PX-716A

Overview
The PX-716A DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW internal E-IDE (ATAPI) drive from Plextor® offer all the advantages or our legendary CD-RW drives. Along with double layer and dual format capabilities, the PX-716A is also supported by Intelligent Recording technology to enhance your recording activities.

The drive achives blazing fast 16X CAV performance on recommended 8X DVD+R media, and burns a 4.7GB DVD in less than six minutes, the drive also supports dual-layer DVD media, enabling users to burn up to four hours of high-quality.

    Total Solution Features
  • Double layer allows you to record up to 4 hours of high-quality MPEG-2/DVD video on a 8.5 GB disc
  • Intelligent Recording Technology supported for recording at high-quality and optimum speed
  • AUTOSTRATEGY Writing technology for unknown media with uneven quality.
  • Intelligent Tilt™ Precise laser control via liquid crystal and three-dimensional tilt adjustment for uneven disc surfaces.
  • PoweRec® technology is a sophisticated write strategy providing superior quality recording at maximum speed for your chosen media
  • Buffer Underrun Proof Technology prevents buffer underrun errors
  • Buffer Memory - 8MB
  • Achieves 16x write performance with recommended 8x DVD±R media
  • Support DVD+RW background format
  • Support DVD±VR format for direct disc recording
  • Horizontal or vertical mounting orientation
  • Replaceable black front bezel included
  • OS Support - Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP™
  • One-year full warranty (parts and labor)
    Minimum Systems Requirements
  • CPU: Pentium® 4 1.4GHZ (minimum)
  • HDD 800 MB - 1 GB free space for copying CD to CD image
  • 10 GB free space for DVD authoring
  • RAM 256 MB
  • Monitor Display Resoution 1024 X 768 at 16-bit color
  • OS Support - Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP™
Performance
  CAV, PCAV, CLV write/ CAV read and CLV Read
Sustained Read/Write Speeds DVD 16X (read/write) 9.28 - 22.16 MB/sec
  12X (read/write) 8.31 - 16.62 MB/sec(write)
6.92 - 16.62 MB/sec(read)
  8X (read/write) 8.31 - 11.08 MB/sec(write)
4.70 - 11.08 MB/sec(read)
  6X (write only) 8.31 MB/sec
  5X (read only) 2.90 - 6.92 MB/sec
  4X (write only) 5.54MB/sec
  2.4X (write only) 3.32 MB/sec
  2X (read/write) 2.77 MB/sec
  1X (write only) 1.38 MB/sec
Sustained Read/Write Speeds CD 48X (read/write) 3.18 - 7.2 MB/sec
  40X (read/write) 6.0 MB/sec
  32X (read/write) 3.18 - 4.8 MB/sec(write)
2.17 - 4.8 MB/sec(read)
  24X (read/write) 3 - 3.6 MB/sec
  16X (write only) 2.4 MB/sec
  10X (write only) 1.5 MB/sec
  4X (read/rewrite/write) 600 KB/sec
Burst Read/Write 66 MB/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-4); 16.6 MB/sec (Pio Mode 4/DMA Mode-2)
Typical CD Random Access <100 MS Typical DVD Random Access <150 MS
Buffer 8 MB
Error Rate Mode 1: block/10^12 bits
Mode 2: block/10^9 bits