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[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by WDEWDAD7

So, what is the best Plextor drive?? The previous post stated that the 760A imports slow. Is the 716A the best? The Premium? I am kind of relying on the forum to give me some insight, before I buy another drive. So far, each Plextor drive has lasted about a year or so. Is this normal? Some more feed back would be appreciated, if no one minds. I thank everyone in advance for this.

Daryl, the slowness is a software problem not the drives themselves. the 760 is the fastest drive they have made yet. I have both a 716 and a 760 and they are both good. The next version of Hoster, as Admin said will be out by the end of the month and you should see a remarkable improvement. Wait and see. If you still have problems after that then buy a 760.

[Garry A. Leslie]

Hey All,
If you read the technical press reviews, you will find that Plextor 716 and 718
drives got a lot of negative criticism for not being able to produce either the speeds claimed or the quality.
They were also comparitively more expensive, of course Plextor have always charged premium rates for their products, believing "if it ain't expensive it can't be any good".
I had a 52x speed CD Plextor writer, unfortunately not supported by MTU.
So the current 760 drive at 48x speed is about as fast as anything currently on the market, but remember speeds claimed are only ever in short bursts and generally are processing at a much lower speed.
As I previously remarked DVD writers seem to have less impressive speeds than the Cd writers we all once used.
So if you don't especially want to re-produce DVDs, find a cheaper Cd writer, they're going on Ebay for giveaway prices.
I still have a 24/10/24 which still performs very well after almost 5 years and have never yet had a Plextor drive that has given up on me.
Regards from across the pond.
Garry