Meaning of Bulk

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  1. gilera

    gilera Regular member

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    Can someone please tell me what is meant by Bulk shown on some dealers lists for various burners?
     
    gilera, Jul 21, 2006
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    Well if they are selling them that means you have to buy a number of the drives not just one.
     
    borhan9, Jul 22, 2006
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    Some brand names of dvd burners will state bulk and retail,and they are a little different from one another.

    Benq is one of them. The older 1620 had the bulk version and retail version. For some odd reason,the re-tail version were the re-badges,and the bulk drives were the genuine drives.This sounds like it's backwards.
    Their firmware version will be different:

    Bulk= B7V9
    Retail= G7V9

    2 different firmwares-even though both made by benq 1620. Crossflashing can be performed to turn the retail drive into the bulk drive.

    Lots of re-badges out there: Benq/Lite-on/Sony/and even plextor. Check out newegg.com for any future drives.Great prices and cheap shipping.
     
    saugmon, Jul 23, 2006
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