Plextor today announces a new DVD-ReWriter drive; the company's first portable DVD recorder drive, the PX-608U. Reflecting the consumer trend for highly portable and stylish units, the PX-608U comes in an attractive silver design and is one of the slimmest and lightest drives on the market.

Plextor PX-608U

As well as extending Plextor's optical product line of internal and external DVD writers, the PX-608U complements Plextor's latest range of stylish, silver portable hard disk drives. The high performance PX-608U is not only compact, measuring just 22.2 mm thick, but it offers double layer DVD+/- writing, multi-format DVD-RAM capability and high-speed USB 2.0 data transfer. It is capable of the following DVD speeds: 4x DVD+/-R DL; 8x DVD+/-R; 8x DVD+RW; 6x DVD-RW and 5x DVD-RAM.

Prices and availability

The Plextor PX-608U will be available from December 2005 at Plextor's network of dealers.

A comprehensive range of full and trial software is included from: Plextor (PlexTools Professional & PlexTools Professional XL), Cyberlink, Nero, Pinnacle and Sonic.

Features:
Function
Positioning: Portable DVD-rewriter
Interface: USB 2.0/1.1
Loading mechanism: Tray
Buffer size: 2 MB

Writing speed DVD/CD
DVD+R DL / DVD-R DL: 4x / 4x
DVD+R / DVD-R: 8x / 8x
DVD+RW / DVD-RW : 8x / 6x
DVD-RAM: 5x
CD-R: 24x
CD-RW: 24x

Reading speed DVD/CD
DVD-ROM: 8x
CD-ROM: 24x

Features
Buffer Underrun Proof Technology
PlexTools Professional
PlexTools Professional XL (trial) Extra black bezel included