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Plextor is a well known brand in the optical storage industry. They have been producing CD-ROM and CD-RW drives for a very long time and it's no surprise that they have recently released their very first DVD-writer, the PX-504A. For their first DVD-writer Plextor has decided to go for the +RW (plus) format and not the -RW (minus) format (or a dual format writer).

Besides 4x DVD+R recording the Plextor PX-504A also supports 2.4x DVD+RW recording, 16x CD-R recording and 10x CD-RW re-writing speeds. Reading of DVD-ROM media is done at 12x maximum while normal CDs can be read at a maximum speed of 40x. In this review we'll see what these speeds mean in real terms and if the PX-504A drive can life up to the standards we've come to expect from Plextor...