Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG DH16NS30 optical disc drive Internal Black vs NEC AD-7173 optical disc drive Internal Beige

5specifications compared
2differ
3identical
31known for one product only

Key differences

Product colour
- DH16NS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:Black
- AD-7173 optical disc drive Internal Beige:Beige
CD read speed
- DH16NS30 optical disc drive Internal Black:52x
- AD-7173 optical disc drive Internal Beige:48x

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Comparison of DH16NS30, AD-7173
36 specifications	A LG DH16NS30 optical disc drive Internal Black Model DH16NS30 View product	B NEC AD-7173 optical disc drive Internal Beige Model AD-7173 View product
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Beige
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Tray
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 MB
Burst transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	150 MB/s
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32x
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	18x
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	18x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speedDiffers	52x	48x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	140 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Multi sessionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Session-at-once (SAO)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Track-at-once (TAO)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	705 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	148 x 175 x 42 mm
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows Vista (32bit/64bit) Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows ME	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of optical discsKnown for one	1 discs	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Power DVD	Unknown — not stated by the source

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