Plextor announce 4X DVDR+ drive

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Posted on Wednesday 22nd of January, 2003 at 19:12 by SirQUK
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Source: CD Freaks

CD Freaks have details about the first Plextor DVD Drive.

"While many companies are currently planning to release dual format drives, Plextor has choosen to go with the DVD+ format. Their first drive is writing DVD+R discs at 4x.
The IDE drive will write DVD at 4x, CD-R at 16x, rewrite DVD at 2.4x , CD-RW at 10x and read DVDs at 12x and CDs at 40x. The drive comes with a buffer underrun protection and has a access time of < 120ms for CDs and < 140ms for DVDs. The European package also includes the popular software package Plextools. "

Specs :

Writing DVD: 4x, CD: 16x
Rewriting DVD: 2.4x, CD: 10x
Reading DVD: 12x, D: 40x
Buffer Underrun Proof Technology
PoweRec Technology (Plextor Optimised Writing Error Reduction Control)
Access Time <120 ms for CD; 140 ms for DVD
2MB Buffer
E-IDE (ATAPI) interface
Compatible with: Windows 95, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, MacOs
MultiRead Compatible
Supports SPDIF (Digital Audio Output)
High Quality Digital Audio Extraction
A black tray, to reduce the jitter and to increase the quality of the burned CD
Two year* full-warranty (parts, labor and replacement) with On-Site Collect & Return** service
Writes CD-ROM Modes 1 and 2, CD-XA Form 1 and 2, CD-DA, CD-I, Video CD & Photo CD.
Reads/Writes DVD-ROM, DVD-video, Multi-Border, Multisession
Write methods (DVD+R/RW) supports Sequential Write, Random Access Write, DAO
Supports DVD+VR format
Creates Audio CD, CD Extra, Enhanced CD, Photo CD, CD-I & Video CD Titles.
Supports Disk-At-Once, Track-At-Once, Multisession, Packet Writing modes.
Wide CD-R and CD-RW media compatibility (74min and Type80 - 79min)
Includes PlexTools

It is a sure sign in my opinion that the DVDR+ standard will win over DVDR, now that brands like Plextor are supporting it, but it is very annoying for users of DVD-R to find Plextor not supporting it. CD Freaks also a good picture of what the Plextor will look like.

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