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DVD-Rs go 8x

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-x dept.

DiZASTiX writes "It seems that the next speed level for DVD Writers is here. "The race for Xs is still on and Plextor has gone into the lead with the PX-708A, what Plextor claims is the first commercialized 8X DVD recorder. At this speed, a 4.5 GB DVD+R takes under 9 minutes to record. That is about the same as a CD in just over a minute. What we wanted to know was whether the reliability and compatibility of blank supports suffer from this breakneck speed...""

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  1. When does this quote get old... by c_oflynn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thought this was kinda funny:

    from this breakneck speed...

    Kinda like when the blazing fast 166 MHz pentiums come out, you know in a year people will be scoffing at 8x DVD speed ;-)

  2. the slowdown in writing is dirty media by Selecter · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you get any fingerprints, scratches, etc on yer disks they are not going to burn anywheres close to the rated drive speed anyways. Most poeple dont get the benefit of higher speed burns becuase they are slobbish :)

    Id like to see two ratings for burnable media. Something like 8X when new and clean, 2X when smeared with grape jam and peanut butter or somethin. :D

  3. Re:DVD-Rs go 8x by MrDolby · · Score: 3, Funny

    "[hmm: make a harddrive system where you only carry the platters around and the motor/controller stay in the computer? Damn patent that idea!]."

    Wouldn't that be called a floppy disk.

  4. Always the way by Frodrick · · Score: 5, Funny
    "It seems that the next speed level for DVD Writers is here."

    Of course it is - I just bought a 4x DVD burner yesterday. 8+(

  5. Re:DVD-Rs go 8x by fiddlesticks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because I tried to insert my HD (internal and external, mind you!) into my friend's DVD player

    It wouldn't fit, so I got really mad, and hammered it in. It still didn't work.

    Then my friend came back from his vacation, and he wasn't happy. So now I'm looking at these DVD-R things.

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  6. I dunno..I might wait and see...sheez enough by Ada_Rules · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am not sure about this whole deterministic computer thing. I mean, I keep hearing a lot about this new quantum computer thing. I am going to keep using paper and pencil until this quantum v.s. deterministic silicon thing plays out... This is just like VHS v.s. Beta. Oh wait..Not sure about the pencil. I hear the pen might win. I think I'll wait on that too. P.S. - Someone please make a slashdot filter that prevents any post that says VHS and Beta from showing up anywhere at any level. The comparison almost never really applies (and in fact it does not really even apply to VHS and Beta the way people think it does). http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,1 2449,881780,00.html

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