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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. I'd never buy one of these! by Eric+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny
    If they can't keep their web page from blinking, I'm not going to trust the product. That's incredibly obnoxious!

    [I've used other Plextor products and been happy with them.]

    1. Re:I'd never buy one of these! by croddy · · Score: 5, Informative

      open the URL 'about:config'
      filter for 'blink'
      browser.blink_allowed : set to "false"

  2. The good old days by LordoftheFrings · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember the good old days when you could list your optical drive specs with only 3 numbers? For example, "I just got a new CD Burner! It's 32x16x8" Now, it's what? 48x12x8x8x8x32x32x48. Just freaking perfect. This is what multiple standards do to us.

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  3. If only ... by TheGavster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now if only I had 4GB of something to burn to disc that fast ... For critical files, I'm going to run at low speeds for safety, for less critical stuff I'll probably be on a CD, if for no reason other than media costs.

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  4. Eh, no big by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An 8x burner is pretty fast, so 12x isn't really that big of a deal. This like the 48x burners vs. the 32x burners. We're talking only a couple minutes difference. The next big leap is the dual layer drivers.

    1. Re:Eh, no big by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      More importantly when and are you going to find reasonably priced 12X media? 8X media isn't even common everywhere. This drive doesn' have much going for it over current 8X burners or the new DL burners that are just coming out.

  5. please explain. by j3ll0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Black CD tray minimizes jitter

    Can anyone with a bit of know-how explain why the colour of the tray would minimse Jitter?

    1. Re:please explain. by Planky · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just like Red makes cars go faster, black must stablize it. ----- Your everyday 4x2

    2. Re:please explain. by Planky · · Score: 5, Funny

      *Changes Windows appearance to black*

  6. A friendlier link by Spad · · Score: 5, Informative

    European Page sans-flashing.

    You'll also note that us lucky non-US customers get a 2-year On-Site collect and return warranty. Woo!

  7. Speedy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1385KB/s * 12 = 16620KB/s, or in other words: the buffer will empty in half a second if the stream dries up. Good thing we have linking.

    (I assume it's zoned so the real numbers will probably be slightly less)

  8. Psshht! by AssProphet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Optical storage is for wimps.
    Real nerds memorize their data!

  9. Re:Does it run on GNU/Linux? by niko9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Are these devices standard? Can i just put it in my box and use it?

    yes. And with the 2.6 kernels, you don't even need SCSI emulation any longer.

    enjoy

  10. Dead Technology! by Lord+Apathy · · Score: 5, Informative

    12x speed is very nice but this is still a single layer dvd writer. The first of the dual layers will be out in a few weeks. Sony is sceduled to be out the 16th. You can already preorder it. The specs this beast are nice but its dead on the floor. Wait till the dual layer is here then they will be giving them away.

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  11. I'll take it by Tmurder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This will inevitably drive the price of the other plextor dvd burners(708a, 504a, etc) and subsequently other 8x burners down, i'll take that. Can't beat plextor quality especially when the price will drop a bit. I'll be perfectly happy with a 8x burner.

  12. Re:Hmm... by cynical+kane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because R=2, clearly.

  13. My G4 burns 4xDVD-R at 1x - ouch by Basehart · · Score: 5, Informative

    My G4 is writing 2 minute videos to 4xDVD-R's as I write this and it turns out the recent firmware "update" to the Pioneer superdrive means that 4x disks now write at 1x, which makes me realize yet again that I MUST READ THE READ ME's before buying a 50 pack of 4x blank DVD-R media.

    Hopefully Apple will start making faster DVD burners standard in their G5's very soon now!