Topic: Sh-d163b On Ebay:are These Legit? (Read 72 times)

silentblackhat · « **on:** April 15, 2009, 11:00:00 AM »

Im wondering where people got their kreon drives at?

I see that there are a ton of them on ebay for $25-$35 but they are all from South Korea; are these legit ones to buy?

Bazdoctor · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2009, 11:05:00 PM »

QUOTE(silentblackhat @ Apr 16 2009, 04:44 AM)

Im wondering where people got their kreon drives at?

I see that there are a ton of them on ebay for $25-$35 but they are all from South Korea; are these legit ones to buy?

Who knows, but personally I wouldn't buy shit from Korea or Hong Kong on eBay as alot of it is cheap crap. Hit up one of the guys in the BST here or if you live in Australia let me know. Good luck.

silentblackhat · « **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2009, 09:49:00 AM »

QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Apr 16 2009, 07:49 AM)

Who knows, but personally I wouldn't buy shit from Korea or Hong Kong on eBay as alot of it is cheap crap. Hit up one of the guys in the BST here or if you live in Australia let me know. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply. I also found the TS-H353B on tiger direct. has anyone bought from them?

This post has been edited by silentblackhat: Apr 16 2009, 04:49 PM

BoNg420 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2009, 09:56:00 AM »

QUOTE(silentblackhat @ Apr 15 2009, 02:44 PM)

Im wondering where people got their kreon drives at?

I see that there are a ton of them on ebay for $25-$35 but they are all from South Korea; are these legit ones to buy?

Yea they are legit, but look at the shipping costs, its probably almost the same cost of the drive, or above half the drive cost...

dsj1 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:35:00 AM »

samsung drives drives are actually south korean-they are based in korea!! Korean stuff like samsung,LG and hyundai are pretty products these days! samsung tv's are maybe the best in the world! L.E.D. sony uses samsung to make there flat panel displays!! kreon=samsung!!

fightclub · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2009, 11:32:00 AM »

QUOTE(silentblackhat @ Apr 16 2009, 12:33 PM)

Thanks for the reply. I also found the TS-H353B on tiger direct. has anyone bought from them?

i just got the same drive from them 1.5 weeks ago... works great and really fast shipping (shipping was a lil price) but i am willing to pay a few bucks more instead of getting it off ebay

silentblackhat · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2009, 01:21:00 PM »

QUOTE(fightclub @ Apr 16 2009, 08:16 PM)

i just got the same drive from them 1.5 weeks ago... works great and really fast shipping (shipping was a lil price) but i am willing to pay a few bucks more instead of getting it off ebay

Alright, good stuff. Ill order one today. Shipping is only $7-$8 so

Grimms · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2009, 01:55:00 PM »

I got mines from samsungdrives.com. Shipping was extremely fast 3 days (only caused i ordered it on the weekend). Little pricey $52 bucks but that included insurance with tracking and express shipping option. I get stuff from hong kong on ebay quite often. Stuff is decent quality but it's the shipping time and cost that blows.

r81gsr95 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2009, 04:57:00 PM »

QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Apr 16 2009, 06:05 AM)

Who knows, but personally I wouldn't buy shit from Korea or Hong Kong on eBay as alot of it is cheap crap. Hit up one of the guys in the BST here or if you live in Australia let me know. Good luck.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Samsung is a korean brand

Eluder · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2009, 10:35:00 AM »

I actually got my SH-D163B from Korea via eBay. Although I did have probs flashing the drive, but that's becuase it's newer hardware and comes with SB02. Mind you, I was able to flash it to Kreon 1.00, but it wasn't as easy as my first Kreon drive (which pooched a little while after I got it).

I truly believe Kreon, or anyone capable, needs to update the firmware to support the newer hardware revisions of these drives. Soon we'll just have no drives that are Kreon flashable because the firmware is so dated.

Bazdoctor · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:15:00 PM »

SB02 are the same to flash. The only difference is when you open the kreon SB01 file, it says "old version opened" Click okay and you flash it the same.

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Soon we'll just have no drives that are Kreon flashable because the firmware is so dated.

Thats not the case yet, but if it does become, im sure the FW will be updated.

This post has been edited by Bazdoctor: Apr 20 2009, 03:21 AM

Eluder · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2009, 09:20:00 AM »

QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Apr 20 2009, 03:15 AM)

SB02 are the same to flash. The only difference is when you open the kreon SB01 file, it says "old version opened" Click okay and you flash it the same.
Thats not the case yet, but if it does become, im sure the FW will be updated.

Not completely true as there are many reports of people having trouble flashing drives that comes with SB02 hardware revisions/firmware.

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