Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

HP 1260i optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black vs HP dvd1270E optical disc drive DVD±RW

16specifications compared
3differ
13identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- 1260i optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black:Yes
- dvd1270E optical disc drive DVD±RW:No
Interface
- 1260i optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black:Serial ATA
- dvd1270E optical disc drive DVD±RW:USB 2.0
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 1260i optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black:5 - 50 °C
- dvd1270E optical disc drive DVD±RW:5 - 35 °C

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Comparison of 1260i, dvd1270E
40 specifications	A HP 1260i optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black Model 1260i View product	B HP dvd1270E optical disc drive DVD±RW Model dvd1270E View product
Design1 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
Disc types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	USB 2.0
LightScribeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	70000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speedidentical
CD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32x
CD write speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD read speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 50 °C	5 - 35 °C
Packaging contentidentical
AC adapter includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	+5V+/-5%; +12V+/-10%
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024x768 px IEEE 1394 USB 2.0
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium IV, 1.3GHz
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024 MB
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 7 (32-bit/x64) Windows Vista (32-bit/x64) Windows XP SP4 Windows 2000 SP4
Number of optical discsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 discs
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DVD transfer rate (sustained mode)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1350 KB/s
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	160 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	160 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source

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