blikkies Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Hi LUK You made a comment in one of the threads (can't find which one it is) that you only recommend the plex 716 and 760 and not the 755 as these are the only 'real' plextors. The others inbetween you suspected were were made by other manufacturers or have different chipsets. Since I have a 755 this worried me a bit so I did some research and came across the following. It shoes Original eqipment manufacturer and chipset for each model Yes the 755 is a real plex :-) Its surprising to see the latest PX-800 is a sony oem. I'm definately not a sony fan. MODEL Manufacturer Chipset Plextor PX-504A OEM:NEC Chipset:NEC Plextor PX-504UF OEM:NEC Chipset:NEC Plextor PX-605A OEM:Matsushita Chipset:N/A Plextor PX-608AL OEM:Pioneer Chipset:NEC? Plextor PX-608CU OEM:Pioneer Chipset:NEC? Plextor PX-608U OEM:Pioneer Chipset:NEC? Plextor PX-704A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-708A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-708A2 OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-708UF OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-708UF2 OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-712A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-712SA OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-712UF OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-716A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-716AL OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-716SA OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-716UF OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-716UFL OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-740A OEM:Philips-BenQ Chipset:Philips Plextor PX-740UF OEM:Philips-BenQ Chipset:Philips Plextor PX-750A OEM:Teac/BenQ Chipset:Matsushita Plextor PX-750UF OEM:Teac/BenQ Chipset:Matsushita Plextor PX-755A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-755SA OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-755UF OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-760A OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-760SA OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo Plextor PX-800A OEM:Sony-NEC Chipset:NEC Plextor PX-B900A OEM:Matsushita Chipset:Matsushita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pain_Man Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 @blikkies Can you source this information? I'm curious to know where you found it. Especially since I'm a Plex customer. (A former owner of a 716 and current owner of a 760.) There so much "name-badge" engineering (as the car people call it) in consumer electronics, and IT products are far from being exempt from it, what's important, imo, isn't so much the source of the components (I know from having worked for a supercomputer manufacturer that every system or peripheral contains third-party hardware and software), as the company's CS/return policies. Plextor's is great. They shipped me a defective burner and the return process was blissfully easy. Even tho' I wanted a refund instead of an exchange, they still paid the return postage, without my even asking. Hi LUK You made a comment in one of the threads (can't find which one it is) that you only recommend the plex 716 and 760 and not the 755 as these are the only 'real' plextors. The others inbetween you suspected were were made by other manufacturers or have different chipsets. Since I have a 755 this worried me a bit so I did some research and came across the following. It shoes Original eqipment manufacturer and chipset for each model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pain_Man Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) One more thing: I have a DVD-RAM drive made by the Sony-NEC is new partnership. It's actually worked out quite well. Especially since it cost 35 American. Web address: http://www.sonynec-optiarc.com/ Hi LUK You made a comment in one of the threads (can't find which one it is) that you only recommend the plex 716 and 760 and not the 755 as these are the only 'real' plextors. The others inbetween you suspected were were made by other manufacturers or have different chipsets. Since I have a 755 this worried me a bit so I did some research and came across the following. It shoes Original eqipment manufacturer and chipset for each model Yes the 755 is a real plex :-) Its surprising to see the latest PX-800 is a sony oem. I'm definately not a sony fan. MODEL Manufacturer Chipset Plextor PX-800A OEM:Sony-NEC Chipset:NEC Plextor PX-B900A OEM:Matsushita Chipset:Matsushita Edited May 10, 2007 by Pain_Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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