Plextor PX-504A Review

I agree with the other person who said that it works fine. I have a unfortunate accident that I have with the drive, instead of being in DMA 2 it was on PIO mode (program input / output) and the drive write down a dvd+r that it was suppose to be at 2.4x it works at 1x (impossible but true the dvd+r was fine but it take 45 min to finish). The buffer marker was form 89 to 7 and the light was blinking but it show to work all the way. Even I record some cd-rs after that (proveing that the drive can handle such pressure and not deliver a buffer overrun error) in that time I got aware of the problem that it something wrong the cds where recorded at 9x with Nero until I check all the reasons to the strange behavior of the drive. Is true that in this business all is not good at the first time but knowing that you can judge the book by his cover the plextor px-50a DVD+RW drive disserves a better review. That is my opinion.

Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

The first thing I did with this drive is burn my Ghost backup that is 4.2 GB in size. It took 13minutes to complete the burn. I would say that is pretty reasonable.

I did burn an audio CD and, although I chose to burn at the max 16x, the drive topped out at 13x.

My main focus for purchasing the drive is backing up data and drive images. As long as it keeps churing them out within 15 minutes, I am going to be happy.

I can’t wait for the media prices to drop.

Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

I’ve had the PX-504a for over 2 weeks now and burned about 15 DVD’s on various types of media with a number of burning packages including Nero, Pinnacle Instant Copy and CopytoDVD.

The drive has been nothing but fast and reliable–not one DVD coaster. It’s also not a bad CD burner coming from my 12x Plextor.

If you have a buffer-underrun, you must be doing something wrong with the hardware configuration of your PC or have some other type of conflict.

This drive lives up to the Plextor reputation as far as I’m concerned.

Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

I have had the 504A for about a month- got it on sale at Best Buy with $50 rebate. This is my third DVD writer (previous was Pioneer A04). This drive is superior to that one in every respect. I have burned many DVDs – no coasters (read ZERO) and average completion time around 12-13 minutes. And yes – I multitask while burning. So quiet I have to look at the lights to make sure it is working. Unlike the reviewer, I have NEVER been “disappointed” with Plextor products and this burner is one of the best purchases I have made in quite a long time. Don’t always rely on self-proclaimed experts to tell you which products they endorse/recommend. Talk to real people who actually use the products – read the forums – use Google. I had to respond to this review because I consider it a disservice to consumers and Plextor alike. P.S. – I do not work for Plextor or any computer-related business.

Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

Died in 4 months, stopped being able to read and media. Plextor was easy to work with for an RMA. They no longer repair so I was sent out a replacment in a little over a week from the time it left my hands to the time the replacment arrived. I wish I knew what the failure rate was. It worked well before, here’s hoping the replacement is solid.

Rating: 4 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.