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Plextor Japan Demonstrates PlexEraser

PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:30 pm
by Ian
According to Akiba, Plextor Japan was demonstrating their new CD/DVD eraser. The PlexEraser is expected to hit the Japanese market next week.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... raser.html

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:28 pm
by dodecahedron
how does it work ?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:24 pm
by Ian
From what I can gather, it uses an enhanced version of the PlexEraser technology found on the PX-760A. It writes over the leadin and data sectors, making the disc unreadable. I'm not sure how much of the data it actually writes over though considering it takes only 3 minutes to do a single layer DVD or CD.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:04 am
by LoneWolf
I'm curious...why do that when one could likely buy a CD/DVD shredder for cheaper? Perhaps I just don't understand the unit's function?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:37 am
by Ian
According to Plextor, its environment friendly. They claim that when you shred a recordable CD or DVD, the dye can leak out.