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In this part of our Plextor PX-W4012TU review we'll test how fast the drive can write different CD-Recordable media. Of course we tested every disc afterwards if errors had occurred. We used a 650MB avi-file and various files to make a total file size of 700MB. We used Nero Burning Rom to write this file in DAO (Disc At Once) mode. Every disc was finalized and set-up as non-multisession. In the table below we've summed it all up for you:

The Plextor PX-W4012TU drive could write most discs at a higher speed than they were certified for. The Sony discs were written at their certified speed and the Infiniti 866MB discs were written at 16x (32x certified). Overall a good result as we see it. It's too bad that 40x certified media is still hard to come by but the Plextor discs delivered with the Plextor drive worked fine at 40x. The Hi-Space discs also did quite well at 32x.

When writing CD-ReWriteable media we had a mixed result. Although all discs could be written at 10x we would have liked to see the Plextor write them at 12x just as the VisionTek Xtasy 48X drive did. All discs the Plextor PX-W4012TU wrote could be read fine after writing them.

To conclude our review we will take a look at how far the Plextor PX-W4012TU can overburn and if it can handle 8cm CD-R's and 99 minute CD-R's...