CDR-Info has posted a PleXWriter PX-W4012A IDE CDR-W review

Plextor is one of the most important manufacturers of optical storage devices. Many times in the past, Plextor has kept up with the writing race, behind Sanyo, and now a new proposal comes up. Plextor's latest model with the codename PX-W4012A is the first ever recorder that supports 40x writing race and leads the writing race. At the same time frame, where the majority of other manufacturers have already or are about to ship their 32x writing proposals, Plextor moved ahead and presents a recorder that supports the faster recording speeds at both CD-R and CD-RW formats. Our review plans to examine if Plextor's 40x writing speed brings up any major performance differences from the already tested 24x/32x recorders and how the new adopted technologies by Plextor can affect to the overall drive's performance.

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