Does BurnProof really make the 12x Plextor better than the 8x??

tom3

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It seems like a lot of you guys have nothing but praises for the Burnproof technology. I am wondering how big of a difference it really makes.

Take Plextor IDE burners for example, the 8432 model was the best before this new 12x w/ burnproof came out. People had no complaints with it, and recommended it highly. Many even comment that they could multitask while burning. Now that the 12x is on the market, does it really offer an improvement over the previous 8432 model? (besides the obvious speed difference).

I rarely heard anyone mentioning making coasters with the plextor 8432 with its big 4mb buffer, so why would burnproof be necessary?? Is it just like a insurance thing??
 

fkloster

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IMHO, YES! Fantastic technology!!! Many other companys are scrambling to adopt...
 

fkloster

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I owned and operated a SCSI external Plextor 8/20 w/4 mb cache for 2 years. Burned many coasters & many perfect recordings. I now own the IDE 12/10/32a w/burnproof and have not burned an encrypted coaster yet using DiscDupe & burnproof.
 

tom3

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Interesting! So would you say that a Plextor IDE burner with burnproof is better than a Plextor SCSI burner??
 

NFS4

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It's not worth it to me over my 8/4/32 Plextor. I've had it for about 3 months and burned many CD's and only ONE coaster (last night). And that was because my dumbass decided to play a CD in my DVD drive while I was burning (bad idea, they're on the same IDE channel)
 

tom3

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I guess that's the key point in this question, is it worth the upgrade from a 8432 to the new 12x, being that the 8432 is already an excellent drive.

 

LocutusX

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You'd have to have a really bad-ass hard drive to keep up with a 20x burner while multitasking!
 

Doggiedog

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My computer at home just went bonkers with all my 3 month old baby's digital pictures and 10GB of MP3s on the hard drive. I took the old hard drive out and put it into a backup PC which has a Plextor 8X SCSI CD-R and burned those files onto CD. I would say about 1 out of 4 CD-Rs I burned became coasters (could be the media though CompUSA Memorex 8X CD-Rs). I just ordered the 12X Plextor because anything is better than what I'm getting now.
 

obeseotron

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Sanyo 16X CDRs w/ burn proof are coming, IDE & SCSI. Time for the ol' Ricoh 7060A (24x6x4) to get the boot.
 

Nikepete

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Burn proof sounds impressive and Plextor was the first to market it. My next CDRW drive will definitely have this feature. The funny thing about burn-proof is it may also turn into a Plextor killer. Who would need a high priced Plextor when a no-name,low cost burn-proof drive will do the job reliably ?
 

Lore

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Nikepete:

It's not so much for the lack of buffer underruns that makes a burner great, a lot of times there are other things to consider such as how well it burns the CD, (some burners will burn CDs that different CDROM drives will not read) what types of CDs in can burn (RAW vs "cooked"), etc.
 

Skoonen

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I have a question.... Is the new aopen 12/10/32 burner by any chance a plextor in disguise? They dont advertise 'burn proof' however the aopen does use a massive 4meg buffer, and sells for bout $60 cheaper than the plextor... Any thoughts?
 

Noriaki

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BurnProof is nice...but burning a CD uses massive system resources..I can't imagine trying to play quake while burning...
I've never had any trouble surfing the web or talking on ICQ or writing Emails, both with my Roommates Rioch 7060A or my new Yamaha. I can't image trying to do more stuff than that while burning, and sh1t, at 8x it takes less than 10 minutes to burn...I'm sure you can hold off the Quaking urge for 10 mins...

If you are buying a CDRW for a system that doesn't have one, or upgrading from like a 2x, and don't mind the extra price for Plextors, I'd grab a 12/10 probably. If you have an 8/4 already, probably not worth it.
Myself I just bought the first burner I've ever had in this computer a few days, and I got a Yamaha 8/8 because it was alot cheaper, and I'm quite happy with it.

I really don't think BurnProof is that big of a deal. I don't turn off my MP3s or ICQ or stop posting in the AT forums while burning :p
 

Mikewarrior2

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I get 3-5% cpu usage with a 12/10/32A. i815E, secondary master. If I don't enable dma(in windows), the cpu usage is around 40% or so.


Mike
 

Syborg1211

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i know someone with the Plextor 12x burner and the only problem he encountered and said was a bad thign was that the burner's software it comes with has some anti burn stuff within it. The cd itself may not be burn protected but the software stops you anyway.