Plextor PX 130?
Posted:
Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:38 pm
by Scour
Hello!
Maybe a Benq 160-OEM? On the Plextor website you don´t see the front of this drive.
http://www.plextor.be/products/px-130a. ... ce=PX-130A
Posted:
Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:56 pm
by Ian
I almost thought it was the TEAC DV-516DA.. then I noticed that the buffer size was different.
http://www.teac.co.jp/dspd/product/opti ... 516da.html
Posted:
Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:41 pm
by Scour
Isn´t the DV 516 a rebadged Pioneer?
Posted:
Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:21 pm
by Ian
No, Pioneer's drives read CD's at only 40x.
Posted:
Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:17 pm
by Scour
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?c ... ufactor=34
Maybe because Teac uses other FW? The 516D seems to be a Pioneer, like the Plextor PX 116
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?c ... ufactor=38
Both offers 48x CD-read
Posted:
Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:56 pm
by Halc
Anybody know what chipset it has?
Posted:
Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:23 pm
by Ian
Interesting.. so do we know yet if this is Plextor's own design or someone elses'?
Posted:
Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:42 pm
by Halc
AOpen DVD-1648/AAP uses ALI chipset (old Acer Labs).
That's the most likely suspect based on chipset alone (DVR-1648 is a nice drive otherwise as well, btw).
I doubt Plextor would sacrifice resources to designing a dvd-rom in this day and age, but I could be wrong as well.
Actually, I'm tempted to get their older PX-116A3 (Via chipset), as it has PI/PIF scanning capability.
Posted:
Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:35 pm
by Prahella
Just bought two black PX-130As (TLA#0001, bulk version). They look at least nice... Speed wasn't really an issue; they had to be black and should last for a long time. Now hoping that these Plextors last long for real...
Posted:
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:18 pm
by Scour
Prahella wrote:Just bought two black PX-130As (TLA#0001, bulk version). They look at least nice... Speed wasn't really an issue; they had to be black and should last for a long time. Now hoping that these Plextors last long for real...
The 130 is a rebadged Benq 1650. Don´t know whether the Plextor-FW is better.
Posted:
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:40 pm
by Prahella
Scour wrote:Prahella wrote:Just bought two black PX-130As (TLA#0001, bulk version). They look at least nice... Speed wasn't really an issue; they had to be black and should last for a long time. Now hoping that these Plextors last long for real...
The 130 is a rebadged Benq 1650. Don´t know whether the Plextor-FW is better.
Ah, so it was a Benq after all. Well, a different firmware won't extend the life of a DVD-ROM, I guess.
Posted:
Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:47 pm
by Scour
Prahella wrote:Ah, so it was a Benq after all. Well, a different firmware won't extend the life of a DVD-ROM, I guess.
Who knows
?
But it can make difference in performance