As an added note, it works. I have a Plextor 12/10/32A and have yet to make a
coaster on any type or recording, data or sound. I have even forced 12X writes
to non- 12X blanks and the thing slows itself down by itself and starts and
stops the laser till the buffer fills again, very cool.

Jose


Mark Rode wrote:

> In the last couple of weeks there has been a number of threads about CDRW
> (read write)  burners, the advantages of SCSI verses IDE, and the coaster
> problems that everybody occasional runs into using a CD burner. A new
> technology developed by SANYO may soon end the widely accepted < SCSI is
> better > for burners rule and the < Buffer Underrun > problem that plagues
> IDE devices.
>
> SCSI is considered a better platform for burners because SCSI provides most
> of it's own processing relieving your CPU of the chore.
> The high level of bussmastering that SCSI provides helps to protect against
> buffer underruns as well as the pops and clicks in audio CD burns that are
> associated with an overworked CPU.
>
> A buffer underrun occurs when your computer system cannot keep up the
> steady stream of data required for CD recording. The CD recorder has an
> internal memory buffer to protect against interruptions and slowdowns, but
> if the interruption is so long that the recorder's buffer is completely
> emptied, a buffer underrun occurs, writing stops, and most often the
> recordable CD is ruined. This is the primary cause of coasters and
> particularly a problem for IDE devices.
>
> But a solution to this problem has emerged with Sanyo's BURN-Proof (Buffer
> UndeRunProof) technology. When a buffer underrun occurs this new technology
> first stops the burn, then it waits for the buffer to refill, finally it
> locates the last written frame in the spiral track and resumes the
> recording process.  The result is error free perfect burns at speed no
> matter what you are doing. PCMAG tested this with an internal ATAPI
> PlexWriter 12/10/32A by burning a perfect CD at 12X  speed while running
> i-Bench in the background. i-Bench is a Web based benchmark that severely
> taxes the CPU and hard drive.
>
> The Pextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A CD-RW is presently the first and only
> burner that offers this technology but expect that to change in a hurry. I
> would think that in six months all burners will have this and if I was in
> the market for a burner I would not buy a burner without it. I am hoping
> that this will soon translate into an affordable and reliable DVD burner.
> Wishful thinking on my part!
>
> Mark Rode
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