CDRLabs.com

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdo ... i=2482&p=1

Well, its based on the BenQ drive (I am sure you already know that), which can't be bad since from the sound of it, it is a drive that many seems to be waiting for (I am still waiting for the review here ).

Overall, Anandtech gives it the nod.

Weird methodology, IMO. Why the limited media tests? Why the hell are they showing PI/PIE totals?? What about the error distributions?

Where are the CD/DVD read tests?

Hallo!

I like Anandtech for other reviews about PC-components, but they can´t do good reviews about optical drives

Our last look at a product from Plextor was at the PX-712A 12x model, which performed extremely well in our media tests.

So they skipped the 716A review and instead opted to take a look at the 740A, which is a non-Plextor product!

Brilliant

MB

Huh? I swear they had some "exclusive" look at the 716A. Maybe that was the 712A. Even then, I'm sure it was in one of their roundups.

I was quite sure they had the 716A as well, but I've done a search and found nothing. Guess it was all in my head

But yea, though I trust Anantech overall, I think that they are better for motherboard, CPU, RAM, GFX card etc.

I mainly rely on cdrlabs for optical storage, and storagereview for hard drives, and other sites for digital cams.