The PX-708UF is a relatively fast and reliable drive, but it lacks the ability to daisy chain other FireWire devices through it...
Summary
Unfortunately the PX-708UF does not have the polish we have come to expect from Plextor products. We gave the PX-504UF a much better score because it was the first external DVD writer developed by Plextor and overall was a good first attempt. But we expected their updated version the PX-708UF to address some of the issues their predecessor had and this simply was not the case. The PX-708UF is a relatively fast and reliable drive, but it lacks the ability to daisy chain other FireWire devices through it and has a very loud internal fan. Priced at $299.99 we would recommend holding off for Sony's external 8X drive which was just announced while writing this review.
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by Rob on September 17, 2004:
“Used is more than 20 times thus far with DVDX PLATNM. Works like a charm. Bought it from Best Buy for roughly 290+$. Very reliable while using the firewire connection. Total burn/copy time will range between 65 and 90min on my IBM R40. Overall good p...” More...