Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U) vs Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black

29specifications compared
11differ
18identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U) has 80,000 mm more optical disc diameter than the Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black (80,120 mm vs 120 mm). The ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U) has 8 x more CD-RW write speed than the Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black (24x vs 16x). The Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black has 2.5 mm more width than the ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U) (138 mm vs 135.5 mm). Optical drive type: DVD±RW on the ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U), Blu-Ray RW on the Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black. Interface: USB Type-C on the ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U), USB 2.0 on the Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black.

Optical drive type
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):DVD±RW
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Blu-Ray RW
Interface
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):USB Type-C
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:USB 2.0
Optical disc diameter
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):80,120 mm
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:120 mm
CD-RW write speed
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):24x
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:16x
Width
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):135.5 mm
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:138 mm
Depth
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):142.5 mm
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:152 mm
Height
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):13.9 mm
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:14.4 mm
Weight
- ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U):235 g
- BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:300 g

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Comparison of ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U), BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD
57 specifications	A ASUS ZenDrive U8M (SDRW-08U8M-U)View product	B Buffalo BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black Model BRXL-PT6U2V-BKD View product
Designidentical
MountingKnown for one	Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance4 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD±RW	Blu-Ray RW
Disc types supportedDiffers	CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW	BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R XL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-RE XL, BD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW
InterfaceDiffers	USB Type-C	USB 2.0
LightScribeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Optical disc diameterDiffers	80,120 mm	120 mm
Card reader integratedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Writing speed1 differ
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
CD-RW write speedDiffers	24x	16x
BD-R Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-R 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
BD-RE write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5x
CD-R write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R M-DISC write speedKnown for one	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-RE Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R M-DISC read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirements2 differ
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur	Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Win
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 35 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	135.5 mm	138 mm
DepthDiffers	142.5 mm	152 mm
HeightDiffers	13.9 mm	14.4 mm
WeightDiffers	235 g	300 g
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	CyberLink Power2Go 8 CyberLink PowerBackup 2.6 Nero BackItUp E-Green	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717030	Unknown — not stated by the source

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