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| Posted by | Wendy Collins |
| Posted on | 25/03/06 11:49 |
Positive:
- Very good write quality with CD-R/RW media
- Very good write quality with most DVD±R/RW media
- Supports DVD+RW/-RW at 8x/6x
- Supports DVD+R DL/-R DL at 10x/6x writing speed
- Can write DVD±R/DL media at higher than its rated speed
- Good CD-R reading performance
- PoweRec and Auto Strategy works extremely well
- Excellent DAE performance
- Can over-burning CD-R media
- Can read 99 minute CD-R media
- Supports auto Bitsetting for DVD+R/+R DL (BookType to DVD-ROM)
- Can read Pressed DVD-ROM/DVD-Video SL/DL at 16x/12x
- Excellent build quality
- Excellent media testing capabilities
- Supports DAO-RAW writing
- Supports Mini DVD-R/RW discs
- Good software package
- Extra 'black" bezel included in the package
- Excellent 2 year warranty
- Two colour LED for read/write
Negative:
- Read speed is locked at 12x for DVD±R media
- Write quality on some DVD-R media could be improved
- Only supports 24x write speed on CD-RW
- Write quality on some DVD+R DL media needs to be improved
- Failed our 'Sheep tests"
- Attempts to over-burn DVD+R media were unsuccessful
Conclusion:
Let us summarize
the most important positive and negative points below:
The main positive points: The Plextor PX-755A can write most DVD±R with very good quality. PoweRec and Auto Strategy assured the best results possible over our large range of tested media.
CD-R/RW write quality was also very good, the Plextor PX-755A handling some troublesome media with ease. CD-R/RW media compatibility was also very good.
The supplied software is also of very good quality, with PlexTools Professional supplied with the drive. Also included is the ever popular Nero suite, and Pinnacle suite 8.3 LE. This should provide enough software for the beginner and the more advanced user. There are also trial versions of many other software packages, which will allow the end user a chance to try out software before they buy it.
The Plextor PX-755A also runs quiet and cool. This could be important if the drive was used in the main living area or bedroom, and running cool could become important if the drive was to be used in a hot climate or cramped PC case.
The build quality of the Plextor PX-755A is of a very high standard, the media tray being very smooth in operation, and the drive itself feeling very well built.
The media testing capabilities of the Plextor PX-755A is second to none, with PlexTools Professional/XL providing the most sophisticated media tests yet seen on a home user drive.
Last but by no means least. The 2 year collect and return warranty (within the EU) is the best around.
The main negative points: Every drive has its weak points, and the Plextor PX-755A is no exception.
Some work is required to improve DVD+R DL write quality with certain DVD+R DL media.
The Plextor PX-755A performed very poorly in our 'Sheep tests". Let us hope this can be improved with a firmware update.
Although the drive is said to be able to over-burn DVD+R media, all our endeavours to over-burn this media type were not successful.
To sum it all up, this is what we would say: 'The Plextor PX-755A is a very sophisticated and good performing drive". A few areas need attention, but overall the drive works extremely well.
By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we were unable to locate a listed price for the Plextor PX-755A, however we found one UK online retailer had the retail drive listed for £69.14 UK pounds including VAT (March 2006).
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Thanks to:
Bell Technology spol s.r.o. - Czech
Republic for providing the media used in this review.
SVP Communications - The United Kingdom for
providing the media used in this review.
Conrexx Technology B.V./RITEK Europe -
The Netherlands for providing the media used in this review.
Medea International - United
Kingdom for providing the Infiniti and HP media used in this review
Plextor SA/NV (B) for providing the Plextor
media used in this review.
Ricoh Europe - For providing the media used
in this review.
E-Net Distribution - United Kingdom
for providing the media used in this review.
Verbatim
- Germany and United Kingdom for providing the media used in this
review.
For providing the Memorex media used in this
review. Memorex is one of the largest providers
of all types of media for larger parts of the world.
Daxon (Taiwan) for providing
the Daxon media used in this review
I am undecided if this is related to the drive or to the software. Need to do more coas^H^H^H^Htesting for that
I've got this Plextor PX-755A DVD drive as well now. But I've got some problems.
CD's and DVD's read very well, no probs there. CD's also burn well. But when I try to burn DVD's the burning software locks up and the drive doesn't want to give my DVD back.
I searched the whole net for this problem but didn't find any solution for this problem.
Specs:
Intel P4 1.8 GHz
2*515 DDR-SDRAM
MSI MS-6547 main board
win XP Pro SP2
Burn programs: Nero 7 / Plextools
When I try to burn the burning begins well untill the amber light of the 755A starts to flash. Then the burn % meter stops. After 2 minutes the amber light stops flashing and turns green.
Now IE7 is stuck, burn program is stuck, DVD is stuck. The only way to get my pc running again is Ctrl+alt+del and stopping the burn program. IE7 still doesn't do a thing and my DVD is still stuck. Pressing the start button for a moment shuts down my pc and then I can start my pc again.
Anyone got some pointers for me?
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