8X CD-recorders come with free 40X CD-ROM drives

Plextor(R) Corp. has announced availability of an 8X/20X CD-Recordable drive and an 8X/2X/20X CD-ReWritable drive.

With respective list prices of $490 and $530, the PlexWriter 8/20 CD-Recordable drive and PlexWriter 8/2/20 CD-ReWritable drive both ship with a free UltraPleX 40max CD-ROM drive.

The PlexWriter 8/2/20 CD-ReWritable drive records CD-R discs at 8X speeds and plays back both CD-R and CD-ROM discs at 20X max with a 170ms average access time. CD-RW media can be written at 2X and read back at 8X for quick restoration of backed up data.

The PlexWriter 8/20 CD-Recordable drive records CD-R discs at 8X speeds and plays back both CD-R and CD-ROM discs at 20X max. Fast SCSI burst rates of 10MB/sec for both recording and playback functions allow for efficient utilization of the SCSI bus.

More information is posted at www.plextor.com .