Plextor PX-B310U

Zitat: Positive: + Excellent write quality with DVD±RW media. + Generally good CD-R/RW writing quality. + Stylish design. + Excellent reading performance. + PlexUTILITES. + Very good build quality. + Supports BitSetting (BookType DVD-ROM) on DVDR/DVDRW/DVDR DL. + Good community support here at MyCE.com. + Excellent software bundle. + Has a power off switch. + A blue led instead of the typical green one. Negative: - DVD±R writing quality could be better. - You need to manually set the booktype from PlextUTILITIES - It couldn’t reach it’s max speed (16x) when burning. Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:The main positive points: The Plextor PX-B310U is a well build drive, offers a lot of extra features in the PlexUTILITIES suite, it also comes with a good software package that will cover all your burning and viewing needs. It has excellent write quality in DVD±RW media. Reading performance was excellent for a USB drive. It can change the booktype on all +R media. The Plextor PX-B310U has a beautifully design with a blue led when it reads and writes on media.The main negative points: There are not many negative things to say about the Plextor PX-B310U. The main negative is the writing quality on DVD±R media could be improved. The other negative is that you need to use PlexUTILITIES to change the booktype setting. To sum up, this is what we would say: “The Plextor PX-B310U is a good drive, beautifully designed reliable, comes with a two year warranty, and the performance overall is good”. Because of the good feature set and generally good reading/writing quality, we decided to rate this as “Good”.

Zitat: Advantages: + Full software suite + Blu-ray playback + Attractive black enclosure Disadvantages: - Poor writing quality