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SuckRaven
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_ 		21. January 2007 @ 18:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's a sad day...Plextor consumer drives are no more. It's all there in the title. Link is here:

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/No-more-Ple...pulls-plug.html

There goes making backups of PC games without having to use emulation =(

(Plextor Premium baby !!! )
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binkie7
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 16:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow - another one bites the dust. BenQ did last year.

Txs for heads up SuckRaven
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 16:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Gotta get me a Plextor before their off the market!
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 17:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This sucks because Plextor drives kick butt. I might have to pick up one ahead of schedule for my C2D setup I am planning for mid '07. If I can't pick one up I will probably go with a Lite-On. Some people love Lite-Ons, others hate 'em. In my opinion they are up there (although not quite as good) with Plextor and will be #1 once all the Plextor drives are sold out.
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 17:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol - I'm one of the one's that love Litey's.

Kept saying I'd get a Plextor I guess now I'll have too before they're extinct.
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Yujenh
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_ 		22. January 2007 @ 17:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
this is really bad. i'm such big fan of plextor. got 3 px-716 and 2 px-712 and 1 px-760. i guess its time to stock them up. i will highly recommeded the px-716.
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SuckRaven
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_ 		23. January 2007 @ 04:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Update: The latest on cdfreaks.com is the following:

"An official confirmed statement from Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., the parent company of Plextor, announced today" "Although Plextor's optical drive operations will be reduced, our business itself will still continue," says Motoaki Kaneko, the president of Shinano Kenshi. "We do have a plan to release consumer drives while our engineering team will be engaged more in the development for business use equipment."

So I guess this is good news after all... the full article is here:

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/Plextor-Dev...-continues.html
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_ 		23. January 2007 @ 04:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yep, heard about this, pretty gay lol.

I'll stick to my LG, till it breaks, then buy a Pioneer ;-)

Down with Lite-On; haha only joking Karen. XD
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Yujenh
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_ 		23. January 2007 @ 06:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Its great to heard they are willing to stay in the market.
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binkie7
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_ 		23. January 2007 @ 14:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You better be jokin there ripper :p

aabbccdd posted in the Taiyo Yuden thread this blurb from Plextor:
This isn't correct, Plextor will still sell to consumer market in our brand name.


Meaning they will have their name but probably not made by them.

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_ 		24. January 2007 @ 06:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Heh, you know I was ;-)

And hmm, who will be making the them then?
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_ 		24. January 2007 @ 13:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Now that would be the question - I wonder who will be?
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