IBM TP ULTRABAY MULTI-BURNER ( 73P3282 )

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Summary: The Most Powerful IBM ThinkPad U2K Multi-Burner
Review: The Most Powerful IBM ThinkPad U2K Multi-Burner
You are bidding on an IBM ThinkPad Multi-Burner Ultrabay 2000:
NEC ND-6500A Slimline 9 in 1drive-8X DVD±SlimWriter 8.5GB
Up to 8.5GB on the new Double Layer DVD +R9 media
Manufacturer: NEC; Model: ND-6500A SlimWriter Notebook 12.7mm
Status: Brand New with IBM U2K caddy
Type: 2.4x DVD+R9 DL, 8x4x8x DVD±R/±RW/-ROM, 24x16x24x CD-R/-RW/-ROM

NEC introduced in June of 2004 their first, ultra compact double layer burner, with the aim to bring high quality, fast DVD burning to laptop users, without the need for external drive enclosures. It is extremenly light weight, adding only 0.19kg to your laptop. Although you might notice several similarities with the ND-2510A model, in order to minimise its size, NEC has used a totally different laser pick-up mechanism.

"High resolution writing strategies" are again incorporated into the ND-6500A, just as with the ND-2510A, which is in fact an improved version of Active Optimized Power Control (Active OPC). Active OPC constantly monitors the sensitivity of the media and adjusts the laser strength to achieve the best possible results. It does this by analyzing the reflection from the media's surface. Anti "buffer under run error" system ensures safe burns.

- Features

This internal burner can write up to 8x with DVD-R and DVD+R media, while it can re-write at 4x. Although this is not the maximum writing speed available, it is the maximum speed for a drive of this size. Afterall, speed is not an issue for this product, since notebooks are commonly used for professional reasons. So, reliability is needed, even if speed performance has to be reduced. It can also write CD-R media at 24x and re-write CD-RW media at 16x. Of course, double layer media is supported, and it can write DVD+R9 media at 2.4x.