Plextor PX-712A DVD Writer

Plextor makes some of the best optical drives available. TrustedReviews has their latest DVD writer.

“Given that I only had a very limited number of 16-speed DVD+R discs, I only tested the PX-712A using this format. The results were very impressive using the 16-speed media, and burning discs at 12-speed on the Plextor resulted in times no slower than I saw on a 16-speed drive that I started testing today. Burning the 4.3GB MPEG2 file took six minutes and six seconds, that’s roughly three minutes faster than an average eight-speed drive. The mixed files burn and the digital images turned in times of six minutes 15 seconds and six minutes 32 seconds respectively, which again is significantly faster than an eight-speed unit.”

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