CDFreaks Presents: The Plextor PX-760A DVD Burner Review

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Posted: 28-05-2006

Dee (Senior Administrator and Reviewer): Posts: 10,590

CDFreaks Presents the Plextor PX-760A Review

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Posted: 28-05-2006

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Excellent review!

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Posted: 28-05-2006

hwp (Moderator): Posts: 2,319

Nice review. Interesting results. Thanks!

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Posted: 28-05-2006

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Thanks Dee.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

crossg (Retired Moderator & Reviewer): Posts: 4,710

Excellent review.

Thanks Dee-27.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

vinman (CD Freaks Junior Member): Posts: 56

Thank you for a very informative review of my drive! and which I feel is spot on with its conclusions good and bad

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Posted: 28-05-2006

alexnoe (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 4,695

You had to not include the LG 4163B in your recording time list to make the PX-760A look like the fastest drive, right?

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Posted: 28-05-2006

hwp (Moderator): Posts: 2,319

Oh dear, oh dear

Everyone take cover, there is a new war on seconds coming

But the list is wrong anyway. It quotes the 760 as 5:40 for 18x +R while the review itself quotes a bit further down 5:34 time for +R 16x Verbatims. similarly the list says 5:46 for -R while the review further down states 5m:41s for -R Yudens @18x.

BTW if we limit it to the CDFreaks reviews then AFAICS the 760 is the fastest +R and the 4163 the fastest -R drive ...

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Posted: 28-05-2006

Ux-3 (CD Freaks Member): Posts: 164

Just to keep a sense of proportion: The PX-712A writes the disk in 6 minutes and 21 seconds at 12x according to http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/144/4
Sure, that is dead slow compared to the revolutionary new 18x burn

I really wouldn't spend any money on a new burner, were it not for double layer burning ability.

May the war continue...

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Posted: 28-05-2006

DrageMester (Retired Moderator): Posts: 17,610

Very nice review, thanks Dee!

Plextor must be on the leading edge - they have made the first drive I have seen in a long long time (in fact I can't think of any other) that is a "no sheep" CD-R burner.

I wonder if that is some kind of misunderstood attempt to prevent "piracy"?

In the DVD-R Overburning chapter, you have made a typo by calling MCC 03RG20 "DVD+R" media instead of DVD-R.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

Dee (Senior Administrator and Reviewer): Posts: 10,590

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Originally Posted by alexnoe

You had to not include the LG 4163B in your recording time list to make the PX-760A look like the fastest drive, right?

Nope, i haven't included LG 4163 figures in any of my reviews this year, and i wasn't going to add a set of results to make the drive under review appear slower either.

@hwp
The first set of figures were obtained by burning the disc's with CD-Speed. The 2nd set of times were obtained by burning discs with Nero Burning Rom.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

zevia (Senior Administrator and Review Coordinator USA): Posts: 10,445

Thanks Dee!

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You had to not include the LG 4163B in your recording time list to make the PX-760A look like the fastest drive, right?

Did someone break my fastest record?

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Posted: 28-05-2006

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Nope, i haven't included LG 4163 figures in any of my reviews this year, and i wasn't going to add a set of results to make the drive under review appear slower either.

@hwp
The first set of figures were obtained by burning the disc's with CD-Speed. The 2nd set of times were obtained by burning discs with Nero Burning Rom.

Is that because of the P-CAV, I think the LG is the only drive that does 16X in P-CAV.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

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Originally Posted by Dee-27

@hwp The first set of figures were obtained by burning the disc's with CD-Speed. The 2nd set of times were obtained by burning discs with Nero Burning Rom.

Thanks for the clarification (and the proof that numbers mean nothing if you don't know how they where established)

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Posted: 28-05-2006

Dee (Senior Administrator and Reviewer): Posts: 10,590

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In this test we will measure the time for writing to DVD±R discs. We used Nero Burning Rom to burn an ISO compilation containing 4480MB of data. We used the Disc-At-Once write method.

For these DVD writing tests, the Plextor PX-760A was set to the following.

· PoweRec on
· Auto Strategy on
· All media had been stored in the Auto Strategy database prior to writing the disc.

@DrageMester
Nice spot regarding the MCC03RG20 and thanks, fixed now.

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Posted: 28-05-2006

alexnoe (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 4,695

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Is that because of the P-CAV, I think the LG is the only drive that does 16X in P-CAV.

Yes, and because the LG 4163B doesn't stop often for laser recalibration. It just burns "straight on" (leading to crappy results on bad media, but it works pretty good on good media)

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Posted: 28-05-2006

mike1061 (New on Forum): Posts: 25

Is this a lite-on rebadged?
Thanks Mike

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Posted: 28-05-2006

Arrow (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 774

No, it is Plex genuine.

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Posted: 29-05-2006

mike1061 (New on Forum): Posts: 25

Thanks.
The last few were lite-ons right?
I was fairly sure of that.
Thanks Mike

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Posted: 29-05-2006

DrageMester (Retired Moderator): Posts: 17,610

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Originally Posted by mike1061

Thanks.
The last few were lite-ons right?
I was fairly sure of that.

The Plextor PX-740 was a rebadged BenQ DW1640.

The Plextor PX-750 was a rebadged TEAC DV-W516E like the BenQ DQ60.

The PX-708, PX-712, PX-716, PX-755 and PX-760 are genuine Plextors.

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Originally Posted by DrageMester

The Plextor PX-740 was a rebadged BenQ DW1640.

The Plextor PX-750 was a rebadged TEAC DV-W516E like the BenQ DQ60.

The PX-708, PX-712, PX-716, PX-755 and PX-760 are genuine Plextors.

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Plextor PX-504A - NEC ND-1100A
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Posted: 29-05-2006

mike1061 (New on Forum): Posts: 25

Thanks guys. It was the 740 and 750 I was thinking about (I think). I know about the 708, 712, 716's. I have 2, 712's.
Thanks Mike

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Posted: 30-05-2006

drpino (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 4,916

nice review Dee, thanks.

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Posted: 30-05-2006

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Originally Posted by DrageMester

Very nice review, thanks Dee!

Plextor must be on the leading edge - they have made the first drive I have seen in a long long time (in fact I can't think of any other) that is a "no sheep" CD-R burner.

I wonder if that is some kind of misunderstood attempt to prevent "piracy"?

In the DVD-R Overburning chapter, you have made a typo by calling MCC 03RG20 "DVD+R" media instead of DVD-R.

Do you think they will fix this with a firmware update or is this hardware specific? I am new to learning all of this and was just curious. I was always under the impression that plextor was the best when it came to copying and ripping things. ( I know that is opinion but have had really good results in the past) It surprised me in this review that he was a no sheeper.

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Posted: 30-05-2006

Bunny (MyCE Rookie): Posts: 46

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Originally Posted by kilthro

The test in the review states the drive must be able to copy protected discs without using software tricks. Just use Plextools and it will copy even Safedisc 3.

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