I don't think that they are the same drives anymore but the technology is the same. They are both licensed to use BurnPROOF & the Sanyo engine. Also the Plextor has 4Mb of Buffer memory compared to the VeloCD24 having 2Mb.

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[This message has been edited by Darren Wilson (edited October 05, 2001).]