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Plextor launches new M2P series SSDs in 128GB and 256GB flavors

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Plextor has announced that it has expanded its SSD storage line with the addition of a new M2P series of SSDs that are the standard 2.5-inch form factor. The new SSDs are designed for performance and use True Speed technology for sustained levels of performance to users. The SSDs are made to fit inside desktops and some notebooks as upgrade drives and they come in two capacities. Read The Full Story

Plextor Unveils USB 3.0 Ultra Light Portable Hard Drives

Rue Liu, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Plextor has announced its newest portable hard drive that is USB 3.0 compatible and also backwards compatible with USB 2.0. The PX-PH500U3 is super light weight at 162 grams--roughly 1/3 of a pound--and comes with 500 GB of storage. The hard drive will come with a USB 3.0 cable and a leatherette case. Read The Full Story

Plextor M2 Series SSDs pack SATA 6Gb/s interface

Chris Davies, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

Plextor has thrown open the doors to its M2 Series SSDs, offering SATA 6Gb/s support and up to 480MB/s sequential read rates. The drives - available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities - support the Windows 7 TRIM command, and have a 128MB DDR3 cache buffer and Marvel's 88SS9174 controller. Read The Full Story

Plextor PX-NAS4: up to 8TB of power-frugal NAS

Chris Davies, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Plextor has outed its latest NAS, the four-bay PX-NAS4. Capable of putting up to 8TB on - or under - your desk, the PX-NAS4 supports iSCSI together with RAID JBOD/0/1/5/10 (with a hot spare bay for RAID 1/5 setups) and both eSATA and USB ports for adding external drives. Read The Full Story

Plextor PX-B120U USB-Powered External Blu-ray Drive Costs Only $100

Evan Selleck, Jul 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Getting a Blu-ray player now-a-days isn't the hardest thing in the world, but it can still be one of the more expensive things you do. Sure, there are alternatives, but some times you just want to be able to get a Blu-ray player, and nothing else. Well, if you're in the market to get your laptop to play Blu-ray movies, then Plextor probably just made your day. They've introduced their brand new PX-B120U, and it's a completely USB-powered Blu-ray player. Read The Full Story

Plextor debuts new PX-64M1S and PX-128M1S SSDs

Shane McGlaun, Mar 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Plextor has been around for a long time and the company name is most associated with optical drives in many minds. Optical drives aren’t all Plextor is about though. The company has unveiled its first SSD offerings this week with new drives in 64GB and 128GB capacities. Read The Full Story

Plextor announces new optical drives

Brenda Stokes, Nov 25th 2008 Discuss [0]

Plextor has just announced several new optical drives that round out their line up for the rest of the year. All of your bases are covered with these new offerings, including Blu-ray lovers to DVD±RW admirers. Read The Full Story

Plextor PX-B300SA and PX-B920SA HD optical drives

James Allan Brady, Feb 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

Plextor has been known as one of the leaders in manufacturing the best in the optical drive market, and these two are no different. Both support SATA, and can read and write to both CD’s and DVD’s, but the catch is what they can do with the new HD optical formats. Read The Full Story

Plextor’s portable HDTV tuner reviewed

Chris Davies, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Portable TV tuners have reached such a low price point that one of the only ways for profit-seeking manufacturers to turn is HDTV; for the entertainment-seeking road warrior, that means a new generation of portable television that promises super-high resolution. However, with even standard definition tuners sometimes suffering from poor quality except when used with a fixed aerial, the difficulty is not in building the USB dongle itself but an antenna capable of receiving a strong enough signal. TabletPCReview picked up Plextor's PX-HDTV500U to see if it could manage. Read The Full Story

Plextor PlexEraser Eco-Friendly Disc Destroyer

Rue Liu, Oct 17th 2006 Discuss [0]

If you normally get rid of your discs via a shredder, then you may not be aware that the leftover plastic shards can give off a chemical from the disc coating that is harmful to the environment. Well, either you didn’t know, or you simply don’t care. I’m sure for those of us that shred discs once in a blue moon, the effect is not so critical. But for industries with lots of confidential information stored on discs that must be destroyed, the eco-friendly Plextor PlexEraser PX-OE100E standalone drive will do the job leaving them ready to be recycled without any data being recoverable. Works with eight types of disc formats in both 12cm and 8cm sizes. Priced at $249. Plextor PlexEraser Destroys Discs So You Don’t Have To [Via: CrunchGear]

Plextor’s PX-B900A Blu-ray DVD Burner

Benjamin Nied, Jun 29th 2006 Discuss [0]

With all this noise about Sony getting their own Blu-ray DVD drives ready for the masses, it's easy to overlook the other Blu-ray options available. Plextor has announced their first Blu-ray burner, the PX-B900A, an internal ATAPI drive for normal PCs. While no price has been announced yet (though it should come in lower than the price for a comparable Sony drive), the unit will be able to write to BD-R and BD-RE discs at 2x while also supporting DVD-RAM, DVD±R/RW, and CD-R/RWs. And for all you computer lovers, the drive comes in both black and white to match whatever fits your style. Look for the new drive to hit shelves this fall. Plextor readies Blu-ray recorder [Reg Hardware] -B.N.