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Is this drive made by BenQ as well? It looks it (Teac made DQ60). If it is, is there some reason I could find no mention in the review?

I guess the review had again to be 'approved' by plextor? haha

Hi

@chas0039
The drive is indeed based on a teac drive. There is no reason not to mention this in the review other than the drive has a Plextor badge and firmware, and believe should be treated as such.

@alexnoe
We do not require Plextor approval or any other manufacturers approval to publish a review.

Thanks for the clarification. I see your point, you don't want to offend manufacturers. I just consider such information to be essential. Fortunately, it is available in the forum.

The 755A preview had to be approved by Plextor! It is clearly stated.

You say that I have misread this?


EDIT argh arrow was faster

Hi
I find this interesting as the chipset is Teac then at best limited functions with Plextools. The very reason some might invest in Plextor.
Also in many other reviews the chipset used is quite often mentioned, as it can have a bearing on the features a drive can support (Not just now but in the future by way of 'upgrades'). No need to name them but the list includes 'major' manufacturers.

Since you left out the response http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...1&postcount=14 to your question, i'd say yes.

The review clearly states on page 1, that the PX-750 has limited Plextools functionality.
The chipset is actually Panasonic MN103SA6GSJ, and not made by Teac.

Hi
Dee-27,
I fully appreciate your review & had noticed the reference to limited functions on page 1. However my point re whether chipset is relevant, is I feel one worthy of note.(I assumed that this is why they're included in many reviews). The chipset used in the 750 means that this limitation re: functions is unlikely to change.(f/w updates in the past also don't appear with the same fervour, not that Plextor is particularly active in this aspect). Also although it has as yet, not materialised. The fact that chipsets used in some Plextor models could at some point support RAM, could be of interest to some.(It could have indications where Plextors future policy might lie in this aspect).

Thanks for yet one great review Dee-27.
I think that has been known for a while (pic + detail) for most of us...
pics from cdrinfo.com

Great review Dee-27 as always.

Thanks a lot Dee. Excellent review!

Nice as always!
Thanks Dee.

Excellent review.

And finally acceptable results with Pana chipsets, hehe.

Just wanted to say thanks to DEE and Others that do the reviews here. As a new member here i find these reviews informative and know that each review takes up alot of the reviewers time. I have found out it takes countless hours just too do scans of my own personal backups let alone to do reviews of a broad scope of media. To someone new to the world of dvd and cd media quality these reviews and this forum are a plethora of knowledge.

Thanks for the Review Dee !!!
Thanks for the Forums for other details, such as, ReBadged BenQ, manufactured by BenQ for Teac... Reading the reviews on the BenQ Forum on the "60", I would never buy one...

I might be a little slow...but do I unstand that the Plex 750 is a rebadged drive (teach THIS time)?? On one handl, based on feedback I've read her and elsewhere, the PX-716 was more or less a disaster...in that a large number of drives stopped functioning after a small number of hours...I had 2x 716s that ceased to function after only 20-40 burns....this is (for me) really (soryy) crappy quality...I've owned, and paid more for a load of Plextor drives, a range of CD-RWs (likely 15 plus drives) and also a 708, 712, and then the 3x 716....until the 716's, all drives worked and still work wonderfully...then, along comes the 740 (Bena) and now the 750 (teac ??).

Now I wonder was the 716 a "rebadge"??? Have we all "lost the reason" to pay extra money to buy Plextor...only to find that only the name is Plextor???

And, while the 750 was a nice review, when I read that Plextor has only 4o-50 employees it s very clear they can never be a manuafcturer? Does this mean...for years???,,,that a 3rd party company was actually doing the producing...and maybe more.. This is (for a CDFREAKS readerr/member) rather important information....don't you think???

@mrdisk,
I have a 716UF with revision 0306 with firmware 1.09 installed, and I love this drive...

Plextor introduced the 716A in the USA first thru BB and the drive wasn't ready to to sold yet, but I guess they had a deal with BB so they had to deliver...

It was introduced in Europe after the problems were resolved...

There have been many 716A failures reported just like yours, but I wonder what % the failures are ??? But I will tell you, "I will not BUY a new Plextor drive"... They are ReBadging almost everything they sell now... The new 755 & 760 are real Plextor drives but many good features are missing (no RAM, no 8M buffer)...

It time to jump ship !!!

I agree with your statements...and yes, I bought the 716s at BB. Who would think(based on Plaextor history) they would release a dive that was ...well...not correct. But, like I said, if the jut posted Pletor review, which has a lot of Plextor co info, is correct, no company (in my idea) with 40-50 employees can design,test, market and produce DVD drives...maybe...MAYBE, they have "some input", but we both know they are being produced (let's say) outside of Japan. I buy quite a few cd/DVD dives, and I was already burned by Liteon drives (411 and similar)...they would only work as slaves, or failed on tons of othertwise known good media. "Funny" ...but the Liten rebadged as Sony drives Ive got are just fine.....but the latest Sony drives are rebadged Benq as well. Are we down-to "the cheapest mfg THIS week is factory XXX", so that's what we buy and resell? I have (had) no problem paying 30% more for the (former) Plextor quality...and to be fair, the Plex 740A for example was down around US$90 at BB....then again, similar rebadged Liteons/Benq have been as low as US$69.00 at the local BB. Perhaps, aside from maybe CDFreak members, no one will pay a premium...even if the drive is made better and works better.....

Comments frokm other members???/ Or have all you Plex" fans already "jumped ship"???

It's no secret that Plextor rebadges drives. A lot of manufacturers do this. Plextor markets the rebadged drives as mainstream drives while the "real" Plextor drives are aimed more as advanced/professional drives as they support a lot more advanced features. For me personally; I have used the PX-504A, PX-712A, PX-716A and the PX-716UF and from these I use the PX-716UF and PX-712A almost daily without a single problem. I got these drives as review samples.

@Dee-27; thanks for the review; excellent work once again

The smaller buffer is one of the less severe issues... worse is for example that, according to C'T 04/06, plextor has removed support for reading audio-cd-similar discs which are designed to not work on most drives and players

Are you saying that the 755/760 can't rip or play copy protected Audio "CD"s?

If that's what you're saying then this is old news - my PX-712 is already incapable of properly playing and ripping some of the Cactus Data Shield protected Audio "CD"s that I have.