Plextor PLEXWRITER 52/32/52A INT-ATAPI CDRW ( PX-PREMIUM/SW )

by Plextor

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000093ISF
• Item model number: PX-PREMIUM/SW
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 4, 2003

Product Description

MODEL- PX-PREMIUM/SW VENDOR- PLEXTOR FEATURES- PlexWriter Premium- Beige bezel Internal 52x Write 32x ReWrite 52x Read ATAPI CD-RW drive. PlexWriter Premium E-IDE (ATAPI) CD-RW drive with built-in Buffer Under Run Proof technology delivers exceptionally fast performance in a professional 3-in-1 CD solution while upholding the legendary Plextor reliability. The PlexWriter Premium will create a 650 MB disc in less than 3 minutes recording at 52X. Rewrite at a remarkable 32X and browse through a disc at a speed-reading 52X. The PlexWriter Premium will deliver top performance no matter how you spend your time project after project year after year. Includes drive drive and software manuals 1 pc. CD-R media software and mounting screws. * The PlexWriter Premium has a unique technology and feature combination that offers unparalleled reliability and performance. - Buffer Under Run Proof technology prevents buffer under run errors that can cause wasted media or coasters. - GigaRec allows high capacity storage of up to 1 GB on a 700 MB disc. With this advanced feature you can increase the maximum writing capacity up to 40%. - Q-Check checks and reports written disc quality - C1/C2 track and focus errors. - SecuRec offers password protection for your disc and other valuable data. - SilentMode enables users to vary tray load/unload speed spin up/down speed and write/read speeds. - VariRec provides power users with unprecedented control over the burn process. - PowerRec (Plextor Optimized Writing Error Reduction Control) technology is a sophisticated write strategy for superior quality and stable recording at maximum speed. * With an E-IDE (ATAPI) interface and Plug & Play compatibility installing a CD-RW drive has never been easier. You can reclaim valuable hard disk space or copy and share files with Drag & Drop simplicity within minutes of opening the box. * Powerful software that works for you. - Roxio Easy CD Creator..make the most of your creativity. Archive and backup...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Exact Audio Copies, May 16, 2003

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Bob Carpenter (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plextor PLEXWRITER 52/32/52A INT-ATAPI CDRW ( PX-PREMIUM/SW ) (Personal Computers)

This drive is amazingly accurate. I selected it to rip a thousand CDs at full resolution based on the numerous positive reviews for Plextor drives on sites devoted to exact audio copying. What I learned along the way in upgrading from my previous drive (Sony OEM of Lite-On) is that audio CDs encode bits differently than CD-ROMs, and that not all CD players are created equally in terms of their ability to read the exact bits from audio CDs.

Using a freeware (well, technically postcardware, the author would appreciate a postcard) program called Exact Audio Copy, or EAC, it is possible to assess how accurately an audio track is being read from CD. The audio CD standard allows for a fair degree of error-correction in the CDs, as well as fairly substantial error-correction via interpolation; CD players vary in their accuracy at reading and in their error-correction software. EAC is particularly good in taking multiple passes over the CD and verifying segments in which the reads disagree. EAC also controls disk read speed and looks up CD titles in a free CD database to structure the way in which tracks are stored to disk.

The bottom line is that this Plextor provides 100.0 percent accurate copies (according to EAC) on 9 out of 10 tracks, with the remaining track usually scoring a 99.9 or 99.8. My previous CD-RW was scoring 97.0 comparitively. I should note that this is at roughly an 8-10X speed multiplier, not at the 52X at which this drive is rated for super-fast CD-ROM reading and writing.

This is the drive you want to make exact audio copies. It's also surprisingly quiet and smooth.

2.0 out of 5 stars It may be disappointing, December 9, 2003

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"anglomat" (Naples, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plextor PLEXWRITER 52/32/52A INT-ATAPI CDRW ( PX-PREMIUM/SW ) (Personal Computers)

I purchased it about 3 months ago to replace my Iomega Predator 48x USB2. about a month after I bought I started having freezing problems in the middle of burning so I emailed the Manufacture and took them 2 weeks to get back to me, (I try to call their toll free # but never had more than 30 min to wait for someone to answer) and their answer was to try the burner on a different computer I don't know the situation of other people but I do not have extra computer laying around my house, so I asked a friend and got the same problems . To this day I have resolved the frizzing by selecting the speed and not setting it at more than 32x which is well bellow the rated speed, after emailing them again about my finding they replied that some times it happens with different media that is not recommended for the drive, "Memorex and Sony media is not recommended. Verbatim seem to work well, though.", to which I tried and didn't solve anything. It was very upsetting having spend so much time on something and have come up empty handed and not just that but have paid over 120 for a drive that burns at 32x. which brings mee too another issue that even though this drive its rated for 52x I never saw it burned at that speed, I have tried different software(Easy CD Creator, even the Plextor Tools that come with the burner, and others), also used different media and no difference. I have a Gateway P3 1000 computer running Windows XP Pro and my friend has a Dell P4 running windows XP Home. My recommendation to you is that if customer care is important to you then shop for a different brand.