Plextor PX-716UF - DVDRW (dual layer) drive - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ( PX-716UF/SW-UM )

by Plextor

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00068S59O
• Item model number: PX-716UF/SW-UM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,435 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 13, 2004

Product Description

PLEXTOR (PX-716UF/SW-UM) External PX-716UF 16X/8X/16X - DVD-Write

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a drive that recognizes all blank DVD media, January 4, 2007

By 

Larry L. Hoffman (Grass Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plextor PX-716UF - DVDRW (dual layer) drive - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ( PX-716UF/SW-UM ) (Personal Computers)

Neither the built-in NEC DVD+R, an added internal IOMagic DVD+-R, nor an external Sony DVD+-R will even allow me to try to record many of the blank DVD media. They simply don't recognize them as recordable discs. And when they do, the success rate has been very low.

So I took a chance paying more (~$200) for the Plextor and both problems have been eliminated. I have had only one burn failure and at least 50 successful ones so far. Thus, I give this unit top marks. As far as the bundled software goes, I never even tried to install it after reading the previous review and similar reviews on other sites.

The drive is very quiet and solidly built. I'm happy I can now use my collection of various manufacturer's blank discs.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont waist you money, June 17, 2005

By 

Michael Simpson "Owner of KronosRobotics.com" (Leesburg VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plextor PX-716UF - DVDRW (dual layer) drive - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ( PX-716UF/SW-UM ) (Personal Computers)

I like the drive. I upgraded from a 708UF. However the Roxio Software that ships with the drive is very unstable. As a matter of fact it installs a packet writer driver that will tear up your system. You can not uninstall this software unless you uninstall all the included software.

The only way I can keep my computer from constantly rebooting is to turn off the 716UF.

Plextor has been no help. The only comment they had was to take the drive back for a refund.

Im currently using the software that came with my 708 drive and if I had the chance I would return the 716uf drive but my daugter managed to grab my 708 drive so Im stuck.