Since the Plextor PX-716SA is a bit more expensive than most 16x DVD burners, users should expect to get a fair deal of things with the drive. The package contains pretty much what one would expect plus a few minor touches. Inside the box are the instruction manual, software, 16x Verbatim DVD+R disc, Serial ATA cable, 4-pin Molex to Serial ATA Power Adapater, drive opening tool and a black bezel.
Software wise, Plextor provides the basic tools one would expect to come with a drive like this. The Raxio Easy Media Creator 7 Basic provides standard data, music movie writing capability to CD or DVD media. It also includes the Roxio DVDMax Player for watching DVD movies with the drive. A trial edition of Dantz Retrospect is included for those looking to use the drive to backup data. The Plextools Professions software from Plextor also includes number of utitiles. The most interesting of these can let you store 1GB of data on a CD-R disc.
