Plextor looks to be finally listening to their customers with requests for faster DVD recording, especially with dual layer media. Now they are offering new firmware (v1.04) from mid January for their Plextor PX-716 series that improves the writing speed of DVD+R DL to 6x, DVD-R DL to 2x and DVD+RW to 8x.
Beginning March they expect to release another firmware update (v1.05) to improve DVD-R DL support to 6x. This announcement comes just a few days following Pioneer's 6x DVD±R DL drive announcement. Thanks to Stefan Duvander for E-mailing in the following press release:
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Free of charge, Plextor offers for its award winning Dual Layer drive, the PX-716 series, a firmware upgrade to support higher writing speeds. By this upgrade Plextor offers its customers protection on their investment for the future. They are the first to introduce to the market 6x DVD+R DL and 6x DVD-R Middle of January, firmware 1.04 will be released to support:
Beginning of March, firmware 1.05 will be released to support:
This press release is also available on the Plextor web site at http://www.mta.co.jp/product/product.html |
It is nice to see Plextor back in the lead for fast DVD recording speeds. Not long ago consumers were getting anxious for them to even add dual-layer support and now they add support to the PX-716 series to make them inline with the fastest dual-layer recorders on the market.
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Source: MT&A Japan
