Plextor PX-W4824A (48/24/48) CD-RW drive

[RASTABT]

Plextor plans to ship a new CD-RW drive with the codename "CD-R PX-W4824A". The drive supports 48X writing, 24X re-writing, 48X reading, 4MB buffer, BURN-Proof, VariRec and PoweRec technologies as the previous Plextor drives. This would be the first ever Plextor drive that offers 48X writing speed among with CAV recording technology! The drive expected to hit the market around middle of September-early October...
Product specifications:

- Writing speeds: 48X (CAV), 40X (P-CAV), 32X (P-CAV), 24X (P-CAV), 20X (CLV), 16X (CLV), 8X (CLV), 4X (CLV)
- Re-writing speeds: 24X (P-CAV), 16X (CLV), 10X (CLV), 10X (CAV) (MRW only), 4X (CLV)
- Reading speeds: 48X (CAV)
- 4MB Buffer + BURN-Proof
- PoweREC III media detection quality system
- VariREC AudioCD authoring system
- Black Tray to reduce C1C2 errors and improved PCB to reduce Jitter
- Capable of Digital Audio Extraction at 48X (max)
- Supports CD-DA; CD-ROM (Mode 1); CD-ROM (Mixed Mode); CD-ROM XA (Mode 2, Form 1 and Form 2 and Mixed Form; CD-I; Photo CD; Video CD; CD-Extra; CD+G; CD Text
- Supports Disc-at-Once, Track-at-Once, Session-at-Once
- Flash ROM allows for easy upgrade over the Internet
- E-IDE (ATAPI-4) interface (UDMA2)
- Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Compatible

source: cdrinfo.com

 

[VIPER_1069]

LOL "waiting for the 72x plextor to come out before i think about upgrading my 24x lol !!!

btw whats CAV recording !?!??

& does it do safe disk v 2.51 > whatever next version will be !? thats the big question lol ???

 

[stimpleton]

- CLV and CAV Technology.

The 4x, 6x, 8x and 12x drives use the CLV-method (Constant Linear Velocity), which means that the Data Transfer Rate (DTR) is constant. To hold a constant DTR the rotation speed must change from high (at the inner side of the CD-ROM) to low (at the outter side of the CD-ROM). The PX-20TS CD-ROM drive is a P-CAV (Partial Constant Angular Velocity) drive. This means that it starts reading the data at the inner side of the CD at 12-speed using the CAV-method. As the drive reads further to the outside of the CD the data transfer rate will increase. At a certain point, when 20-speed is reached, the CD-ROM drive changes to the CLV-method. This means the data will read out at a constant speed of 3000 Kb/s (20-speed). Most other CD-ROM manufacturers use the CAV-method but only mention the highest speed !
The PX-32CS and PX-32TS drives use the Full CAV method.

taken from h**p://w*w.plextor.be/English/technical/support/G0001.html

 

[VIPER_1069]

oooooooooh i get it now er lmao im a bit thick really lmao i really should study plextor information more lol being an owner of a 24/10/40a and hade 2 plextors before that too lol doh @ me lol !

 

[Shoebedobedoo]

I just hope the Plexy engineers learned a hard lesson from Asus& LiteOn engineers here. All I'm concerned about is if this drive can beat Safedisc 2.5.021& SecuROM3 *new*

Shoebedobedoo

 

[VIPER_1069]

i reckon that a firmware hack /update could cure the problem with plextors but i doubt that that will ever happen !?