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| Posted by | Dennis |
| Posted on | 07/01/05 19:57 |
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During our Plextor PX-716A a beta firmware was released by Plextor Japan. This firmware, version 1c04, has an interesting change when compared to version 1.03 to which we'll get back to below. But first, let's flash our drive with the beta firmware:
Flashing was done without a problem (as usual). So, what's different in firmware 1c04? If you look at some of our 16x write speed graphs we did in this review you will notice a strange speed bump at the end of the write process:
Notice that at around the 4GB mark the write speed is increased from 14x to roughly 15.5x? We are used to smooth write speed graphs! Here is the same Nero CD-DVD Speed graph again but now with the beta firmware 1c04 installed:
Here we have a very different write speed graph. The write process is started at a higher speed (6.64x compared to 6.02x) and the overall write time is reduced from 6m:16s to 6m:01s. Not a huge difference but our results does show that Plextor is working on perfecting the firmware of the Plextor PX-716A drive. Now, let's head over to our final words.
Advanced Tests
The main conclusion about it for me is to not worry about the innovative technologies PowerRec, AutoStrategy, VariRec, (which was not reviewed), and just give it what it craves, Taiyo Tuden 8x +R and it burns and reads with the best.
but it looks nice hmm :/
Isn't that what the powerec is for; to improve quality at a small speed penalty? You're missing the whole point here.
Mt Rainier not supported. Oh my Gosh! Now I will certainly never-ever buy this drive. Come on, who cares...
he said that when disabling PowerRec, there was no decrease in quality
didn't you read the review????
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