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Plextor Plextor PX-716A

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Feature-rich drive provides fine overall performance. A firmware update adds support for 6X +R DL and 2X -R DL.

User Reviews for Plextor Plextor PX-716A

Reviewed by: FDUNN3

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Works great for the short time it does.

Weaknesses: As this is the second Plextor drive I have owned (and Last) that has burned less than a stack of disks and died just out of warranty I would not recommend anything with Plextor's name on it.

Overall Evaluation: Plextor was a pioneer in the early days of optical storage and it's name WAS synonymous with quality and reliability but as so many others have done they have probably outsourced everything and their quality assurance is very bad.When you buy Plextor you pay anywhere from 3 to 4 times the cost of barnds with less of a legacy, BUT YOU GET THE SAME WARRANTY. If Plextor thinks their brand is worth paying such a premium for then why do they have such a short warranty.Do yourself a favor just buy a samsung, nec, acer, lite-on or the like. You will get the same warranty and IF your drive goes out in the same short time that the Plextors do then just buy another one. It's like getting a 3-4 year warranty with upgrades. Plextor just stinks and if you buy one then you deserve what you have to go through.
Reviewed by: Donaldronenbaum

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Good quality CD/DVD burning.

Weaknesses: Breaks easily.

Overall Evaluation: I have bought several pairs of Plexter CD and DVD burning drives over the last five years. In more than half the cases the drives have failed within one year. I use them carefully and not very heavily. In one instance the tech support made me change media brands several times over the course of weeks, until they finally repaired the drive and admitted that it was faulty. Just recently the drive door on my PX-716A stopped working just four weeks after the warranty expired. Tech support refused to replace the drive. I have installed Sony rewritable drives on computers owned by friends and family. Those drives are all still working properly, and all cost only about half as much as Plextor. Save your money.

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