Plextor Europe has today officially announced their latest CD-writer, the Plextor Premium, which we already briefly mentioned during our CeBIT coverage. The Plextor Premium drive will support 52x writing and reading speeds and besides that it will also support 32x re-writing:
| Optimum performance, unique features and super-fast '“ these are just a few of the qualities of the latest Plextor CD-ReWriter. The brand new PlexWriter Premium reads and writes disks at a speed of 52x, and rewrites at a top speed of 32x. The drive has an access time of less than 65 ms, an extensive 8MB buffer, and just like its predecessors, is equipped with the Buffer Underrun Proof technology to avoid this kind of error. The unique extra features that further increase ease of use and quality are really impressive. With the 'GigaRec" function, you can store up to 1.2 GB of data on a standard 99 minute CD (or up to 1 GB on an 80 minute CD), an increase in capacity of over 40%, which will be particularly appreciated by music lovers. With its 'SecuRec" hardware password protection, you can protect all your data. Ideal for making and storing master copies of important data. To extend the working life of the drive and run the whole process really quietly, you can use 'Silent Mode" to set the access times, read and write speed and the eject time yourself. A 'Q-Check" or quality control (C1/C2 error test, FE/TE test and Beta/Jitter test) before and after the burning process provides you with the necessary information about the quality of your CD. |
The Plextor Premium drive will be available in both an internal and external (USB 2.0) version. The drive can be purchased this May for a recommended retail price of €119 (ex. VAT) for the internal drive and €199 (ex. VAT) for the external drive.
You're of course welcome to discuss this new Plextor drive in our Plextor Forum!
Source: Plextor Europe
