The new 1.05 firmware for the Plextor PX-716 is now available through the update tool in "Plextools pro XL"

(in reply to emperor)

New 1.05 firmware is now available on Plextor's Europe site. Still haven't seen anything on North America site for the 1.05 firmware.

BTW - My first post on CDRinfo...love the site...thanks for all the help and info!

(in reply to franz99)

We have posted the firmware news at the main page, you can safely use the 1.05 from the Plextor's Europe website, thanks for joing our forum!

(in reply to 2unes)

There is an official firmware 1.06
-Write failure can occur on some DVD+RW and DVD-RW media with firmware V1.05

(in reply to franz99)

yes we posted the news about the 1.06 firmware too

(in reply to keldun)

New 1.07 firmware for the PX 716 published on Plextor Europe:
http://www.plextor.be/technicalservices/downloads/firmw_716A.asp?choice=DVD-Recorders


Short change log:
Improve CD-R media writing quality;
Improve DVD-R DL media compability.

(in reply to emperor)

good to see Plextor still updates their firmware

(in reply to franz99)

And Plextor Europe annouced today a new burner, the PX 740A:
http://www.plextor.be/products/px-740a.asp?choice=PX-740A

The PX-740A is an internal E-IDE, dual-layer, DVD and CD re-writer drive. Ideal for the cost-conscious buyer who doesn't want to comprise on quality or speed. Offering fast writing speeds of up to 16x, the drive is ideal for everyday home and small business users, who don't require the extra professional features offered with Plextor's flagship PX-716A dual-layer drive


Still, the drive comes with Plextools professional, buffer underrun protection technology, DVD±VR
It does not seem to have features such as GigaRec, VariRec, SecuRec and AutoStrategy.
The drive will become available from June 2005, no pricing information was given.

(in reply to emperor)

Q.
How to correct error using plextor 716a and PlextorProTools? Does anybody know I am a noob to this.
I have a DL DVD burned but sometimes it pauses and plays and again same thing happen esecially on the second layer I think.
Is there a way to fix those errors with the software and this 716a burner?

(in reply to franz99)

No.  Once you have burned your disc, the process is complete, there is no software or hardware that will repair a problem.

(in reply to kortik)

I got it
thanks
Next time I'll burn my 2.4x verbtim at 2.4 instead of 6x
I hope that will fix the problem.

(in reply to MP3Mogul)