Yeah, they bundle the DVD with it and drop the price from $399 to $299…

Erik

exactly…that’s a bundle offer, but Sony does not provide an optical drive otherwise with the X505

and that price would quite easily shoot over 3500 with the taxes since I dont think there’s any state where they dont charge ST.

I aint burning dvd all the time :D but if by adding 150$ i can get an internal drive i think it worth it. I dont feet like getting an external drive that will almost be as heavy as my tr.

Did the panasonic guy say something about availability in europe ( and specially in belgium)
txs

For about 1800 quid here in the UK we get the whole package, and as far as i know thats really the only deal available to us.

[quote author=“writetovarun”]For about 1800 quid ....

sorry for my ignorance but 1800 what??? Dont forget uk in an island… we belgians deal with euros :D
what does the full pack contain ?

quid or british pound: the basic unit of money in great britain

Ok i just checked…

Wireless LAN 802.11b/g PC Card (PCWA-C300S/B)
Memory Card Adapter (VGP-MCA10)
i.LINK™ DVD±RW drive (PCGA-DDRW2)
Carrying pouch (main unit)
cleaning cloth
Plus ofcourse the Machine… and the price , well thats come down now, to about 1761 GBR with VAT, or 1499 GBR without VAT.

well thanks bro, but i dont need the all package.. just de drive

A simple answer I’ve come up here with is to place a DVD burner on my network.  That way I can burn discs without having to lug around the physical drive.  This might work best for people that have a huge network with many puters on it.  I have computers set for remedial tasks..I just hooked up the drive to one of those and set it to be shared on the network.

I cant seem to find the price of JUST the drive. I had checked the Micro Anvika website but they said they dont sell just the drive. Weird !!

I just called every single vaio/sony center, sales rep or call center for europe and they kind of kicked me out.. made me bounce from on to the other.. without any results. I called panasonic belgium as well they told that it s non of their business anymore..
sad thing :?  :cry:

Any of you selling one? How much ??
From europe ??
thanks

As a follow up to your search for the UJ-812 OEM unit, Panasonic Industrial US responded to my request as follows:

Dear Mr. Ishii,

Very sorry but the UJ-812 drive is currently sold to global OEM’s only (e.g., Dell, HP, IBM, etc.). However, our UJ-825-BPN slim-slot DVD MULTI Drive is currently sold through our Distribution channel and may be a good fit for your application. These fine distributors can provide you with our UJ-825-BPN slim-slot DVD MULTI Drive as well as genuine Panasonic-brand DVD-RAM/DVD-R media (see our media products listed on the web at http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/computer/storage/dvdram/prods/specs.htm) and our other storage products as follows:

1. Sunland International
6280 - P San Ignacio Avenue
San Jose, CA 95119
U.S.A.
Toll Free: 1-800-816-1886
Phone: 408-225-6900
Fax: 408-225-6985
Contact: Brian Friss
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.Sunland-Intl.com

2. Sherlock Systems
1570 Barclay Blvd.
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 U.S.A.
Contact: Mr. Michael Mills
Tel: (847) 520-7711; 800-942-2120
Fax: (847) 520-7818
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Web: http://www.sherlocksystems.com

3. ESBuy.com
17865 Sky Park Circle #F
Irvine CA 92614
U.S.A.
Tel : 888.421.5884, 949-838-0038, or 949-933-4885
Fax : 949-838-0039
Contact: Mr. Medi Vakili
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: <http://www.elegantshopping.com>

4. Pacific Magtron, Inc.
1600 California Circle
Milpitas, CA 95035 U.S.A.
Contact: Julia Tsai
Telephone: (408) 956-8888 (Ext. 280)
Fax: (408) 956-5933
Website: http://www.pacmag.com
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Please contact the above suppliers directly for current pricing.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly if I can be of any further assistance.

Cordially,
Dana M. Berzin
Panasonic Industrial Company
2033 Gateway Place
Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95110
U.S.A.
Tel. 408-487-9514
Fax 408-436-8495

Thus, it seems that we can’t possibly purchase the OEM unit direct. But I shall make one last request to Ms. Berzin.

thanks Ishii

so does the “UJ-825-BPN” fit ? because according to what i just found on pana’s web site
the UJ-825-BPN is :
Width 128 mm
Height 12.7 mm
Depth 129 mm
Weight 500 g
:(  :(

[quote author=“NTS”][quote author=“Ishii”]How about UJ-825? Will this unit fit?

NO!!
1. UJ-825 is 12.7mm not 9.5mm
2. UJ-825 is Slot in not Tray
So…give it up

Thom: According to NTS, it does not fit. Since Panasonic sells these OEM units to HP, Dell, IBM… etc… perhaps you would want to search within their parts and sales department for pricing.

UJ-825 doesn’t fit Vaio…