Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Lenovo ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA) vs Lenovo ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)

11specifications compared
6differ
5identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):4 MB
- ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):2 MB
CD rewrite speed
- ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):10x
- ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):24x
DVD+R read speed
- ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):8x
- ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):6x
DVD-R read speed
- ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):8x
- ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):6x
DVD drive average random access time
- ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):180 ms
- ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA):170 ms

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Comparison of ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA), ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)
32 specifications	A Lenovo ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)View product	B Lenovo ThinkPad CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (Serial ATA)View product
Design1 differ
CertificationDiffers	CE, CSA, UL, TUV, VCCI, C-Tick, BSMI, MIC, FCC	CE, CSA, TUV, UL, MIC, C-Tick, BSMI
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	4 MB	2 MB
Writing speed1 differ
CD rewrite speedDiffers	10x	24x
CD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
BD-RE write speedKnown for one	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speed2 differ
CD-R 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+R read speedDiffers	8x	6x
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
DVD-R read speedDiffers	8x	6x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	180 ms	170 ms
BD-ROM average random access timeKnown for one	300 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Media types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista

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