Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black vs LG GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White

19specifications compared
15differ
4identical
31known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:Yes
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:No
Product colour
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:Black
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:White
CD-R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:48x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:24x
DVD+R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:8x
DVD-R write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:8x
DVD-RW write speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:6x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:8x
CD-R read speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:48x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:24x
DVD+R read speed
- BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White:8x

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Comparison of BW-12B1LT, GP10NW20
50 specifications	A ASUS BW-12B1LT optical disc drive Internal Black Model BW-12B1LT View product	B LG GP10NW20 optical disc drive DVD±R/RW White Model GP10NW20 View product
Design2 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
Product colourDiffers	Black	White
Performanceidentical
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Optical drive typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DVD±R/RW
Writing speed4 differ
CD-R write speedDiffers	48x	24x
CD-RW write speed	24x	24x
BD-R write speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE write speedKnown for one	2x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speed	8x	8x
DVD+R write speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD+RW write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R write speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD-RW write speedDiffers	6x	8x
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.3x
Reading speed7 differ
CD-R read speedDiffers	48x	24x
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer read speedDiffers	12x	6x
DVD-R read speedDiffers	15x	8x
DVD-RW read speedDiffers	12x	6x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedDiffers	12x	6x
DVD+RW read speedDiffers	12x	8x
CD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5x
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	150 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM average random access timeKnown for one	250 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	150 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	650 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	146 x 170 x 41 mm	140 x 157 x 21 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/Vista/7	Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Ultimate Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional Windows XP Media Center Mac OS
Number of optical discsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 discs
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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