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Plextor Europe officially announces the 716A

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:36 am
by DVD_ADDICT
here's the offical announcement from Plextor Europe:

http://www.plextor.be/products/dvd_reco ... ce=PX-716A

I guess I'll be buying the 716A as a christmas & birthday gift to myself! \:D/

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:46 am
by MadBurner
8x DVD+RW!!!

That's reason enough for me to upgrade my 712s!

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:58 am
by MadBurner
Still no DVD-RAM support though :evil:

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:17 am
by Ian
DVD-R DL upgrade in Dec. At least that's what AV Watch says:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... extor2.htm

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:33 am
by Ian
For those in the US, October 15th is the day. How much? Only $149 for the internal.

Re: Plextor 16X burner

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:55 am
by deinabog
Does anyone know if two these drives can be run in the same box off two separate E-IDE channels? I'm plannin' on gettin' two of 'em when they become available.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:07 am
by VEFF
Looks like I might wait for this one, especially with AUTOSTRATEGY® technology!
Good thing I hadn't bought a NEC ND-3500A or Pioneer DVR-108 yet.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:17 am
by vsekh
Glad I didn't get the NEC 3500a drive as the PX-716a is the drive I'm going to be getting next as soon as prices drop for DL media and they become widely available.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:30 am
by VEFF
I was just checking the Plextor Shop (Plextor's online shop) at plextorshop.com and they sell the PX-708A for $20 MORE than the
PX-712A. #-o

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:31 am
by Justin42
Hrrrm, has anyone heard a WORD about the PX605? (the supposed Panasonic rebrand that handles DVD-RAM) Seems like it's dropped off the face of the earth.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:42 am
by ItalianJob
I've heard it was for the japanese market... only ?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:36 am
by dolphinius_rex
Hrm... still not holding my breath. It's nice to see Plextor finally adding some inter-burn quality control though. But the PX-712a had similar burn quality variations from drive to drive as current LiteON DVD burners! Still.... I'll probably end up having to buy one if only to compare the Q-Check results with those of the PX-712a :roll:

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:05 am
by Noua
Now this really looks a WINNER to me... :o =D> [-o<

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:27 am
by code65536
Wohoo, CAV and PCAV for both +R and -R and for all applicable speeds! :D

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:10 pm
by MediumRare
Looks good. This "Autostrategy" seems to be a step beyond WOPC- I think that'll be the way to go to adapt to new media types!

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:39 pm
by Noua
I guess my A06 is hiting the shelves soon... Too bad it's an xcellent drive...
This plextor really impressed me... I'm still dizy... Is the price correct?

PX716-A

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:56 pm
by Rich
Ooooooooooooooo....

...aaAAaaHHHHHHH

I think that new strategy thing is just a prelude to even faster speeds and the 716 is where they'll test it. Once proven and working that could be the next biggest improvement since buffer under run protection.

Actually it seems so natural to be able to inspect what they are doing while they do it and adjust. Especially with buffer under run protection providing the ability to stop and look.

Plus this stop, look, adjust and continue would only be milli seconds.

It should happen continuously. Actually they could do like hard disks and mark bad spots so when the data is read it's skipped over.

Wow, that would be like taking the most modern optical storage and bringing it up to the tech level of MFM! :lol:

How many of you's remember this: g=c800:5

?

Rich

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 4:57 pm
by aviationwiz
I'm all over this drive... :) =P~

Then again, that's to be expected from me. ;)

I wonder if Ahead will get this drive to do bitsetting like they got the PX-712A to do that.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:06 pm
by MadBurner
I'm good for a couple of these puppies :P

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:43 pm
by jvidia
And what about a SATA version ?!?! 716SA ?!? :cry:

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:46 pm
by MadBurner
jvidia wrote:And what about a SATA version ?!?! 716SA ?!? :cry:


Yes, Plextor has announced a SATA version as well.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:46 pm
by ItalianJob
aviationwiz wrote:I wonder if Ahead will get this drive to do bitsetting like they got the PX-712A to do that.


As DVDDecrypter is doing it too, Ahead is only using a firmware functionality delivered by Plextor. Stop this myth...

And yes, there will be a Plextor 716SA. After a while...

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:05 pm
by jvidia
Are any performance diferences between the ATA and the SATA versions ?!

Anyone tried the 712SA ?! Is SATA stable on a DVD-RW drive ?

And the noise of them ? are equal ?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:19 pm
by Ian
jvidia wrote:Are any performance diferences between the ATA and the SATA versions ?!

Anyone tried the 712SA ?! Is SATA stable on a DVD-RW drive ?

And the noise of them ? are equal ?


If you have questions about the 712A/SA, I recommend posting a separate topic.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:12 am
by DVD_ADDICT
Why is it that Plextor America doesn't offer PLEX TOOLS with the 716A drive? They have junky EASY CD/DVD CREATOR instead of NERO BURN. I see Plextor Europe includes PLEX TOOLS with their 716A.

Geez I forgot how to install the PLEX TOOLS! #-o