Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black vs Freecom DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black

12specifications compared
9differ
3identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

CD write speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:40x
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:32x
CD rewrite speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:24x
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:16x
DVD rewrite speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:8x
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:4x
Access time
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:120 ms
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:140 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:5 - 85%
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:10 - 90%
Weight
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:1 kg
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:1.1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:148 x 180 x 42.3 mm
- DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black:147 x 200 x 42 mm

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Comparison of DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black, DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black
30 specifications	A ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black View product	B Freecom DVD+-RW IDE 8x Black View product
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Tray
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	60.000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed3 differ
CD write speedDiffers	40x	32x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	24x	16x
DVD rewrite speedDiffers	8x	4x
DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Reading speedidentical
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	130 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access timeDiffers	120 ms	140 ms
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 85%	10 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	20 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1 kg	1.1 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	NERO Burning Software	- Video edit & DVD authoring software - DVD and CD Recording software (Windows 98/2000/ME/XP) - Cyberlink PowerDVD MPEG-2 decoding software (Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP)
Other features2 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 180 x 42.3 mm	147 x 200 x 42 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/NT/ME/2000/98/98SE	Windows 98SE/ME/2000Professional/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
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	The minimum system requirements for the drive and complementary software: PC with Windows 98SE/ME/2000Professional/XP, 150 MB free harddisk space for included software and one free IDE controller connector. Data storage applications: Pentium II 450 MHz or higher, 64 MB RAM. DVD video creation: Penti
Write methodsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Disc At Once, Session At once, Track At Once, Multi-Session, PacketWrite. This drive can not record DVDRAM media. Limited DVD-players and DVD-ROM drives may not read DVD RW or DVD R discs. Drive is certified as MultiRead device.
Total storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.7 GB
Recommended mediaKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	(DVD RW & DVD R) DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, Random Access Write, CD-R/RW) CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, CD-I, Mixed-ModeCD,VideoCD, PhotoCD, CD Text, Bootable CD.
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IDE connector.

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