Plextor releases a HD-DVD / Blu-ray / DVD-R / CD-R combo – PX-B300SA
Premium optical drive vendor Plextor has released an interesting combo drive. Their new PX-300SA is a 16x speed DVD recorder which can also read Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. The drive is a major technological break through, as it is first of it’s kind on the market, but it remains to be seen how much there is real demand for this combination. The HD DVD is most likely to be extinct, so it is questionable how much is the dual format support worth. Of course, if you are one of those that have already bought a Toshiba or Xbox HD DVD add-on and some titles, the new Plextor could be a nice choice for bringing your PC to the blue laser age and you also provide one with Blu-ray support if and when HD DVD starts fading away.
PX-B300SA, a halfheight internal BD and HD DVD ROM with SATA connection.
The drive will read and write all conventional forms of CD & DVD’s in addition to reading BD and HD-DVD ROM.
Technical Specifications
| Interface | SATA | ||||||||||||
| Data buffer | 4 MB (with Buffer Underrun Proof Technology) | ||||||||||||
| Access Time |
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| MTBF | 100.000 power on hours | ||||||||||||
| Disc Loading | Tray (30.000 times) | ||||||||||||
| Color | black | ||||||||||||
| Dimensions (with front bezel) |
148 x 42 x 190 mm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | max 870 g | ||||||||||||
| Warranty | 2 year Fast Warranty Service (in EU, Norway and Switzerland: Collect & Return) 1 year in other countries |
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| Supported readable media: | BD-ROM, BD-R SL/DL, BD-RE SL/DL, HD DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R and CD-RW | ||||||||||||
| Supported writable media: | DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R, and CD-RW | ||||||||||||
| Lightscribe Label Printing: | Pixel Resolution:600 dpi, Color: Mono, Color BG | ||||||||||||
| Random access time: | BD-ROM 180ms / HD DVD-ROM 210 ms / DVD-ROM 160 ms / DVD-RAM 180 ms/CD-ROM 150 ms | ||||||||||||
| DVD writing modes: | Disc-at-Once, Incremental Recording, Random Access, Sequential Recording, Restricted Overwriting, Random Write | ||||||||||||
| CD writing modes: | Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Session-at-Once, Packet Write (variable and fixed) | ||||||||||||
| DVD formats supported: | Multi-border, Multi-session, DVD-Video, DVD+/-VR | ||||||||||||
| CD formats supported: | CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode-1, CD-ROM Mode-2, CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra, Video-CD, Multi-session, CD Text, CD-I, Photo-CD, Mixed CD |
System Requirements
Data Writing, Video Editing, DVD Authoring
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Source: Plextor.be
March 27th, 2008 at 1:09 am
1) yes, i am sure that u do trim down the original press release when citing specs …
but the point i am making is that u should not leave out VITAL info from your digest (like platform support!) or else u r defeating the purpose of having a specialized web site!!
not to mention the idea that u might want to consider actually curring apath through the marketcom underbrush & directly contacting the product managers yourself — so that you can create an editorial product that fills in the missing gaps … ie has some value-add, and is not just re-cycled PR!
2) as for drivers, it is news to me that XP had writeable support for dvd-ram … i was under the impression that this feature (FULL COMPATIBILITY) was new to vista –
but what do i know!?
“Windows XP can only write directly to FAT32-formatted DVD-RAM discs. For UDF-formatted discs, which are considered faster, compatible device drivers or software such as InCD or DLA are required. Windows Vista can natively access and write to UDF-formatted DVD-RAM discs.”
cf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram
3) anyways, could you pls make sure that you let the marketcom minions know that u expect full platform in their press releases — so that they (the vendor) not you (the media) have to do the hard work of actually reporting the facts!
anyways – my original question is about macs – so i guess i will have to go hunt down the url directly myself …. which i guess is part of the windows FUD tax mac users have to pay :-(
thanx:dlf
March 1st, 2008 at 5:22 am
zahadum,
The specs are based on the company press-release, which I usually shorten down a bit to fit better. Full story can be found from the source link.
And I don’t know what are you referring to with drivers and DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM works fine under Windows XP just fine.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
mac?
pls irclude status of osx drivers as part of your standard editorial checklist even if that means you actually have to – gasp! – contact the vendor to get all facts.
this would be a real valueable service for your readers!
also: pls take special care when regurgiting spes – some hardware features are routinely listed by vendors even though the feature is not supported at the platform level … and requires special/custom drivers that are very expensive!
eg dvd-ram has never had a microsoft (write) driver until vista – a decade after apple started shipping its original ’superdrive’ …
bizarely, apple dropped write suport for dvd-ram during the change-over from ‘classic’ to os/x!!
the result of this erratic platform-level support is that windows users gain what mac users have taken away from them :-(
readers need to which hardware features have softwae ‘gottchas’.
(another example would be the special drivers
February 19th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I don’t think are the first..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133
Model
Brand LG
Type DVD Burner & Blu-ray/HD Reader
Model GGC-H20L
Performance
Cache 4MB
WRITE Speed
DVD R 16X
DVD RW 8X
DVD-R 16X
DVD-RW 6X
CD-R 40X
CD-RW 24X
DVD R DL 4X
DVD-R DL 4X
DVD-RAM 5X
READ Speed
DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: 16X
Blu-ray DVD-ROM: 6X
HD DVD-ROM: 3X
Physical Spec
LightScribe Support Yes
Form Factor 5.25″
Panel Color Black
Configuration
Load Type Tray
Interface SATA