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CeBIT 2005

Mar 11,2005 0

43. Plextor

 

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43. Plextor
44. DFI - Page 1
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51. Blue Laser Devices - Page 1
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57. Intenso
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60. DataTronics
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62. XFX
63. Sony - Page 1
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66. Plasmon
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71. CeBIT in general
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78. future parc
79. Special Events

 

Plextor

After spending quite some time navigating across the booths, we finally found our way to Plextor's booth at Hall 21. The "King Of Quality" was there, showcasing some of the products already released on the market and a couple of new ones, mostly related to video encoding and data storage.

The PX-M402U ConvertX PVR is a hardware personal video recorder, which offers DivX as well as MPEG-2/1 compression for video content, connected through the USB 2.0 interface to your video source (camera, VCR e.t.c). In addition, the built-in TV tuner allows real-time recording from a TV source directly to DVD:

The PlexFlash series has currenltly reached 2GB and comes with a USB 2.0 interface:

A new product here is the PX-EH25L network hard disk. Available with 250GB capacity, the device offers LAN connectivity with 100 Base-TX /10 Base-T (RJ45 connectors). Its weight is only 1.4kg and of course, it is portable:

Plextor's preference with hard disks continues with a couple of external hard disks, available in 40GB and 80GB:

We were not surprised when we saw this DVD player, illustrated in the picture below. Plextor will possibly work with other manufacturers as an OEM partner, in order to expand its line of products in the market. The specific player has been manufactured by the Japanese I-O Data and supports DVD-Video and DivX playback.

In optical storage, we could not hide our dissapointment since there were no new proposals for the PC user.

With DVD recording, the company had faced problems in the past with the implementation of the Sanyo chipset and its eventual integration into the Plextor drive. This was clear when the company delayed the launch of the PX-716A, although its strong technical team in Japan managed to overcome any issues and delivered a generally good DVD recorder. But the resources spent for this effort did not allow Plextor to come up with a competitive price on the market at a crucial time period. In addition, there is no doubt that the PX-716A was not a profitable project for the company, despite its market demand. In order to remain competitive in the marketplace, Plextor released cheaper versions of certain drives.

The company seems to have made a strategic mistake here, by choosing the Sanyo chipset for red laser DVD recorders, although Sanyo has been proven reliable and very strong in the R&D area in the past. It appears that the traditional Japanese cooperation of Sanyo-Plextor is a dead end. We hope that if the company enters the blue laser market, their efforts will meet with better fate.

The PX-716AL shown below is a slot-in DVD recorder, based on the PX-716A.

A S-ATA version of the same drive is the PX-716SA.

 

Review Pages

1. Welcome
2. GigaByte
3. Club 3D
4. LiteOn - Page 1
5. LiteOn - Page 2
6. Albatron - Page 1
7. Albatron - Page 2
8. BenQ - Page 1
9. BenQ - Page 2
10. BenQ - Page 3
11. BenQ - Page 4
12. HD DVD Seminar - Page 1
13. HD DVD Seminar - Page 2
14. HD DVD Seminar - Page 3
15. NEC - Page 1
16. NEC - Page 2
17. UmeDisc
18. Galaxy
19. Sparcle
20. KISS
21. Optodisc
22. RWPPI/RDVDC Seminar
23. RWPPI/RDVDC Seminar - Page 2
24. RWPPI/RDVDC Seminar - Page 3
25. E-Net
26. Samsung - Page 1
27. Samsung - Page 2
28. AOpen - Page 1
29. AOpen - Page 2
30. AOpen - Page 3
31. AOpen - Page 4
32. DivX Networks
33. TUL
34. Ritek
35. MSI - Page 1
36. MSI - Page 2
37. MSI - Page 3
38. MSI - Page 4
39. Gainward
40. Zalman
41. Abit - Page 1
42. Abit - Page 2
43. Plextor
44. DFI - Page 1
45. DFI - Page 2
46. Info Source
47. Epox - Page 1
48. Epox - Page 2
49. FIC - Page 1
50. FIC - Page 2
51. Blue Laser Devices - Page 1
52. Blue Laser Devices - Page 2
53. GeCube - Page 1
54. GeCube - Page 2
55. Leadtek - Page 1
56. Leadtek - Page 2
57. Intenso
58. LG - Page 1
59. LG - Page 2
60. DataTronics
61. ZenSonic
62. XFX
63. Sony - Page 1
64. Sony - Page 2
65. Sony - Page 3
66. Plasmon
67. Point Of View
68. City of Hannover - Page 1
69. City of Hannover - Page 2
70. City of Hannover - Page 3
71. CeBIT in general
72. Opening Ceremony
73. Business Processes
74. Communications
75. Digital Equipment & Systems
76. Banking & Finance
77. Public Sector Parc
78. future parc
79. Special Events

 

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