Plextor PX-810SA

Advantages: Fast, reliable, most formats supported great support and regular firmware updates.
Disadvantages: Supports CD-G copy/writting but has no CD-G Player, supports -R DL but there are no disks available...

...It would have saved a lot of time if you visited plextors website for a true account of the features and formats supported by this trully superdrive. As well as software bundled. If not Goggle Plextor and away you go... I got the retail package since I wanted the black bezel (quite easy to change and should be done with great care). So much for the bundled software since I have all the full retail version of the Usual titles I.E. Nero, Ulead Videostudio, etc... If you need it to start up then it is a very complete package. As easy to install as 1, 2 done.... One great addition is the Plextools professional which provides a better access to all the feature on the drive, like secure rec, and CD-G burn, Amongst others, not so much that I use them anyway but there if you are after those functions and are a little adventurous... Read review

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Advantages: Looks Nice
Disadvantages: Doesn't work

...Hi, Purchased this Plextor 708a 8x DVD writer + and - format from Silicon Group about two months ago. I was so pleased I got this drive as it was suppsed to be one of the best - Plextor quality - ha ha. Anyway, from the day i got it there was a problem. Every burn had rings on the written side. I thought it was bad media, so after purchasing many brands from cheapo to very expensive it was still doing it. I contacted Plextor support and there excuse was cheap media, or faulty media. I thought No this is not right. I then began to think it was my PC - so after hauling it all out and taking it to my dads pc to try it burned these rings on his !! Ding Ding - its not my machine it the writer thats faulty. I then visited some forums online too see if there was a problem, mamy people say that it required a firmware update - off I go... Read review

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Advantages: Silent drive, dual format (+ & -), buffer underun protection
Disadvantages: reading problem with different brands media

...-- Plextor 712A -- I have waited a very long time to get my hands on this latest model of its predeccessor - the PX-708A. I still remembered it as it was yesterday. The first time I stumbled across the brand Plextor was when I wanted to buy a DVD-RW drive as the size of my download files became so big that it cannot be burned onto normal CDs so I did a bit of browsing on the internet and saw an unfamilar brand called "Plextor". I've heard of Sony, LG, Philips - but I was saying to myself "Who's Plextor". At first I thought maybe Plextor was some newbie companies trying to become BIG but was I wrong, Plextor was BIG infact they been around for some time and been branded the King of Quality. At the time, I wanted to get plextor PX-708A, I found out that the PX-712A was going to come out soon ( like in 4... Read review

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