Plextor PX-B900A. blu ray buyers guide. Standalone Blu-ray players and recorders, Blu-ray PC drives and combo Blu-ray/HD-DVD units.. As the most expensive drive in this group today, you'd expect a lot of value-added from this offering. In some ways, you'd...

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PC included: Components and Operating System Case Nmedia HTPC 500 case (Black, retail: $160) DVD burner Plextor PX-716-SA SATA DVD burner/player (retail $121) Socket AM2 Processor 4600+ Athlon 64 X2 AM2 processor (2.4 GHz,...

taking surveillance photos, this might be the watch for you. The specifications for deeming it shockproof have more to do with waterproofing than drop-ability. Plextor Shockproof Portable Hard Drive The Plextor Shockproof Portable Hard Drive (about $260 for...

of the system we used for this test. Item Description Motherboard AOpen i915Ga-HFS CPU Intel Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB Cache, 400 MHz FSB) Memory 1 GB DDR2 533 RAM (2 x 512 OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum) Graphics eVGA 7600GT DVD drive Plextor 712-SA...

to under $800. Tomorrow we'll do a top of the line model.. Computer Components Case Nmedia HTPC 500 case (Black, retail: $160) DVD burner Plextor PX-716-SA SATA DVD burner/player (retail $121) Motherboard Asus M2A-VM HDMI (retail: $81) Hard Drive...

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on the MCE system's DVD drive produced. (We were nonplussed when the vendor sent us a VCD for an item advertised as a "Test Pattern DVD," but an update to our Plextor 716-SA DVD player enabled us to use this somewhat tricky item nevertheless, though we did...

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