Plextor PX-708A DVD±R/±RW Recorder Goes 8X

Test Configuration And Methods

The tests were run in four steps

• CD play (650 MB)
• Minimum, maximum and mean transfer rateRandom, 1/3 and full access timeAudio extraction + DAE test
• DVD play
• Minimum, maximum and mean transfer rateRandom, 1/3 and full access timeVideo extraction of 7.76 GB (double layer)
• CD recording
• Time to record a CD-R - 650 MBTime to record a CD-RW - 650 MB
• DVD recording
• Time to record a DVD-R - 4.38 GBTime to record a DVD+R - 4.38 GBTime to record a DVD-RW - 4.38 GBTime to record a DVD+RW - 4.38 GB

The image used for recording on DVD contained several thousand files of different sizes. The tests run with a single video of the same size (4.38 GB) did not show any difference. The time taken to record a video DVD is therefore about the same as a data DVD

The DVD recording tests were done on Imation DVD-media, except for the DVD+R test, for which we used Traxdata because it is more 8X-compatible.

We compared the Plextor PX-708A recorder with the Pioneer DVR-A06.