Faster DVD Burner Released

Mike Howes 14 Feb, 2006 at 11:59am ET Article published in Tech

Plextor is due to release their new generation DVD burners that can record at speeds of 18x. The drive is capable of burning 18x speeds on 16x certified DVD-R and DVD+R media and obtains 10x speeds on supported DVD+R dual layer media and 6x record speeds on DVD-R dual layer media.

The drive features a 2MB buffer and Plextor’s PowerRec technology. PowerRec dynamically adjusts the laser intensity and burn speed to correct impurities in the recordable media.

Source: Daily Tech

Comments

14 Feb 2006 ~ 4:34pm DanG And it's a plextor so it should be priced just under $700...
14 Feb 2006 ~ 8:41pm Jengo

DanG wrote:

And it's a plextor so it should be priced just under $700...

LMAO!
14 Feb 2006 ~ 11:52pm Hyach LOL, very true.
15 Feb 2006 ~ 4:32am ronbo I put a Plextor sticker on my NEC. Now no one can tell the difference, and I saved $650
15 Feb 2006 ~ 10:04am Winga Well I thought the $119 price tag they mentioned in the news article seemed a bit steep for a burner, but then I'm clueless as to what a decent burner goes for in the US. Seems this one should give a saving of around $580.00
15 Feb 2006 ~ 10:35am profdlp

Winga wrote:

...the $119 price tag they mentioned in the news article seemed a bit steep for a burner, but then I'm clueless as to what a decent burner goes for in the US...

That's about double what a good burner would cost and triple what you'd pay for a bargain model.
15 Feb 2006 ~ 2:36pm Enverex I just replaced my dead Plextor with a Liteon. Bad purchase, the Plextor was great, took a very short time from putting the CD in till when it reads it, same as if I try to access it after a while of not using it. The Liteon takes AGES and in considerably louder too .