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Selling PX-708A

PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:44 pm
by aviationwiz
Selling my PX-708A. You guys know how much I took care of this baby:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2794249728

Ah well, I need the money...

Thanks to hoxlund for hosting the auction for me...

PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:49 pm
by tazdevl
Has hell frozen over? :lol:

I figure you would have parted with your left nut sooner than a Plextor product.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:09 pm
by aviationwiz
I was wondering how long it would take before someone would reply....

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:30 am
by gigabyte
why are you selling your drive though? I thought you loved Plextor! Did you get a new burner?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:45 am
by aviationwiz
gigabyte wrote:why are you selling your drive though? I thought you loved Plextor! Did you get a new burner?


Yeah, got the Pioneer DVR-107. You sure haven't been reading the DVD forums, :lol: I swear I told you over IM once too...

Plextor rocks btw, I'll be the first to get the PX-712SA :)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:47 am
by gigabyte
yeah, i dont read the forums enough :P

Plextor 712SA?? Never heard of it (i can't believe i haven't!) What info do we know bout it so far?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:00 am
by gigabyte
WHOA! just checked their website, and 12x burning! I thought that Phillips were making 16x though by then! Hmm.... anyone know if this can overclock any media, like the 708A?

For customers who want to evaluate SATA performance, Plextor also offers a SATA Conversion Kit for its PlexWriter™ PX-5224A, Premium 52/32/52A CD-R/RW drives, and the PX-708A DVD±R/RW “dual format” 8X R-DVD drive. Plextor’s SATA Conversion Kit includes a SATA cable harness and IDE/Parallel ATA-to-SATA daughter board, enabling OEMs and systems integrators to evaluate SATA prior to availability of the PX-712SA.


What do they mean by this??

Too bad RW are still 4x, but i dont use that format that often anyways though... wait a sec, i do! yah, that is too bad. o well, 12x burning is still pretty sweet.

also, i guess 708a users wont get 8x dvd-r. :cry:

if this drive can overclock media, than i am definitely interested (well im already interested, but ill be even more interested)

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:53 pm
by tazdevl
I would assume it's some kind of optical SATA adapter that's tweaked for optical drives.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:21 pm
by gigabyte
so does this enchance the performance of your drive or what?

if so, in what way?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:39 pm
by CowboySlim
so does this enchance the performance of your drive or what?

if so, in what way?


SATA on an optical drive is 99% hype. Put a 10 gallon per minute fuel pump and an 800 cubic foot per minute Holley double pumper on a Vanagon and how much faster do you think it will go?

Put 120mph rated tires on a Yugo and do you think it will go 120?

Slim
10-4, Roger that, over and out

PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 1:50 am
by sapiens74
Actually SATA will help especially on Intel chipsets where it's integrated, and you are doing multitasking.

Not to mention getting rid of legacy cabling.

I usally am downloading something or doing multiple things when I burn DVd's and such, so going to SATA will help users like myself

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 7:02 pm
by wicked1
tazdevl wrote:Has hell frozen over? :lol:

I figure you would have parted with your left nut sooner than a Plextor product.


nah hes just coming to a realization that I am sure he wont admit.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:32 pm
by aviationwiz
wicked1 wrote:
tazdevl wrote:Has hell frozen over? :lol:

I figure you would have parted with your left nut sooner than a Plextor product.


nah hes just coming to a realization that I am sure he wont admit.


Well, the 107 is faster when it comes to DVD-R which I appear to burn more often now, but I'm pissed that I can only burn DVD+R at 8x on 4x media. PX-708A is still the second best drive around, the only reason why the 107 is worth a dime is because of the hacked firmware, without that, it would be useless.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:38 pm
by cfitz
aviationwiz wrote:the only reason why the 107 is worth a dime is because of the hacked firmware, without that, it would be useless.

Good to see that the fanatic is back. :roll: :lol:

cftiz

PostPosted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:35 pm
by CowboySlim
cfitz wrote:
aviationwiz wrote:the only reason why the 107 is worth a dime is because of the hacked firmware, without that, it would be useless.

Good to see that the fanatic is back. :roll: :lol:

cftiz

Certainly no ambiguity from AWiz.

Slim