on from your first link :-Nooo

I have a Samsung SN-S083A, so far no problems with it.
This is a tray type drive, there's also a slot-in one (SN-T083A) available.

Someone has had some problems with the LiteOn model you have referenced, may be just a problem drive.

Can't speak for the Pioneer model, probably OK.

Llew

 

[B16MCC]

So there's no special requirements mate ? Any laptop sata drive will do ?

 

[Llew]

AFAIK they all have the same form factor and connections - 7-pin SATA+6 pin power terminal for the DB8000 adaptor to plug into.

Llew

 

[B16MCC]

Having just ordered the DM8000 I'm now hot on the tail of a slot loading DVD burner for it. I'm surprised how hard it is to find something suitable. There's plenty of tray loading DVD burners around , but finding a slot loading sata burner is proving difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions please ?

 

[Llew]

Hi MCC

The Sony AD-7670S slot-in drive is OK for the DM8000. A search will yield several sellers in the UK.

Llew

 

[B16MCC]

Great , thanks mate. The part no. is a great help.

Ordered . Amazon £45

 

[Llew]

When the package arrives, there's a nice shiny black box inside. Make sure you don't lose the DVD adaptor which lurked at the bottom of mine - I had to get back up the loft to retrieve it

Oh, and there's another shiny black box in there too - the DB8000

Llew

 

[B16MCC]

Lol, yeah I read what you wrote about that mate. Cheers. Here's hoping for a DM8000 by thursday !

 

[CROSSBONES]

That was a quick change of mind B16MCC! I cant wait to get hold of a 8000 either.

Will look forward to your views on it mate;)

 

[B16MCC]

Yeah , the temptation got the better of me mate. Screw the £. It will probably be 2 years before it gets anywhere close.

I'll be writing a lot about the 8000 as I did with the 800.