Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

HP Media Drive vs Philips Internal 16x DVD+RW drive

5specifications compared
4differ
1identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- Media Drive:Yes
- Internal 16x DVD+RW drive:No
DVD read speed
- Media Drive:10x
- Internal 16x DVD+RW drive:16x
Access time
- Media Drive:95 ms
- Internal 16x DVD+RW drive:120 ms
Weight
- Media Drive:1.5 kg
- Internal 16x DVD+RW drive:950 g

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Comparison of Media Drive, Internal 16x DVD+RW drive
29 specifications	A HP Media Drive View product	B Philips Internal 16x DVD+RW drive View product
Design1 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
CertificationKnown for one	USA–UL (safety), Germany–TUV (safety), Canada–CSA (safety), EU–CE (safety & EMC), Australia/New Zealand–C-Tick (EMC), Korea (EMC), Taiwan (EMC)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	25 W
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speed	40x	40x
DVD read speedDiffers	10x	16x
Access time1 differ
Access timeDiffers	95 ms	120 ms
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1.5 kg	950 g
HeightKnown for one	42 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Hard disc space: 500MB PC OS: Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP Processor: Pentium III 500MHz or faster RAM memory: 128 MB
Logical recording formatKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	UDF and ISO 9660
Minimum RAMKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	128 MB
Minimum processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium III 500MHz
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	500 GB
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IDE
DVD+R speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD+RW speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
DVD-R speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-RW speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
Double Layer DVD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.4x
Power requirementsKnown for one	+5VDC (+/- 5%), +12VDC (+/- 10%)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Media types supportedKnown for one	DVD single layer & dual layer, DVD-R1, DVD-RW1, CD-ROM mode 1, XA mode 2, Photo CD (single & multiple session), CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW, Video CD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	165 x 320 x 42 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Size (imperial)Known for one	13.3 cm (5.25")	Unknown — not stated by the source

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