Ok so who's going to be the first to run out (when it comes out) and buy it? :tdown: Just so you can say you have the first one? So later on you can sit back and think wow every one else paid less and they got a better drive then me. :rolleyes: :blockhd: Also I'm only talking a month or two.
Not me!!!:laugh: I'm still waiting for the firmware for the A06.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
NOW SUPPORTS HIGH SPEED 12X DVD RECORDING

Internal DVD±R/RW Drive Bridges Gap Between Leading DVD Recordable Standards

FREMONT, Calif. – March 10, 2004 – Plextor® Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, today announced the new PX-712A DVD±R/RW drive with support for high-speed 12X DVD+R and 8X DVD-R recording. The internal drive features an ATA/ATAPI-5 (EIDE) interface for broad based PC-compatibility.

With the PX-712A, users have the ability to create, edit, and share customized DVDs and CDs faster than ever before. The new Plextor drive also helps remove the risk of purchasing a DVD/CD burner that does not comply with future DVD recording standards and it gives customers greater flexibility in choosing which DVD recordable media they use today.

The PX-712A supports 12X DVD+R and 8X DVD-R Writing; 4X DVD+RW and 4X DVD-RW Rewriting; and 16X max DVD-Reading. The DVD/CD burner also boasts high-speed 48X CD-R Writing, 24X CD-RW Rewriting, and 48X max CD-Reading. The drive includes a bundle of premium Microsoft Windows-compatible software from Roxio, including Roxio® Easy CD & DVD Creator™ 6 - DVD Edition, and Roxio PhotoSuite® 5 SE.


“The PX-712A extends Plextor’s family of award-winning dual-format DVD drives into the high-speed realm of 12X recording,” said Howard Wing, vice president of sales and
marketing for Plextor. “It offers the enhanced set of recording tools of our PlexWriter
Premium CD-R/RW drive family, including GigaRec, SecuRec, Q-Check, Silent Mode, and VariRec. PlexWriter Premium drive users who require user-controllable recording tools now can easily migrate to dual-format DVD recording with the new PX-712A drive and PlexTools Professional software.”

Plextor PX-712A DVD±R/RW Drive
The Plextor PX-712A is a highly versatile DVD/CD burner specifically designed to deliver high-quality recording performance. All Plextor DVD/CD drives are designed for easy installation with Microsoft® Windows®-based personal computer systems and Apple Computer’s Power Macintosh desktop line. The PX-712A features an ATA/ATAPI-5 (EIDE) interface, support for horizontal or vertical drive bay orientation, and Plug & Play compatibility with Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP operating systems and Apple Computer’s Macintosh OS 9.2 or later. The PX-712A has an 8 MB buffer and features Buffer Underrun Proof Technology to prevent buffer underrun errors and allow multi-tasking.

Lossless Linking/Zero Link technology enables users to perform basic editing tasks directly on the DVD disc, so there is no need to reload DVD content back to a PC to make minor changes, and no need to re-burn an entire DVD after making small edits.


The PX-712A also includes PlexTools® Professional software to enable a unique combination of user-controllable CD recording and CD/DVD media test features, including:

o GigaRec™ allows high capacity storage up to 1 GB on a 700 MB CD disc.
o SecuRec™ offers password protection for CD discs.
o Q-Check™ for CD media checks and graphs the results of written disc quality – C1/C2 errors, track and focus errors, and beta/jitter errors.
o Q-Check™ for DVD media checks and graphs the results of written disc quality including PI/PO.
o Silent Mode™ enables users to vary tray load/unload speed, spin up/down speed and write/read speeds.
o PoweRec™ allows for superior quality and stable recording at maximum speed.
o VariRec™ allows adjustment of the laser power to produce the highest quality audio recording possible.
For the rest: (http://www.plextor.com/english/news/press/712A_pr.htm)

Have you priced 12x +r media? I bet its going to be $$$$$$$$$.

Might need a fast computer for this one.

I'll stick to my 107, with 8x4all I'm burning discs in 8 minutes. I can imagine 12x would do a disk in 4-6 minutes, those extra two minutes means I can listen to an extra audio track while it finishes.

I can imagine starting price for the drive will be around $400 and media should start at about $4 a disk. :eek:

I'll stick to my sony dru530a, I love it! maybe I'll upgrade to those 12X when the price cooled down a little bit.

For the little differences in time that we are talking about here why bother. Plextor have proven themselves to be overrated now. Even the current 8x burner (which still only supports 8x on +R) is still quite a bit more expensive than the Pioneer 107. Don't get me wrong I am not saying thier DVD Burners are crap but the quality that was found on thier CD-RW drives does not seem to have followed them onto their DVD Burners, however thier pricetag has. Anyways as pointed out by pepsik, we are talking about a measly 2-3 minutes of time savings in burning time and the last time I checked Plextor didn't have any cool firmware options available for it.

I would take it that the Pioneer drive would be the only one to buy at this time. Would everyone else tend to agree with this statement.

Nec 2500 gets high ratings on the boards I read. However, not this board :-)

I stick with my optorite (DD0401) it gets high rating by me, and thats all that matters to me. :D As far as nec 2500 goes I guess it alright as long as you don't use ritek media. :tdown:

Would you stay away from the Plextor writer.

Originally posted by viper0000
Would you stay away from the Plextor writer.

Given it's pricetag, definitely yes. You can get the Pioneer for cheaper and it has the option now to burn at 8x on just about any 4x DVD-R disc. The Plextor only truly writes at 8x on SOME 4x DVD+R discs or "true" 8x DVD+R media which is quite expensive. I checked out a detailed study done on the drive with various media and the only media that truly burned at 8x everytime was 4x Ricoh DVD+R. DVD-R media is generally a little bit cheaper and the Pioneer 107 will run you about $30-$40 less than the Plextor. The Plextor isn't a bad drive but it is overrated (due to thier reputation for killer CD-RW drives) and overpriced. When you take a look at what you are getting for your money, the Pioneer really is your best bet for 8x writers.