Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

iStorage Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black vs iStorage Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black

25specifications compared
16differ
9identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

Optical drive type
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:DVD±RW
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:DVD±R/RW
Drive device, buffer size
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:2 MB
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:1 MB
CD write speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:48x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:24x
DVD+R Double Layer write speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:12x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:8x
DVD+R write speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:24x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:12x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:6x
DVD-R write speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:24x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:8x
CD-ROM read speed
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black:48x
- Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black:24x

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Comparison of U2-DVDRW-24X, U2-DVDRW-SL
38 specifications	A iStorage Kanguru U2-DVDRW-24X optical disc drive DVD±RW Black Model U2-DVDRW-24X View product	B iStorage Kanguru U2-DVDRW-SL optical disc drive DVD±R/RW Black Model U2-DVDRW-SL View product
Designidentical
Internal	No	No
Product colour	Black	Black
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Tray
Performance2 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD±RW	DVD±R/RW
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	1 MB
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
LightScribeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Writing speed5 differ
CD write speedDiffers	48x	24x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedDiffers	12x	8x
DVD+R write speedDiffers	24x	8x
DVD+RW write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speedDiffers	12x	6x
DVD-R write speedDiffers	24x	8x
DVD-RW write speed	6x	6x
CD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
Reading speed2 differ
CD-ROM read speedDiffers	48x	24x
DVD-ROM read speedDiffers	16x	8x
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	140 ms	160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeDiffers	110 ms	140 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fixed packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi sessionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Session-at-once (SAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track-at-once (TAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Variable packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1.02 kg	453.59 g
Packaging content1 differ
AC adapter includedDiffers	Yes	No
Other features3 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	184.15 x 190.5 x 50.8 mm	139.7 x 133.35 x 19.05 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows XP / Vista / 7 Mac OS X +	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 Mac OS X 10.x +
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
S/PDIF out port	No	No
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB cableDiffers	1	Yes
Media types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL), DVD-RW, DVD+R (DL), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-RW (HSRW, US-RW) CD-ROM XA, CD-DA, CD-Audio, CD-Extra/CD+, CD-Text, Photo-CD, Video-CD, Mixed-CD, Enhanced-CD
Number of optical discsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 discs

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