• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

TDK/Iomega 12x10x32, all Plextor's????

M

mikef208

Banned
I know that the Iomega 12x10x32 is a rebadged plextor, and i was informed that the TDK was a plextor as well, but I just saw on bestbuys website that the 12x10x32 TDK has a 4 MB buffer, were as the plextor is only 2 MB, that seems strange if they are the same drive. Also is the 16x10x40 a plextor as well? LMK what info you guys can give me on this sitiuation.
 
Thanks, but I only have the Iomega which I know is a plextor, the TDK I haven't gotten yet. I want to know before i sell my iomega and get the TDK.
 
But the blue plastic is awesome 🙂.
Accually you can get a $50 rebate on the tdk until the end of the month. The TDK comes with nero too.
 
My TDK has 4mb of ram??? You serious?

hmmm...

Perhaps it was an error on the site, I could have sworn this sucker's only got two mb.
 
The amount of RAM the drive has is basically irrelevant if the
drive has burnproof. The whole point of including more ram is
to allow the drive to survive a short datastream shortfall...
But burnproof is for the same purpose, and it is a better solution
(since burnproof doesn't crap out no matter how long the buffer
underrun condition lasts).

I wouldn't spend an extra penny for another recorder based
on ram if the one you have already has burn-proof.

Kwad
 
I will try to respond again or answer any question as orginized as i can.

designgirl or anyone that knows- Is the TDK that is the sanyo(aka 16x10x40) a good drive(aka as good as the plextors)?

Kwad Guy-Number one the blue plastic is cool, number two the TDK has a lot better software then the iomega. Nero included, plus there is something else it has I don't remember the name, but it offers a really good eaqualizer for fine tuning that music. Number three the rebate.

dcdomain- I emailed best buy about the descrepancy, they said they are unsure if it has 4 or 2MB and that it would take a while for them to find out that information. They said if I wanted to know immediatley, that i should call TDK, and they gave me TDK's number(why it would take them so long to find out when all they have to do is call I don't understand). I checked TDK's website and they say 2MB so does just about everybody else. So I am gonna say it was a mistake and the TDK has 2MB.

Kwad Guy again-I am not buying the TDK cause I thought it had more memory, I just wanted to make sure it was a plextor. I just thought that if the best buy website was correct and the TDK had 4MB then it couldn't be a plextor. Personally, anyways I would spend an extra penny for more memory, even with burnproof on a drive, for the simple fact that the more memory the less need to use the burnproof therefore you get a faster burn.

Thanks Guys
 
Ok, I have a Plextor 12/10/32, a TDK 12/10/32, and 2 Iomega Zip 12/10/32s and they are all the same damn drive...period, end of paragraph, case closed! They all have a 2 meg buffer, and whereas some of their internals are Sanyo they are ALL manufactured by Plextor. Their firmware is all the same also. I have changed the ID string on both the Iomegas and flashed them with Plextor's 1.07 firmware (I will change them back before I install them in my parent's machines). They now do DAE at 32X....verified with CDSpeed99.

These drives are all the same on the inside...and they all are great drives. The only difference between any of my drives is that the TDK is the only one that does CD-Text, and it also has the lowest TLA..#202.

 
Well alrighty, thanks for the info everybody. I am just assuming that best buy sucks and they just screwed up on the site.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top