The specs are the same, it has the display that shows speed (the 2410 has 78 rpm, huh!)pitch and other features, like platter direction (rotation) as if anyone couldn't figure that out by oneself... lus a few other extra gadgets (7 gram anti-skip, blues strobo, the heck...
For that blue cover, basically u could call it a thermoplastic, or generally plastic, although it's a specific type: it's a polycarbonate laminate shell, more impact-and-shatter-resistant but plastic nonetheless... otherwise it wouldn't be semi-transparent like that!
