The BP06LU10 is a good example of what we've come to expect from LG's Super Multi Blue drives. Along with a good looking, compact design, this new Blu-ray Disc writer offers some of the fastest reading and writing speeds available on a portable drive as well as useful features like support for LightScribe and the ability to power itself off a computer's USB bus.
The BP06LU10 is the first portable drive from LG with the ability to write to both BD-R and BD-R DL media at 6x. At this speed, it took less than 22 minutes to burn an entire 25GB BD-R disc. The drive also performed fairly well when writing to BD-R DL media, burning a full 50GB BD-R DL disc in about 43 minutes. The BP06LU10 wasn't as fast when writing to BD-RE media. However, its performance was on par with the other Blu-ray Disc writers I've tested.
Using the bundled software, the BP06LU10 played all of the Blu-ray movies I had on hand, including those protected by BD+ and with BD-Live enabled features. The drive also performed fairly well in our transfer rate tests, reading single layer BD-ROM's as well as BD-R, BD-RE and BD-R DL media at 8x.
LG's new drive also has the ability to read and write to all standard DVD formats, including DVD-RAM. The BP06LU10 performed relatively well when writing to DVD±R discs, taking less than 11 minutes to burn an entire 4.7GB DVD. The drive also turned in some respectable times when writing to other types of media and its writing quality was pretty good, even with DVD±R DL discs. When it came to reading DVD's, the BP06LU10 was able to read single layer DVD-ROM's as well as most recordable media at 8x. However, its access times were a little higher than I would have liked.
Reading CD's wasn't a problem for the BP06LU10 either. While its seek times were again a little high, the drive read data CD's at speeds as high as 24x and ripped audio CD's at 23x. As a writer, the BP06LU10 performed as expected. The drive was relatively quick when writing to CD-R and CD-RW media and its writing quality was quite good.
LG's portable Blu-ray Disc writer also has its share of features. A truly portable solution, the BP06LU10 is powered completely off a computer's USB bus. Without the need for an AC power source, you can watch a Blu-ray movie or burn a disc wherever you go. To prevent buffer underruns, the BP06LU10 is equipped with a 4MB buffer that is backed up by some sort of buffer underrun technology. The drive also supports HP's LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling system and has the ability to set the book type of DVD+R DL media. Last but not least, LG has included a great software bundle from CyberLink.
The LG BP06LU10 is available now and can be purchased from Amazon or the retailers listed on Pricegrabber for as little as $200.
| LG BP06LU10 Portable 6x Blu-ray Disc ReWriter |
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| Features: Installation: Performance: |
9 9 8 |
| Overall: | 9 |
Highs:
- Writes to BD-R, BD-R DL and BD-R LTH media at 6x
- Writes to BD-RE and BD-RE DL media at 2x
- Writes to DVD±R media at 8x
- Writes to DVD+RW media at 8x
- Writes to DVD-RW media at 6x
- Writes to DVD±R DL media at 6x
- Reads single layer BD-ROM's at 6x
- Reads BD-R, BD-RE and BD-R DL media at 6x
- Reads single layer DVD-ROM's at 8x
- Reads DVD±R, DVD±RW and DVD±R DL media at 8x
- Reads and writes to DVD-RAM media at 5x
- Features 24x CD-R and CD-RW writing speeds
- Includes buffer underrun prevention technology
- Supports LightScribe technology
- 4MB buffer
- Good CD and DVD writing quality
- Compact and lightweight design
- Supports bitsetting for DVD+R DL media
- Includes CyberLink Blu-ray Disc Suite
- Powered off the USB bus
Lows:
- High access times
- Cannot set the book type of DVD+R or DVD+RW media
- Overburns to only 95:10
