Plextor announces four new optical drives, 6x Blu-ray readers included

by Darren Murph, posted Nov 28th 2008 at 4:06PM

Not interested in Qflix, huh? No worries, as Plextor has four others for your consideration. Up first is the PX-610U 8x slim external USB Super Multi Drive for both Mac and PC, which requires no AC adapter and comes bundled with Roxio burn software. Next are the 6x PX-B310SA (internal SATA) and PX-B310U (external USB) drives, both of which read Blu-ray Discs at 6x and burn blank DVDs at an undisclosed (but undoubtedly zippy) rate. Batting cleanup are the 22x PX-850SA (internal SATA) and PX-850A (internal PATA) Super Multi drives, which forgo the whole BD-compatible thing and stick strictly to DVD. Each of the units should be available now, though pricing remains a mystery. Nothing like a little anticipation, right?

Filed under: Blu-ray, Other formats, Players, Recorders

Tags: blu-ray burner, Blu-rayBurner, optical drive, OpticalDrive, Plextor, PlexUTILITIES, PX-610U, PX-850SA, PX-B310SA, PX-B310U

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Rhino @ Nov 28th 2008 4:34PM

Wish it would be a real Plextor....
Their quality goes down a lot these years.
I remember my first Plextor SCSI CD-R worked almost 10 years!! and my first DVD one worked 3 months

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Mr. E @ Nov 29th 2008 12:19PM

Yep, I definitely agree. I used to be so proud of my Plextor DVD burner, when they were the undisputed kings of quality and reliability. What a shame they've lost that edge.

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