Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive vs BenQ DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

Product colour
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:White
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:Black
DVD drive average random access time
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:130 ms
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:120 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:5 - 85%
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:8 - 80%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:5 - 45 °C
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:20 - 60 °C
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:-40 - 60 °C
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:148 x 180 x 42.3 mm
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:146 x 198 x 42 mm
DVD+RW speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:8x
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:4x
DVD-R speed
- DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive:16x
- DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe:8x

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Comparison of DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive, DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe
28 specifications	A ASUS DRW-1608P DVD±R/RW Drive View product	B BenQ DVD RW DW1625 black Lightscribe View product
Design1 differ
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourDiffers	White	Black
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 speedidentical
CD write speed	40x	40x
CD rewrite speed	24x	24x
DVD rewrite speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Other features6 differ
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DC 5V +/- 5%, ripple 100mVpp
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IBM PC compatible Pentium III 550MHz CPU 128MB DRAM, 100MB free HDD
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 180 x 42.3 mm	146 x 198 x 42 mm
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium III 550MHz
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.1 GB
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP/NT/ME/2000/98/98SE	Windows XP / 2000 / ME / 98SE
DVD+R speed	16x	16x
DVD+RW speedDiffers	8x	4x
DVD-R speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD-RW speedDiffers	6x	4x
Double Layer DVD write speedDiffers	6x	2.4x
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	NERO Burning Software	Unknown — not stated by the source

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