Plextor PlexWriter PX-W4824TA

Advantages: Fast, reliable and good software
Disadvantages: Expensive?

...When the company I work for decided they needed to beef up their collection of CDWriters, we were a little puzzled which to decide. At the time, we were using a large selection of drives, including Teac, TDK and Yamaha. But then a collegue suggested we looked at the Plextor 12/10/32 burn-proof cdwriter. As we couldn't really rely on just his word before forking out on a load of them, we asked the sales people of one of our departments - and they agreed. The Plextor is the most reliable drive they've ever seen. So we went ahead and order a bucket load of them - still a little unsure, but pretty confident we'd made the correct choice. When we got them, they arrived in the retail boxes, which consisted of the drive, an IDE cable, sound cable, one CDR disk and one CDRW disk. The box also includes PlexTools, WinOnCD (and Direct... Read review

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Advantages: Plextor are THE cdwriters
Disadvantages: its old now and there are better available

...this caddy based cdwriter was perhaps the classic writer. Although annoyingly caddy based it featured 4x writing and good 12x reading in its day. It has no rewrite ability at all. Capable of important stuff like DAO raw writing it still today is better equipped for copying protected CDs compared to many current models like Yamaha. Build quality is heavy and strong. The drive I'm reviewing had massive use before coming my way and yet still operated well. My high opinion of Plextor drives is founded on this drive. Lets hope modern Plextor drives are up to the standard of this one. The only downer is that scsi installation was tricky. It seemed to prefer the scsi cards with built in cache to those without. I can't explain why but would guess that the timeouts on its scsi connection were perhaps slighltly too fast. One reason I... Read review

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Advantages: Plextor is good at eveything
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...No doubt that this is one of the best CDRW drives available on the market. But is it really worth it??? My answer is no, costing about £190 inc VAT, i don't think it's an ideal upgrade for anyone. Of course if you have the money then go for it. But still i'd be calling you a fool for doing it. If your looking to buy this drive, then i suggest you look at the TDK Cyclone before you make your decision. The TDK Cyclone 12x10x32 has the same specs as this Plextor 12x10x32 and burn-proof technology, with the Plextor only just beating it on performance, and i mean only just. If you compared the two drives yourself, would you really notice the difference between these two drives performance wise. I wouldn't. The best thing is that you can get this drive for about £175 inc VAT, which is cheaper than the Plextor, it's a BARGAIN!!! I wouldn't pay... Read review

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