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As mentioned before the Plextor PX-W4824TU can write discs at a maximum speed of 48X max using the Full-CAV method. What does this mean in real terms? Can the Plextor drive keep up with the fastest CAV writer available today, the Lite-On LTR-48125S? To test the write speeds of this latest Plextor drive we set-up a basic write process using the latest Nero Burning Rom version 5.5.9.14. We used the DAO (Disc At Once) method for writing the disc. The disc was finalized and set-up as a non-multisession disc. In the screenshot below you can see the burn process completed successfully

The disc was written without problems in only 2 minutes and 50 seconds. On the next page of our Plextor PX-W4824TU review we'll do some quality tests with media burned using the Plextor drive.

Comparing:

Because this external Plextor drive performs exactly the same as the internal model we won't be comparing the drive to other recorders. If you want to see the table in which this 48X Plextor drive is compared to other recorders then please click here.

In conclusion we can say that the Plextor PX-W4824A and TU drives have the longest write times, probably due to the drives determining the best write strategy. When the write speed is increased the differences become less and the Plextor is faster than some of the other drives we've reviewed. The Lite-On LTR-48125S is still by far the fastest writer we've seen and the Plextor PX-W4824A and TU drives have some problems keeping up.

DAO-RAW Writing:

If you own or perhaps checked out our Plextor forum you will probably have noticed that the Plextor PX-W4012A drive was limited to 24X recording when writing audio and when writing in DAO-RAW mode (using CloneCD for instance). We of course checked if the PX-W4824TU was limited to 24X recording in DAO-RAW but, as we expected since the internal model also wasn't limited, the external drive can write at maximum speed in DAO-RAW mode.

Conclusion:

So what can we conclude from all of the achieved results? Well as expected the external Plextor PX-W4824TU performs exactly the same as the internal model. That's also why we left some things out like writing audio for instance. If you want to read the full write tests done with the internal model please click here.

Now that we've finished our normal read and write tests, it's time to check the Plextor PX-W4824TU's write quality and compare it to our previous results...