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| PlexEraser PX-OE100E: When a Shredder Just Isn't Good Enough |
| Tuesday, 17 October 2006 06:21 |
Plextor has announced their first PlexEraser drive, the PX-OE100E. The drive is marketed as a CD/DVD "destroyer": once used on an optical disc, there's absolutely no way to recover the data on it. Plextor expects the drive to find a home in areas where security is very important, such as government/military or research applications. The PlexEraser supports CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, and DVD+R DL discs, both in a standard size and the smaller 8cm size. The average time to destroy a disc is about three minutes for a single-layer disc and six minutes for a dual-layer disc. It has a 35dB noise rating and offers low power consumption, and works without the need for a PC. To minimize the number of accidental destructions, the tray on the drive is a bright orange and has several warnings on it (though you know someone's going to do it eventually anyway). The PX-OE100E is expected to ship to distributors next month for a retail price of $250. The PlexEraser works by using a laser beam powerful enough to render data-recording portions of a disc physically unreadable (kind of gives a new meaning to "burning" a disc, doesn't it?). While breaking a disc in two would probably give you the same result, apparently the dyes that CDs and DVDs use aren't so great for the environment. Once a disc has been run through the PlexEraser, it can never be read again, so it's safe to toss it in the trash, though if you're paranoid you could always shred it anyway. See Plextor's product page for the PlexEraser here.
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