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Two manufacturers propose this week new external cd-herschrijvers with USB 2.0-technologie. By Freecom appeared a vedergewichtappliance in a hip covering, while Plextor unpacks with a supersnelle unity with the newest sniffs.

The Freecom FS-1 is a particular thin apparatus (1.7 cm thick, 14.6 broad and 14.4 cm long), what it interesting makes for mobile users. The low weight of just no 380 grams justest perfectly by that objective. The herschrijver burns rewrites cd-R' s at 16-voudige speed, at 10- and reads at 24-voudige speed. The connecting at a pc or notebook can via a PC Card or an USB 2.0-poort. The Freecom FS-1 is also compatibel with the older USB 1.x-technologie.

For the stream service, the herschrijver trusts adapt an own. The built in Buffer must help Underrun Prevention-position failed disks the world out. The FS-1 lies from this month in the stores with an advice price of 299 Euros.

Compared with the Freecom is Plextors newest a giantic monster. The apparatus is 5.8 x 16.9 x 24.7 cm large and weighs 2.2 kg. Only opposite that stands that the PlexWriter 40/12/40U, as the names suspect let already, strong performances eddy leg. Connected on an USB 2.0-poort can the herschrijver disks burn at 40-voudige speed. Rewrite lifted at 12-voudige speed. The apparatus is internal exported in the black. That is not just round esthetic reasons, says Plextor: according to the manufacturer, this would improve the writeresultaat, because black a part of the laser light absorbs.

The writing always till a good end to bring, got the PlexWriter the familiar BURN-proof-, PoweRec-II- and VariRec-technology with. That already have been known of older Plextor-models, where they good were for a higher number fire successes. All obscurity from the world to help became the new Plextor equipped with a zelftestfunction. That gives at or the apparatus defect is or not. The Plextor PlexWriter 40/12/40U is from June available and expense 239 Euros, without btw.