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do not i mean do not purchase plextor px-716a
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sucka13
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27. February 2005 @ 10:21 |
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Got mine from bestbuy Have had no problems!!!!!!!!!!!
dennis bauder
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27. February 2005 @ 12:46 |
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told ya pieman that burner is crap now the pioneer...IM IN LOVE lol
I, like others, have their preferences, but your statement about the Plextors being crap, is idiotic, at best.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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27. February 2005 @ 14:01 |
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I completely agree with Bruce.
My killer sig came courtesy of bb "El Jefe" mayo.
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27. February 2005 @ 18:23 |
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I have a 708A, 712A and 716A (plus a 712SA still in the box ready to hook up); so far so good; no problems over the past 6 months; they all work flawlessly......
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe I875P
3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood
1 GB Kingston
Plextor 716A Dvd-Rw
74 GB WD Raptor SATA HD@10000rpm
200 GB Maxtor HD@7200rpm
GeForce 6800 GT
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sghost
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28. February 2005 @ 00:26 |
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well i as well as others have said its a piece of crap you have whole forums dedicated to the ridicule of this terrible burner maybe the older models are better but as far as what i have exper. first hand as well as others its still a PIECE OF CRAP!!!!...c'mon not one out of the four that were purchased worked you tell me.so if me talking of my exper.with the plextor px-716a and trying to warn others of the faulty product makes me an idot as you say then your a f****** moron you jerk
copy protection baaah!!!!
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sghost
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28. February 2005 @ 00:31 |
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that goes to you GRANDPA...furthermore i was not talking of all the plextor writers i was talking of the plextor px-716a straighten your goggles out GRANDPA
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wild77
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28. February 2005 @ 01:56 |
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I, like others, have their preferences, but your statement about the Plextors being crap, is idiotic, at best.
There seems to be a lot of Idiots around here lately If you don't like Plextors don't buy them it's that simple.
I have never had a problem with any of mine and will continue to use them.
If I do get a bad one I will just exchange it for another!
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28. February 2005 @ 07:17 |
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@ sghost
There's no need for swearing or personal attacks so knock it off. I happen to think alot of Bruce so if you call him names you're calling me names too.
My killer sig came courtesy of bb "El Jefe" mayo.
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"And there we saw the giants, and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" - Numbers 13:33
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28. February 2005 @ 08:38 |
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my 716a rocks,the haters must have crappie computers!lol
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28. February 2005 @ 10:58 |
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You insult one of us, you insult all of us sghost. Time for apologies.
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ScubaBud
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28. February 2005 @ 11:24 |
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I'd like to add something to this thread if I may.
The Man behind the software program that we all use at one time or another, DVD Decrypter, personally has not one, not two, but three Plextors and even wrote a special program built into DVD Decrypter just for his Burners, (Enable SpeedRead DVD, Plextor.)
I also trust the judgment of the Mod's, Addicts, and Seniors here on aD as to their opinions.
Just like purchasing a vehicle that gives you problems, giving justifiable reason to never consider that make again, so it is with you in regards to the Plextor issue. It can be left at that without any name calling.
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kenneth1
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28. February 2005 @ 11:46 |
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I have the new Plextor 716-UF, its the best burner I ever had, and sghost where do you get off swearing like that to some one you should be banned
Ken
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iriedawta
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28. February 2005 @ 12:28 |
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i have the plextor 716 (internal one). bought it in janauary, the revision was t0202. it works great better than the older pioneer version i had. i work at bestbuy in miami. but i haven't seen anybody bring back the plextor 716a version 0203 back has yet. maybe that bestbuy store had gotten a bad batch. if so, the store will take it off the shelf and return it to the manufactorer and get a new batch later. but all i know down here the plextors are sold off the shelf every 2 days. alot of people vouch by the plextors
i'm a girl....yes...a jamaican girl
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riznstar
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28. February 2005 @ 12:32 |
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I bought my first Px-716 at BestBuy before christmas.
I worked so well that I puchased a second one,two weeks ago, Also from Best Buy.They were plug and play
NO PROBLEMS. It has bben amaseing how fast they work.
I have purchased 6 DVD burners to date.The last three have been Plextors. The only situation encountered
was that the Plextor Update did not work when a NON Plextor drive was setup as a Slave.Pulling the Slave
from the cable and Update worked first time.
You may have had a hardware conflict with another drive in the chain.Burning with Nero and Roxio worked
with out problem useing these non matching drives.
Check your drive cables, Some cables can be only used as "Drive cable select only". Or you may have had a jumper conflict- CS and Master or Slave and Slave.
Plextor has been GREAT for me.
P.S. my first computer used tape backup.paper tape. cir1977 Life is better now.
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28. February 2005 @ 12:34 |
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Purchased my Plextor 716a before Christmas. TLA 0101 at that. This drive has yet to let me down. I simply strapped it correctly, installed it and started burning. The latest firmware, 104a, corrects any compatibility issues with various Mobos. I haven't burned a single coaster nor when I run tests using Plextools and Nero, do I see scans that say this drive sucks. Must be a problem between the chair and the keyboard.. :)
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28. February 2005 @ 12:41 |
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Must be a problem between the chair and the keyboard.. :)
ROFLMFAO
I am gonna use that line in here someday!!! :)
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28. February 2005 @ 12:51 |
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@ sghost
There's no need for swearing or personal attacks so knock it off. I happen to think alot of Bruce so if you call him names you're calling me names too.
Thanks, Neph. I think alot of you, too. I have learned much, from your posts.
@sghost
I did not call you an idiot. I merely said that your statement about Plextors being crap, was idiotic, which it was.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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joeymac
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28. February 2005 @ 22:13 |
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Hi all
I came to this forum as I was looking for feedback PX 716A and had noticed in another that Flip 218 had this model. As always, rather than start a new thread, I searched for the 716A & bingo here I am. Can I also say that I always come to AD in rather a humble way as my knowledge is so poor and so many people seem so keen to help me - for nothing - other than to feed back on progress & perhaps even discover something which I can share with everone.
Having said all that, even I have bad days, and when I feel I have no time to apply critical thinking to a situation, I often get frustrated & regret my actions. It takes a big man/woman to accept an apology but an even bigger one to offer an apology.
Perhaps 'Best is the Enemy of Better'
Kindest regards to all
Joeymac
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28. February 2005 @ 23:18 |
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I had nothing but good luck with mine but its a 712A and wild77 i had to wait forever to on the rebate so i called them about it and gotit in a week so try that.
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sghost
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1. March 2005 @ 00:11 |
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i dont feel i owe grandpa an apology if anything he owes me one i have a right to voice my opinion on a product which i found as well as many others found faulty.everyone on here has given me there unbiased or biased opinion but without insults...and those i can accept.but i will not be insulted because of my unfortunate exper.with a faulty product,you say you were not trying to insult me but yet you apologized so i will take as though you were not thinking before you typed your responce therefore i accept your apology and give one in return too you and all i have offended in here
NOW LET'S GET BACK TO BURNING!!!
copy protection baaah!!!!
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robtwilk
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1. March 2005 @ 14:55 |
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I almost bought the latest Pioneer, but the tray configuration won't allow me to install it in my Vaio case. The drawer appears to be the whole top half of the unit, not just the middle like most other CD/DVD drives.
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robtwilk
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1. March 2005 @ 15:24 |
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Sorry about the above comment, I replied to something on page one.
On the 716A subject, I keep promising myself that I'll install mine - but the Sony Vaio case takes a brain surgeon's skills to get access to the drives. I did it once and it took a VERY long, frustrating time. One side of the bay doesn't even have access to the screw holes on the drives, so it just uses pressure points to hold the drives in on that side. It's liquid cooled and it looks sexy, but next time I guess I'll build my own!
My Plextor unit is a t0203 from Best Buy.
rzinstar - I plan on having the 716A as the master and my old Sony DRU-700A as the slave. Does this present a problem based on your comments about a non-Plextor drive being on the same chain?
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joeymac
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1. March 2005 @ 22:13 |
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robtwilk
From my knowledge with CD Drives, my understanding is not to stream on the same IDE, any other advice out there?
Deep Joy!
Joeymac
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riznstar
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2. March 2005 @ 08:13 |
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The only problem that I have found when mixing
the Plextor with another brand DVD burner on the
same IDE cable was that the Plextor update program
failed to work. By unhooking the non Plextor drive
the program worked flawlesly. This may be a problem
if you do not have easy acess to the back of the drives.You could split the drives onto seperate IDE
cables, or cheat and just use two Plextor drives.
Hopefully updates will start to be more infrequent.
(The reason I went with matched drives was that I noticed that my old drive was ATA-3 and the new 716a's
were ATA-5.This may explain part of the boost in speed.) Enjoy whatever drive you like best.
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joeymac
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2. March 2005 @ 08:44 |
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riznstar
I appreciate your reply, I have a Plextor 116A drive as a DVD read drive + + a LG 52 Cd on the same IDE, withn the Plextor 708A doing the writing, it works no problem but as you say use what ever works for you.
P.S. Any sign of Scuba Pete?
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