Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Freecom DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int vs Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40

16specifications compared
11differ
5identical
8known for one product only

Key differences

CD write speed
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:32x
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:24x
CD rewrite speed
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:16x
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:10x
DVD write speed
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:8x
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:4x
DVD rewrite speed
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:4x
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:2.4x
Access time
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:140 ms
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:120 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:10 - 90%
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:5 - 90%
Weight
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:1.1 kg
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int:147 x 200 x 42 mm
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40:146 x 169 x 42 mm

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Comparison of DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int, DVDRW824K/40
24 specifications	A Freecom DVD+ -RW 8x4x12 40x24x40 int View product	B Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/40 Model DVDRW824K/40 View product
Designidentical
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed4 differ
CD write speedDiffers	32x	24x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	16x	10x
DVD write speedDiffers	8x	4x
DVD rewrite speedDiffers	4x	2.4x
Access time1 differ
Access timeDiffers	140 ms	120 ms
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	140 ms
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	10 - 90%	5 - 90%
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1.1 kg	1 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	- 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)	Drivers & Utilities
Other features3 differ
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	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	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write methodsKnown for one	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.	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	147 x 200 x 42 mm	146 x 169 x 42 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 98SE/ME/2000Professional/XP	Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP
Recommended mediaKnown for one	(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.	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsDiffers	IDE connector.	1 x IDE/ATAPI - 40 PIN IDC 1 x audio out - 4 PIN MPC 1 x audio out - 2 PIN Digital Audio
Media types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R
Logical recording formatKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Multisession, disc-at-once, track-at-once, packet writing, session-at-once
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB

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