Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black vs LG BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black

31specifications compared
12differ
19identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

CD-R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:48x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:24x
BD-R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:12x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
DVD+R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
DVD-R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
BD-R read speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:10x
BD-ROM read speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:10x
DVD-R read speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:15x
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
DVD drive average random access time
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:150 ms
- BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:160 ms

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Comparison of BW-12B1LT, BH12LS30
47 specifications	A ASUS BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black Model BW-12B1LT View product	B LG BH12LS30 optical disc drive Internal Black Model BH12LS30 View product
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed4 differ
CD-R write speedDiffers	48x	24x
BD-R write speedDiffers	12x	8x
DVD+R write speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD-R write speedDiffers	16x	8x
BD-R Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-RE Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2x
BD-RE rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5x
Reading speed3 differ
BD-R read speedDiffers	8x	10x
BD-ROM read speedDiffers	8x	10x
DVD-R read speedDiffers	15x	16x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	150 ms	160 ms
BD-ROM average random access timeDiffers	250 ms	180 ms
DVD-RAM access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi sessionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packet writingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Random writeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Session-at-once (SAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track-at-once (TAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 50 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	650 g	800 g
Other features2 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	146 x 170 x 41 mm	146 x 172 x 41.3 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/Vista/7	Windows Vista, Windows XP

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