Plextor Rocks!!

Necrosis · Jul 9, 2005, 08:03 PM

Yeah I know...duh, right?

Well today I finally installed my first Plextor drive ever.

The 740a which is just a revamped Plextorized Benq 1640.

Awesome drive.

Every drive I had /w a certain media from CompUSA would only burn at 1x. The Plextor did it at 4x, nothing mind blowing I know. However, here are the drives I've owned since May 2003.

TDK
NEC
(2) Pioneers

The drive is dead quiet, even the tray is dead quiet.

If you can't pony up the $80.00 for this drive, the 1640 will be available shortly. It seems you can flash either drive's firmware for their different settings/functions, and even use the Plextor software with the Benq version.

On another note my ISP upped me to 8meg, so over all a good day.

P.S. I have 2 NEC 3540's sitting right beside me.

Geminiwave · Jul 9, 2005, 09:19 PM

I have a PX-708UF

they are wonderful drives :-D

CDsDontBurn · Jul 9, 2005, 10:05 PM

only plextor i'd get would be their SATA slot load DVD R/RW drives...but they're a bit much for my blood ATM

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Tipstaff · Jul 10, 2005, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

only plextor i'd get would be their SATA slot load DVD R/RW drives...but they're a bit much for my blood ATM

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I had the SATA one too. Very nice drive. Sold it to a customer of mine as I didn't see much difference 'cept for speed, and I could use the money for something else. When I decide to go all SATA I'll probably pick one up again, but until then I'm plenty happy with my Pioneer 108 (with Piodata firmware).

mike2h · Jul 10, 2005, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrosis

Yeah I know...duh, right?

Well today I finally installed my first Plextor drive ever.

The 740a which is just a revamped Plextorized Benq 1640.

Awesome drive.

Every drive I had /w a certain media from CompUSA would only burn at 1x. The Plextor did it at 4x, nothing mind blowing I know. However, here are the drives I've owned since May 2003.

TDK
NEC
(2) Pioneers

The drive is dead quiet, even the tray is dead quiet.

If you can't pony up the $80.00 for this drive, the 1640 will be available shortly. It seems you can flash either drive's firmware for their different settings/functions, and even use the Plextor software with the Benq version.

On another note my ISP upped me to 8meg, so over all a good day.

P.S. I have 2 NEC 3540's sitting right beside me.

what kind of media are you using? that drive will run most quality 4x at 8x & most quality 8x at 12 - 16x. at least mine does. my 708a runs most 4x at 8x. you must be using some old crappy media.
i do agree, i pretty much go exclusive plex now. though i usually wait for sale &/or rebate cause they tend to be a little pricy.