Plextor or Blaster?

[Daniel4]

I know alot of people like the Plextor CD-RWs, but is there any huge difference in a Plextor 12-10-32 and a Creativelabs Blaster 12-10-32?

 

[LXi]

Plextor no contest.

 

[jimmygates]

PLEXTOR!@!@!#!




-Jimbo

 

[Maximus1]

I agree, the Plextor wins hands down. Don't even think twice about it...

 

[WishMaster]

Ple><tor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sleepdragon]

I am pretty certain that Creative's 8432A is oem by plextor..
is this the same for the 121032?? or is sanyo oem for creative this time??

 

[Usul]

Plextor!
All the time!

 

[Daniel4]

Ok, I canceled my order for the Creativelab, and ordered the Plextor
Thanks everyone for your help!

 

[skull]

You could get the ZipCD theres a hot dealon it . Its 12/10/32 with burnproof.

 

[erub]

nef. pextor is da best. or TDK cause its da same stuff.

 

[Viperoni]

Plextor.
Simple as that

 

[TheBlondeOne]

No one answered the question: Why is it better?

 

[nickburns]

Burn proof.............and its reputation (probably because of burn proof technology though)

 

[Shu8]

plextor...but i prefer tdk

 

[slpaulson]

Cause creative doesn't make their own drives. They just find the lowest bidder.

 

[Wuming]

plextor!

 

[noxipoo]

Shu8: TDK's 12x and some under are Plextors drives. just sold under TDK brand.

my 12x kinda sucks, can't burn at 12x all the time.

 

[AMB]

Plexote, enough said

 

[viper007]

Can I be different!

CREATIVE....

 

[BurnItDwn]

Plextor definatly has the best reputation of any company reguarding cdroms and cdr that ive ever heard of

Creative Labs is good im sure (they make sb live ... which imo is awesome) ... but that doesnt mean they have mastered CDR technology. All they are doing is remarking drives ... (which seems pretty popular in the cdrw industry) ...

I know the plextor IDE has a 2mb cache ... and the SCSI has a 4mb cache .. and i think the creative has the same size cache (i could be wrong though)

so why the plextor ... reputation ... if you get plextor .. you will be certain you are buying the best.

the plextor drive is pretty much compatible with every cd writing program i know of (clonecd included) ... not sure about the creative labs version.

also ... besides reputation (Plextor has had a great reputation since way before burn-proof. Since burn proof, it has just gotten even better).

the burn proof technology is great. If you are doing lots of multitasking ... and the buffer empties while burning a cd ... you dont get an annoying BUFFER UNDERRUN message that makes a coaster ... instead the laser stops burning and waits until the buffers get full enough to continue ... thus ... no more coasters ...

nowadays its not so big a problem ... but when i had my first cdr ... (i got it around january of 1998) ... the blank cds were like 2 bucks a piece ... AND 2x was THE fastest cdr on the market ... not only would you waste 2 bucks ... but you'd also waste 40 minutes ....(this was when my 233mhz CPU was considered a REAL computer ...not an ancient fossil)