Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Buffalo DVSM-PC58U2V optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black vs Samsung SE-406AB optical disc drive Black

20specifications compared
0differ
20identical
28known for one product only

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Comparison of DVSM-PC58U2V, SE-406AB
48 specifications	A Buffalo DVSM-PC58U2V optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black Model DVSM-PC58U2V View product	B Samsung SE-406AB optical disc drive Black Model SE-406AB View product
Designidentical
Internal	No	No
Product colour	Black	Black
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Optical drive typeKnown for one	DVD±R/RW	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	USB 2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	7.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-R write speed	24x	24x
CD-RW write speed	24x	24x
DVD+R Double Layer write speed	6x	6x
DVD+R write speed	8x	8x
DVD+RW write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed	6x	6x
DVD-R write speed	8x	8x
DVD-RAM write speed	5x	5x
DVD-RW write speed	6x	6x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-R read speed	24x	24x
CD-RW read speed	24x	24x
DVD+R read speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer read speed	6x	6x
DVD-R read speed	8x	8x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speed	8x	8x
DVD+R Double Layer read speed	6x	6x
DVD+RW read speed	8x	8x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
BD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
BD-RE Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
System requirementsidentical
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vi	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	145 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	153 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	19 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight	340 g	340 g
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	141 x 161 x 21.5 mm
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 ms
BD-ROM average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 ms

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