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• Plextor PX-760A Dual Layer DVDRW Writer

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  2 Star Review

  Reviewed by: PHILCHAMBORD

  Updated:11-05-07

  Duration of ownership:1

  Strengths: Fast, quiet and the software is excellent.

  Weaknesses: Failure rate is high. Mine died 13 months and 1 week after purchase. Warranty is 1 year.

  Overall Evaluation: Based on the high praise of the reviews, I ignored the reports of failures posted september 2006. Mistake. The drive is a quality drive and the software bundled with it has features not found elsewhere. However the drive will fail. Keep your receipts.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: No_Iceberg

  Updated:01-06-07

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Awesome copies on sible and dual layer discs.

  Weaknesses: None that I have encountered.

  Overall Evaluation: I have owned several other drives made by Plextor. The PX-760A gives you professional quality, from start to finish. And, when coupled with Verbatim media, it simply cannot be beat. Since it will be several years before Blu-Ray or HD have more appeal, it's a safe bet that this is an excellent choice for your present disc burning needs, with the promise of disc compatability for Blu-ray/HD players.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hflouie

  Updated:12-18-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Days

  Strengths: 48x read cd, 16x read dvd. Very good error correction.

  Weaknesses: Price even with rebate is still higher than other brands.

  Overall Evaluation: Very good error correction on both CD's and DVD's. The firmware upgrade is very good and easy. You can go backward or forward with the revision numbers if the latest does not work. Very good writing quality with most media. Comes with black and included beige cover. Comes with Plextools which provides diagnostic tests on blank and recorded media and Roxio. Has media check of the quality of blank media. Installation was plug and play with Windows XP.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: joe7493

  Updated:12-10-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

  Strengths: Fast write speeds, quiet, AutoSreategy, PoweRec, Easy installation and use

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I replaced a Plextor PX-716A that failed after 2 years of use. The PX-760A is quieter and noticeably faster when burning both DVD + R and DVD + R DL media than the PX-716A. The drive is very easy to install and use. Features like AutoStrategy and PoweRec are a big plus for this drive. AutoStrategy will develop a write strategy for unknown media with questionable quality. PoweRec will adjust laser power and writing speed to be at the best setting for the disc being burned. This drive is more expensive then the rest of the competition. But, when you consider the faster burning speeds, all of the features that this drive comes with, and a $30 rebate offered from Plextor, you realize that you are getting an exceptional drive at a very competitive price.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ywchang

  Updated:11-28-06

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: Fast burning, Autostrategy, plextor tools.

  Weaknesses: Over priced compared to the rest of the competition. No DVD-RAM support.

  Overall Evaluation: It has top of the line CD and DVD error correction ability and many exclusive features that other brands cannot offer. However, it also costs more than twice than the rest of the competition.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: saarcher

  Updated:11-27-06

  Duration of ownership:1

  Strengths: Speed, design, quiet and software

  Weaknesses: the Price

  Overall Evaluation: What I like about this produce is the ease of installation, use, speed and the ability to monitor the writing speed by the led. You are also able to check the writing quality of your cd and/or dvd. The software is good, too.

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  2 Star Review

  Reviewed by: sunshine0425

  Updated:10-15-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Months

  Strengths: Burns quite fast

  Weaknesses: Installation CD for Roxio and Plextools professional is not compatable with windows xp...

  Overall Evaluation: Burner works fine, but is pretty worthless without the burn software. I would not recommend this if you have windows xp. You will have to buy a burn program yourself or chance getting a virus by downloading off the internet. Cheap price and rebate do not make it worth it.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: drissi

  Updated:09-28-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Months

  Strengths: NO COASTERS! Fast and Reliable. Recognizes unknown media.Writes to different brand DVDs. Playback reliable on different brand DVD players.Both black and beige bezels. Easy install.

  Weaknesses: None, except last firmware update

  Overall Evaluation: The Plextor has to be the best DVD Writer around. It's also pricey ($100-120), but I've burned virtually no "coasters". It's a 18X burner, but I haven't seen that speed yet. It burns a full DVD in 7 minutes @ 16X. It would be faster, but it has AUTOSTRATEGY that waits to adjust to unknown brands of blank disks (nice feature). I've have no problems except my last Firmare update (1.04 from 1.03). You can go back and forth with firmware, so I reverted back to 1.03 and it's perfect again. It comes with Roxio 7 Basic, but I prefer Nero 6.6. Stay away from "generic" or "Acme" brand DVD or CDs. My main use has been transferring VHS to DVD so I haven't used the Double Layer feature yet. I've burned a few CDs with no problems. I feel the Plextor 760A is one of the best DVD writers on the market.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: clady

  Updated:09-17-06

  Duration of ownership:6 Days

  Strengths: Super fast, good quality, great extra software included.

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I would rate this product super fast, and excellent performance. The price is good for this type of drive. I like that it comes with a lot of extra software included in the package. I decide to upgrade my Plextor PX-712A to the the PX-760A. I feel I made an excellent choice. From my previous experience with Plextor, I have been pleased with Plextor DVD-RW/CD-RW Writer drives. I think Plextor makes an excellent product.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: AWAW

  Updated:09-04-06

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  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: I should of bought another Plextor instead of Sony DRU-820A, I still have my Plextor PX-504A that i burned over 400 dvds and still works like new. Can't beat that kind of quality.

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