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Overview The PX-716A DVD±R/RW CD-R/RW internal E-IDE (ATAPI) drive from Plextor® offer all the advantages or our legendary CD-RW drives. Along with double layer and dual format capabilities, the PX-716A is also supported by Intelligent Recording technology to enhance your recording activities. The drive achieves blazing fast 16X CAV performance on recommended 8X DVD+R media, and burns a 4.7GB DVD in less than six minutes, the drive also supports dual-layer DVD media, enabling users to burn up to four hours of high-quality. Plextor Software Bundle for Windows: PlexTools® Professional software allows you to control powerful functions with an easy-to-use interface and includes Plextor premium features for SilentMode, GigaRec, VariRec, Q-Check and SecureRecording. Roxio® Easy Media Creator™ 7 DVD Basic Edition** is an award winning software suite which combines full-featured photo, video, music, burning, and authoring applications for the PC. Dantz Retrospect® (30-day trial version) helps you back up important data against loss due to viruses, newly installed software, user error and damaged hardware. *Enabled by PlexTools Professional only **Support Windows 2000/XP only

Total Solution Features Part # (retail kit): PX-716A/SW (Internal) (Box Contents) Double layer allows you to record up to 4 hours of high-quality MPEG-2/DVD video on a 8.5 GB disc Intelligent Recording Technology supported for recording at high-quality and optimum speed AUTOSTRATEGY Writing technology for unknown media with uneven quality. Intelligent Tilt™ Precise laser control via liquid crystal and three-dimensional tilt adjustment for uneven disc surfaces. PoweRec® technology is a sophisticated write strategy providing superior quality recording at maximum speed for your chosen media Buffer Underrun Proof Technology prevents buffer underrun errors Buffer Memory - 8MB Achieves 16x write performance with recommended 8x DVD±R media Support DVD+RW background format Support DVD±VR format for direct disc recording Horizontal or vertical mounting orientation Replaceable black front bezel included OS Support - Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP™ One-year full warranty (parts and labor) Minimum Systems Requirements CPU: Pentium® 4 1.4GHZ (minimum) HDD 800 MB - 1 GB free space for copying CD to CD image 10 GB free space for DVD authoring RAM 256 MB Monitor Display Resoution 1024 X 768 at 16-bit color OS Support - Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP™ Performance Data Transfer Rate CAV, PCAV, CLV write/ CAV read and CLV Read Sustained Read/Write Speeds DVD 16X (read/write) 9.28 - 22.16 MB/sec   12X (read/write) 8.31 - 16.62 MB/sec(write) 6.92 - 16.62 MB/sec(read)   8X (read/write) 8.31 - 11.08 MB/sec(write) 4.70 - 11.08 MB/sec(read)   6X (write only) 8.31 MB/sec   5X (read only) 2.90 - 6.92 MB/sec   4X (write only) 5.54MB/sec   2.4X (write only) 3.32 MB/sec   2X (read/write) 2.77 MB/sec   1X (write only) 1.38 MB/sec Sustained Read/Write Speeds CD 48X (read/write) 3.18 - 7.2 MB/sec   40X (read/write) 6.0 MB/sec   32X (read/write) 3.18 - 4.8 MB/sec(write) 2.17 - 4.8 MB/sec(read)   24X (read/write) 3 - 3.6 MB/sec   16X (write only) 2.4 MB/sec   10X (write only) 1.5 MB/sec   4X (read/rewrite/write) 600 KB/sec Burst Read/Write 66 MB/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-4); 16.6 MB/sec (Pio Mode 4/DMA Mode-2) Typical CD Random Access <100 MS Typical DVD Random Access <150 MS Buffer 8 MB Error Rate Mode 1: block/10^12 bits Mode 2: block/10^9 bits