The Plextor Corporation was one of the founding inventors of the CD+G format and currently the only drive on the market that can make 100% accurate duplications of a CD+G disc. There are different models of Plextor drives, but if you want the best quality duplication for CD+G, you must use the Plextor Premium CD-RW drive.

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People who work with Karaoke/CD+G discs care a great deal about the audio/visual quality of the discs. Because the CD+G format is a difficult format to copy, you need to ensure that the duplicator you use have 3 key elements:
1. A powerful CD+G capable controller able to operate the duplicator and control the drive(s) to provide the highest quality capable.
2. Plextor Premium drive(s) to ensure the duplicator can accurately read and write the CD+G format.
3. An effective hard drive to read the audio and graphics to the writer accurately with high quality to eliminate glitches and prevent the screen from jumping. Only if those 3 features work effectively with each other will you truly get a 100% exact duplication from the original material for CD+G duplications.

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The CD+G formatted discs is a very unique format. Unlike standard CD's, CD+G takes the images/graphics, (which are embedded within the audio track sub-channels), to allow the discs to show the song lyrics while playing the music. Standard CD-ROM or CD-RW drives will not be able to accurately detect those hidden images and distort your copies. In order to make an exact back-up copy of your produced CD+G disc, you need to make copies from a hard drive. If you do not use a hard drive, there is a high possibility the copied disc will have glitches and cause the images to jump while playing the disc. Only the Plextor Premium writer drive has the ability to copy the full disc accurately, both the audio and graphics. Since the reader does not serve a beneficial purpose, why add it on and pay the added expense.

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