On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 14:26 -0500, Rob wrote: > Plextors were the best until 2 or 3 years ago, and then something > happened. Now the name means nothing.... just another brand of > drives, maybe made by Plextor, maybe rebadged. The quality seemed to take a nosedive around when they stopped making SCSI burners. Maybe they got bought or something. My old Plexwriter ultrawide SCSI burner probably made 10,000 discs before it died. I have a newer ATAPI Plexwriter 48/24/48A here that's probably burned less than 1000 and half the time the tray won't open unless I stick a paperclip in there. Lee