Plextor Europe has announced a new 18x multi-format DVD writer, the PX-800A. Along with 18x DVD±R and 8x DVD±R DL writing speeds, the drive can write to DVD-RAM media at 12x. Best of all, Plextor claims that the PX-800A will be "priced cost-effectively."
Plextor, the personal storage and high reliability optical drive manufacturer, today announces the first DVD-RW drive from its new PX-800 series: the ATAPI/IDE PX-800A. At 18x it is still one of the fastest drives in the world (Plextor was the first to launch 18x products with the PX-760 series).
It also incorporates multi-format (DVD+/-R & DVD-RAM) technology to satisfy the demand for high end drives from enthusiast/professional users. In fact, it is Plextor's first drive capable of 12x DVD-RAM.
Even though this high reliability drive comes from Plextor, the market leaders in quality, it will be priced cost-effectively. The drive is in line with Plextor's high quality product requirements, and supports burning quality technologies like Buffer Underrun proof technology, which prevents buffer underrun errors.
Is the PX-800A a new design or one of the Lite-On manufactured drives we've been hearing rumors about? I guess we'll have to wait until the end of March when they hit store shelves. In the mean time, Plextor's entire press release can be found here.
