Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black vs BenQ DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro

13specifications compared
7differ
6identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

DVD rewrite speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:8x
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:4x
DVD drive average random access time
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:130 ms
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:120 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:5 - 85%
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:8 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:5 - 45 °C
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:20 - 60 °C
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:-40 - 60 °C
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:148 x 180 x 42.3 mm
- DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro:198 x 146 x 42 mm

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Comparison of DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black, DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro
29 specifications	A ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black View product	B BenQ DVD+/-RW DL DW1620 Pro View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer size	2 MB	2 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	60.000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed1 differ
CD write speed	40x	40x
CD rewrite speed	24x	24x
DVD rewrite speedDiffers	8x	4x
DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	40x	40x
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	130 ms	120 ms
Access timeKnown for one	120 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 85%	8 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 45 °C	5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	20 - 60 °C	-40 - 60 °C
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Weight	1 kg	1 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	NERO Burning Software	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 180 x 42.3 mm	198 x 146 x 42 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/NT/ME/2000/98/98SE	Windows 98/ ME / 2000/ XP
DVD+R speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Double Layer DVD write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DC 5V +/- 5%, ripple 100mVpp; DC12V+/- 10%, ripple 200mVpp
Write methodsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DVD Data & Video; Disc-at-once, Track-at-once, Multi-session, Packet writing, CD Digital Audio, Direct Over write on CDRW, Simulated Writing
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IBM PC compatible Pentium III 550MHz CPU
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.1 GB

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