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Plextor First With A 12x DVD+R Drive

Posted by timothy on from the far-faster-than-average-burners-remember dept.

Tesko writes "It seems the first 12x DVD+R drive has been released by none other than Plextor, with their Model PX-712A (Product link here). The drive's write speed includes, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 12X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-RW. And it's read speed comes in at 48X CD-ROM/CD-R, and 16X DVD-ROM. Also noteworthy, the drive apparently has a 8MB buffer."

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  1. Saw a neat preview of this drive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Link to review. Looks impressive, it's too bad Plextor drives cost so much!

    1. Re:Saw a neat preview of this drive by FAT_VIRGIN · · Score: -1, Troll

      MOD PARENT DOWN MORONS.

    2. Re:Saw a neat preview of this drive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      fucking moderators, at least look at these links you're moderating!!!!! tip: don't click on the link mentioned above. nothing serious there and at worst it will crash your browser.

  2. DVD-++-+-RRWR- by Satertek · · Score: 0, Troll

    I havnt really been following the writable DVDs. Whats up with all these formats? DVD-R +R DVD-+&RW-WR/W!?!

  3. Could these drives be considered *too* fast? by Qwaniton · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's nice to see technology advance farther and farther...at least Moore's Law hasn't caught up.

    However, does anyone really need 12x DVD+R burners? It seems to me that DVD burners this fast would only be used for DVD piracy. I mean, I hate Jack Valenti as much as the next man...hell, even more, but I'm not sure if the general public needs drives this fast.

    I'm happy with my 8x CD-RW, myself.

  4. Nice Advertisement! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Nice Advertisement.

    I hope Taco puts that kickback cash to good use.. Like a brand new Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller!

  5. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How is this offtopic? it casts a shadow on the buisness practices of plextor.

  6. Re:the main problem with plextor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    While the parents link makes a valid point, I'd have to say that I have experienced no problems with Plextor, whether it be through hardware installation or customer support. Personally any problems I've experienced have been through driver corruption or general mistakes on my behalf.

  7. Re:I'd never buy one of these! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well if you where using a real webbrowswer instead of some pile of shit. It works under IE and that is pretty much all that needs to be done. Anything else is just shit at the bottom of the barrel and not worth messing with.

  8. -1 TROLL? by Qwaniton · · Score: -1, Troll

    You moderators are fucking morons. I was just making a point saying sometimes we don't really need all this speed.

  9. LINUX IS FOR NIGGERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LINUX IS FOR NIGGERS

  10. can't we do without by iammaxus · · Score: 0, Troll

    these damn posts about some dumb, incremental and not inovative improvement in technology? Was anyone actually surprised that DVD burners have, in fact, increased in speed? Big friggin deal. Unless this DVD burner can make coffee or some crap, i dont see why its on slashdot.

  11. Re:OEM model??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You run linux?

    that's SO cool..... *sigh*