Plextor Europe has just (officially) announced their latests DVD recorder, the PX-716A. The drive will be the first Plextor DVD recorder to support Double Layer recording and will do so at a maximum speed of 4x. Other speeds include: 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW and 4x DVD-RW. Here is the information as posted on the Plextor Europe website:
The PX-716A comes in internal version with a Tray load mechanism. The Retail package includes: PX-716A (DVD Recorder), E-IDE (ATAPI) cable, Plextor CD/DVD Utility Software (PlexTools Professional), an extra black front bezel, 16-language manual, attractive software from: Ahead, Pinnacle, Cyberlink, Sonic and Ulead. The PX-716A is supported by a Fast Warrenty Service by Plextor, by which any inconveniences resulting from a defect are reduced to a minimum. The firmware is stored in FlashROM which makes it possible to quickly and easily upgrade to the latest version. CD TEXT is also completely supported. With the PX-716A, the user has a perfect all-in-one product for creating own home videos, back-ups, composition of photograph collections, saving music.. |
The Plextor PX-716A will be available this October for a suggested retail price of EUR130. An external version and a S-ATA version of the PX-716A will also be available soon. The PX-716A will be shipped with two front bezels, a white one and a black one.
The Plextor PX-716A DVD recorder will support all of the Plextor technologies such as GigaRec, Intelligent Recording, SecureRecording, Silent Mode, Q-Check, VariRec and PoweRec. The most interesting technology here is probably the Intelligent Recording technology. Quoting from the press release:
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The term 'Intelligent Recording' covers a number of critical aspects that ensure the quality of reading and writing functionality. 'AutoStrategy' is a self-learning writing technology for developing a writing strategy. The advantage is that here we achieve good writing quality on unprecedented media. 'IntelligentTilt' controls the laser in three dimensions, with the purpose of achieving equivalent writing and reading quality in the case of surface imperfections. Finally, 'PoweRec', is a complex piece of writing intelligence ensuring superior recording quality at high speeds on certified media. |
For a complete overview of this new Plextor drive you can visit Plextor Europe. Please use this thread over at our Plextor Forum to discuss this latest drive.
Update: jsl reports to us that, according to the Japanese AV Watch website, Plextor will release a firmware update later this year that will add Double Layer support for DVD-R media!
Source: Plextor Europe
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Looks like a nice drive, I'll be sure to add it to my list when it comes out :-)
I was chomping at the bit to purchase a 16x/dl drive, but I knew Plextor would eventually jump into the market with their own version.
