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In House Review - Plextor PlexWriter PX-W5224TA 52/24/52A

PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:55 am
by Ian
To start off the week, we've taken a look at Plextor's new budget priced CD-RW, the PX-5224TA. Designed with the cost conscious consumer in mind, the PX-W5224TA reads and writes at 52x, rewrites at 24x and rips audio CD's at a blazing 52x. The drive also has many of the features we've come to expect from Plextor including technologies like PoweRec, VariRec and BURN-Proof.

Can the PX-W5224TA deliver the type of performance Plextor is known for? Is it the best drive for the user on a budget? You'll have to read the review to find out.

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Comments? Questions? Please post them all in the forum using the link provided below. And yes, a review of Plextor's new DVD writer is in the works. We got the drive a little later than expected, but you can rest assured that our review won't leave any stone unturned.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:28 am
by Bhairav
Thanks for the review Ian. One gripe: Are Plextor becoming so cheap that they don't even include blank CDs with the drive? I know that this is supposed to be their budget drive, but still!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:07 pm
by Ian
bhairavp wrote:Thanks for the review Ian. One gripe: Are Plextor becoming so cheap that they don't even include blank CDs with the drive? I know that this is supposed to be their budget drive, but still!


Yeah, they stopped including CD-RW media while back. This is the first drive I've seen with no media at all.. not even a CD-R disc.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:20 am
by Bhairav
Ah,economy of scale, the great equalizer! My new 52327S just had a blank multispeed CD-R bundled. No CD-RW media, and 24X/32X RWs are as rare as hen's teeth around here.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:00 pm
by Scour
Hello!

Again a great review, Ian :)

But you wrote that it has high media-requirements; but it burns all media in less than 3 minutes. I think it´s better than my MSI CR52-A2 and that´s not bad :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 4:38 pm
by RoyHarv
Thanks for the review.

Can anyone explain the relative merrits of the PlexWriter 52/24/52A and the PlexWriter 48/24/48A? Both are still current according to the Plextor site. When I check on-line retailers, the slower 48/24/48A is more expensive. Is there some feature of the 48/ that I have missed which explains this? Or is it just a matter of newer -> cheaper?

Thanks!

PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:38 pm
by vsekh
The 48/24/48a is more expensive because Plextor is offering a $30 mail-in-rebate for this drive. In the end it will come out cheaper than the 52/24/52a drive.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:11 pm
by RoyHarv
$30 mail-in-rebate


I guess that could explain it. Thanks!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:19 pm
by Scour
Hello!

Has anyone experiences with the 5224A?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:09 pm
by RMerlin
I have one. Burned maybe 15-20 CDs with it so far, works reliably. Only gripe is with the very slow MRW performance, I end up using plain old UDF 1.50 packet writing instead (my MP3 player doesn't handle MRW anyway).