One of our choices for advertising is Mike Johnston's Online Photographer blog. His long-running site got "hassled" by some spam fighting robots...so now he has an excellent new site www.theonlinephotographer.com.

Odds are if you are reading this entry and are a photographer you knew about the photography blog long before Encore Data Products.  If not, please visit his site for news, tips, tricks, reviews, etc. on the world of photography.  National Geographic picked The Online Photographer as one of the best online sources for photography information.  It is definitely wort a visit; odds are you will keep going back.

The Encore Data Products blog was designed to offer some extra news and information to current and future customers. Since we sell a wide selection of products and to a diverse clientele my blog entries are not exactly focused on one thing. I have noticed the little google ads on the right side of this screen change some as the entry content does. Traffic spikes sometimes when I write about a specific product ( see our ITTUSB turntable). What happens when the blog mentions people or products that most of the world seems to be interested in? I don't know....we'll see based on the above title. At least Britney Spears has used some of the products we sell since she does record music on occasion.

This week we have added new product lines which I will feature next week; the 50GB Panasonic blu-ray LM-BE50DE seems to be going fast too.  Thanks for reading! 

I'm not really announcing a sale on blogs...I wanted to say we are offering our readers $10 off any order over $100... Today Only. With 55+ manufacturers Encore Data Products will have what you need!

Top sellers include products by Delkin, MAM-A Mitsui, Glyph Technologies, Avastor and Rimage.  

To take advantage of this promo please use coupon code ENCORE during checkout.  Valid on every in-stock item!  Save a little more on gold archival CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R media.  Buy that hard drive today...anything we have available you can take $10 off as long as the order total is $100 or more.  Thanks for shopping!

I was trying to figure out a way to relate this entry to Encore Data Products but that would be a stretch. As a 19X7 graduate of Clemson University I found this article pretty funny. Most of the planet does not know or does not care about the Clemson / Univ. of South Carolina rivalry but it is a good one. It seems South Carolina has a new license plate coming out that some folks think favors Clemson colors.

I think it looks great!  Now if it can somehow help Clemson football win another national championship... 

While I am on a SC kick...my wife and I love watching Richard Davis and Trademark Properties show The Real Estate Pros.

I didn't know he was a Clemson guy until I saw an episode where they flipped some Clemson apartments.  Odds are I delivered pizzas to one of those buildings during college. Anybody remember Mazzios Pizza?  Congrats on a great show and company! 

I don't know about you but I am definitely ready for a long weekend! We are running a store-wide Labor Day Sale right now. Save on any order over $100...no coupon needed. Your discounted total will show up before your final checkout. Save on tape, drives, accessories and more!

Save on Sony, Sun, TDK, Maxell, Avastor, Glyph, Verity Systems, RMG...and every brand & every product we sell!  

Read our blog, save $10! We have a coupon code BLOG21 valid this weekend only. Save $10 on any order over $100. Valid on any in-stock item...start shopping!

Save on Glyph, Avastor, MAM-A Mitsui, Delkin, Sony, TDK, Maxell, Panasonic, Memorex, Imation, Iomega and more.  

We have managed to get a lot of work done today AND refresh the computer screen about a million times to get our world series Rockies tickets. So far I was able to buy twenty...I mean zero. Hopefully the system will get going again soon. I'm looking forward to the series no matter where we see it. Go Rockies!

Looking to save a little on your media purchases? Right now we are offering $20 off any order over $199. No coupons needed...the discount is automatic.

 Save on Sony, TDK, Maxell, Yoggie, Diskology, Imation, RMG, Glyph and more...over 60 manufacturers!

Free ground shipping too!  SHOP Now.

Since we sell a lot of archival grade CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R media we can tell there are many people out there making digital copies of their older media. Family movies, pictures, recordings etc.; it is always good to have additional copies on decent grade discs.  We get a few calls a week from customers looking for someone to transfer and edit their family recordings.  There is a local company not too far from Encore Data Products that specializes in converting your older formats to digital: Memories to Digital.  I read an article about them in a local paper a week or so ago that provided some great info about the company.  I called and spoke to a very helpful person last week; I wanted to confirm they work with clients from around the U.S. and not just in our area.  They do.  MTDigital has a great business going with two locations right now in our area.  If you are looking for someone to professionally transfer your old media to digital formats I suggest contacting them.

Sunday November 11th is Veteran's Day. I wanted to say a special thank you to all our veterans, servicemen and servicewomen who serve our wonderful country. We are blessed to live in the United States and we are lucky to have armed forces of the highest caliber.

Thank you for your efforts; they are appreciated!

Merry Christmas from all of us at Encore Data Products; we hope you have a wonderful holiday!

It is a store-wide sale at Encore Data Products until January 1st.  Save on all orders over $129; save even more over $299.  As always ground shipping is free!

Save big on Gold media, hard drives, data tape, blu-ray and more... 

Happy New year from Encore Data Products! 

Here it is the last day of 2007; overall I would say it was a great year!  2008 looks to be bigger and better on many fronts.  We have some upcoming brands to launch in January along with some changes with some current product lines.

On the pro audio front we will see some new products from our pro AV hard drive manufacturers; there is also a price increase on RMG analog recording tape.  The analog market continues to come back but the costs involved in manufacturing and shipping these products have really jumped.  RMG is still the most cost-effective brand on the market for analog recording sessions.

We should also see some new products for the education market in January; if has been a pleasure working with schools around the U.S. for their AV needs.   Thanks for using Encore Data Products; we really do appreciate the business!

Have a safe and happy new year; all of us look forward to being your supplier of choice in 2008. 

Our little blog was started so we could easily broadcast product information, sales, customer news and more.  The ads to your right are sponsors (through the Google adsense program) and are supposed to be targeted to our store product lines.  Sometimes we even get a few competitors up there that have some crazy deals going on products we don't offer; by clicking on the ads we get an incremental income boost and you might find a great deal.  The Pandora ad that rotates is a great one; if you are not familiar with Pandora Radio you are missing out.

This weekend anyone looking at our blog can use coupon code BLOG525 to get $10 off any order over $99; ground shipping is free. 

Encore Data Products offers two lines of products for computer forensics professionals:  Voom Technologies, Inc. and Diskology.

I put together a few resources that are popular with our forensic customers.  This is a growing field in both public and private sectors; law enforcement looks to offer a huge customer base.

Computer Forensics Blog

Well...school has been out around here for about 4 days now so we figured it was time to be the first company in the U.S. to offer a back-to-school sale.   We might even be beating Wal-mart and Target to the punch! 

As a kid I always got that sinking feeling mid to late summer when the back to school sale ads hit the newspaper.  Please accept my apologies if you think we are a little early.   While this little joke might not be funny to all the high schoolers out there we are offering a $20 discount on any order over $209 for the next two days; this is a benefit of checking out the Encore Data Products blog!

Use Coupon Code S632 during checkout.  This promo expires Thursday, June 5th.

Save Now!

MAM-A offers this information about DVD-R and DVD+R differences:

• DVD-R was the first to be introduced and is still the most widely used format among professional users. (2006).  DVD+R is widely sold in retail outlets and has become more popular among home users. 

• DVD+R was introduced in early 2002 as a competing format.  ---- Proponents claimed better compatibility among readers, although tests show that compatibility is roughly equal. 

•  Hybrid drives that can handle both formats, usually labeled "DVD±RW", are very popular since there is not a single standard for recordable DVDs. There are a number of significant technical differences between the dash (also sometimes called "minus") format and the plus format, though most consumers would not notice the difference.

• Original companies in the “-R "camp:  

  • Pioneer, Toshiba, Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic).

• Original companies in the “+R "camp:

  • –Philips, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, Yamaha

MAM-A has a excellent reference library of online technical papers covering a variety of media topics.

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