Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black vs Freecom FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2

13specifications compared
12differ
1identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

CD write speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:40x
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:16x
CD rewrite speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:24x
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:10x
DVD rewrite speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:8x
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:2x
CD read speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:40x
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:24x
Access time
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:120 ms
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:100 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:5 - 85%
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:8 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:5 - 45 °C
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black:20 - 60 °C
- FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2:-20 - 60 °C

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Comparison of DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black, FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2
29 specifications	A ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive Black View product	B Freecom FS-50 DVD +/- RW 4x USB-2 View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	16x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	24x	10x
DVD rewrite speedDiffers	8x	2x
DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speedDiffers	40x	24x
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	130 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access timeDiffers	120 ms	100 ms
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	-20 - 60 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1 kg	600 g
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	NERO Burning Software	Application & manual software CD
Other features2 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 180 x 42.3 mm	140 x 144 x 17 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/NT/ME/2000/98/98SE	Windows 98/ME/2000Professional/XP or Mac OS 9.1 or higher
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	Bus powered (no Ac adapter needed)
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium III 700 Mhz or higher, 128 MB RAM 400 MB free disk space USB or Firewire port CD-ROM or internet connection or Power Macintosh, Quick Time 4.0 or later
SafetyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	UL, CS A, TUV, CE
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB FireWire
Bundled hardwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Integrated rechargeable battery TWIN USB-2 cable Universal AC adapter CD-R, DVD-R media

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