Leading personal storage and high reliability optical drive manufacturer Plextor has launched its latest 20x DVD-ReWriter drive in two separate internal formats - the PX-820A is IDE/ATAPI and PX-820SA is SATA. The latest models offer superior quality, yet offer excellent value for money for enthusiast/professional users and those that do not require HD optical drives.
These latest DVD-RW drives from Plextor's popular PX-800 series offer fast burning speeds of up to 20x, including up to 12x Dual-Layer burning, and incorporate multi-format DVD+/-R & DVD-RAM technology.
| Feature | Product Features |
| Writing speed | |
| CD write speed | 48x |
| CD rewrite speed | 32x |
| DVD-R write speed | 20x |
| DVD+R write speed | 20x |
| DVD-R Double Layer write speed | 12x |
| DVD+R Double Layer write speed | 8x |
| DVD+RW write speed | 8x |
| DVD-RAM write speed | 12x |
| DVD-RW write speed | 6x |
| CD-R write speed | 48x |
| CD-RW write speed | 32x |
| Endurance | |
| Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 70000h |
| Record modes | |
| Sequential writing | Y |
| Random write | Y |
| System requirements | |
| Minimum RAM | 256MB |
| Minimum processor | Pentium 4 1.4 GHz |
| Minimum hard disk space | 10GB |
| Compatible operating systems | Windows 2000/XP/Vista |
| Weight & dimensions | |
| Dimensions W x D x H | 146 x 165 x 41.3mm |
| Weight | 700g |
| Reading speed | |
| CD read speed | 48x |
| DVD-ROM read speed | 16x |
| CD-ROM read speed | 48x |
| Optical drive | |
| Internal | Y |
| Loading mechanism | Tray |
| Drive device, buffer size | 2MB |
| Interface | Serial ATA |
| Access time | |
| DVD drive average random access time | 160ms |
| CD-ROM drive average random access time | 140ms |
| Colour | |
| Colour of product | White |