Originally Posted by: TotalSonic on Mon, 24 January 2011 I've noticed that for most burner drive models for the Plextor Premium line being sold by the last source I knew for them in the USA -
http://www.esaitech.com - has been changing in their condition descriptions to "refurbished/recertified" instead of "new" - but just a heads up that the Premium 52-35-52 USB-externals being sold there (at somewhat exorbitant price) are in fact NOS (new old stock - i.e. never previously used) according to both their site and the customer service rep I spoke directly with.
http://www.esaitech.com/commerce/ccp50638-plextor-px-premium -u-sw-52x-32x-52x-plexwriter-pr-px-premium-u-1005971.htm
Considering the reports of mediocre performance of Optidrive Control, Plexutilities, and KProbe's BLER check accuracy relative to the old Plextools - it seems to me that this is one piece of "vintage digital" actually worth paying a premium for.
Anyway - I just ordered another backup unit considering that I had one of my older Premium drives go down recently. I figure we're at the tail end of even NOS Plextor "Premium" line drives being available.
Best regards,
Steve Berson
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