Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black vs Samsung SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver

11specifications compared
6differ
5identical
31known for one product only

Key differences

Product colour
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:Black
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:Black, Silver
Mounting
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:Horizontal
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:Vertical/Horizontal
Optical drive type
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:Blu-Ray RW
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:DVD-ROM
DVD-RW read speed
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:12x
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:8x
DVD+R Double Layer read speed
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:16x
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:8x
DVD+RW read speed
- BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black:12x
- SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver:8x

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Comparison of BH14NS40, SH-118AB
42 specifications	A LG BH14NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray RW Black Model BH14NS40 View product	B Samsung SH-118AB optical disc drive Internal DVD-ROM Black, Silver Model SH-118AB View product
Design2 differ
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Silver
MountingDiffers	Horizontal	Vertical/Horizontal
Performance1 differ
Purpose	Desktop	Desktop
Optical drive typeDiffers	Blu-Ray RW	DVD-ROM
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
LightScribe	No	No
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.256 MB
Optical disc diameterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	120 mm
Writing speedidentical
BD-R Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R write speedKnown for one	14x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE write speedKnown for one	2x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0x
Reading speed3 differ
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speed	16x	16x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speedDiffers	12x	8x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedDiffers	16x	8x
DVD+RW read speedDiffers	12x	8x
CD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	146 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	165 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	41.3 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	750 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	148.2 x 170 x 42 mm
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1500 Mbit/s
Read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	21.6 MB/s

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