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Posted by timothy (27% noise) View
Tesko writes “It seems the first 12x DVD+R drive has been released by none other than Plextor, with their Model PX-712A (Product link here). The drive’s write speed includes, 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 12X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-RW. And it’s read speed comes in at 48X CD-ROM/CD-R, and 16X DVD-ROM. Also noteworthy, the drive apparently has a 8MB buffer.”
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Dead Technology! - by Lord Apathy (Score: 5, Informative) Thread
12x speed is very nice but this is still a single layer dvd writer. The first of the dual layers will be out in a few weeks. Sony is sceduled to be out the 16th. You can already preorder it. The specs this beast are nice but its dead on the floor. Wait till the dual layer is here then they will be giving them away.
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Re:please explain. - by Planky (Score: 5, Funny) Thread
Just like Red makes cars go faster, black must stablize it. ——- Your everyday 4x2
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Eh, no big - by Anonymous Coward (Score: 5, Insightful) Thread
An 8x burner is pretty fast, so 12x isn’t really that big of a deal. This like the 48x burners vs. the 32x burners. We’re talking only a couple minutes difference. The next big leap is the dual layer drivers.
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Re:If only … - by James_G (Score: 5, Informative) Thread
less critical stuff I’ll probably be on a CD, if for no reason other than media costs.
Media costs? Well let’s see..
25 4X DVD+R for $31
100 52X CD-R for $31
So that’s.. 25*4700MB[*] / 31 = 3.7GB/$ for DVDs
And.. 100*700MB / 31 = 2.2GB/$ for CDs.
Add in the fact that, to burn 4.7GB in CDs takes 7x700MB CDs, so you’re doing a lot more disc swapping.. I can’t see any reason to use CDs. Especially not for media cost reasons. Yeah, you can get cheaper media than that, but if you want good quality stuff, this is the range you’re looking at.
[*] DVDs are 4700MB, not 4.7GB (4812MB)
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The good old days - by LordoftheFrings (Score: 5, Funny) Thread
Remember the good old days when you could list your optical drive specs with only 3 numbers? For example, “I just got a new CD Burner! It’s 32x16x8” Now, it’s what? 48x12x8x8x8x32x32x48. Just freaking perfect. This is what multiple standards do to us.
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