Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Freecom Portable II DVD+RW USB-2 vs Philips DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE

12specifications compared
11differ
1identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:No
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:Yes
Drive device, buffer size
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:2 MB
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:8 MB
CD write speed
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:12x
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:24x
DVD rewrite speed
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:2.4x
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:4x
CD read speed
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:32x
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:40x
DVD read speed
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:8x
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:12x
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:10 - 90%
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:5 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Portable II DVD+RW USB-2:5 - 40 °C
- DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE:5 - 50 °C

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Comparison of Portable II DVD+RW USB-2, DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE
23 specifications	A Freecom Portable II DVD+RW USB-2 View product	B Philips DVD R RW 8x4x12 24x10x40 IDE View product
Design1 differ
InternalDiffers	No	Yes
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	8 MB
Writing speed2 differ
CD write speedDiffers	12x	24x
CD rewrite speed	10x	10x
DVD rewrite speedDiffers	2.4x	4x
DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Reading speed2 differ
CD read speedDiffers	32x	40x
DVD read speedDiffers	8x	12x
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	10 - 90%	5 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 40 °C	5 - 50 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1.6 kg	950 g
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	DVD and CD Recording software.	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features2 differ
Power requirementsKnown for one	Voltage Adapter +12V±8%, 1,5 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Media types supportedKnown for one	DVD+RW) 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. Disc At Once, Session At once, Track At Once, Multi-Session, PacketWrite.	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum system requirementsDiffers	PC with Windows 98SE/ME/2000Professional/XP, 150 MB free for included software. Data storage applications: Pentium II 450 MHz or higher, 64 MB RAM. DVD video creation: Pentium III 800 MHz or higher, 128 MB RAM, 5 GB free, video capture capability. Video capture card not included. This drive can not	Windows98/SE/ME/XP
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	254 x 181 x 53 mm	200 x 150 x 40 mm
Total storage capacityKnown for one	4.7 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	Easy connection to any interface (USB or USB-2 or IEEE 1394 (FireWire & i.LINK), PCMCIA, CardBus or Parallel).	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled hardwareKnown for one	Cable USB-2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium III 500 Mhz
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	500 GB
Access timeidentical
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	140 ms

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