Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold vs Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black

13specifications compared
9differ
4identical
33known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold has 2.5 mm more width than the Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black (135.5 mm vs 133 mm). The Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black has 2.5 mm more depth than the ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold (145 mm vs 142.5 mm). The ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold has 2.9 mm more height than the Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black (13.9 mm vs 11 mm). Product colour: Gold on the ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold, Black on the Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black. Optical drive type: DVD±RW on the ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold, Blu-Ray RW on the Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black.

Product colour
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:Gold
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Black
Optical drive type
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:DVD±RW
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Blu-Ray RW
Width
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:135.5 mm
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:133 mm
Depth
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:142.5 mm
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:145 mm
Height
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:13.9 mm
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:11 mm
Weight
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:235 g
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:215 g

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Comparison of SDRW-08U8M-U, 43889
46 specifications	A ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold Model SDRW-08U8M-U View product	B Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black Model 43889 View product
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Gold	Black
MountingKnown for one	Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD±RW	Blu-Ray RW
Disc types supportedDiffers	CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW	BD, BD-R, BD-R DL, CD, DVD
Optical disc diameterKnown for one	80,120 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB 3.1 Gen 1
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60000 h
Writing speedidentical
CD-R write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R M-DISC write speedKnown for one	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD-R read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R M-DISC read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirements2 differ
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	135.5 mm	133 mm
DepthDiffers	142.5 mm	145 mm
HeightDiffers	13.9 mm	11 mm
WeightDiffers	235 g	215 g
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	CyberLink Power2Go 8 CyberLink PowerBackup 2.6 Nero BackItUp E-Green	Unknown — not stated by the source
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB Type-A to USB Type-C, USB Type-C to USB Type-A
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	405 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 Gbit/s

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