Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG DVD-ROM 16x52 drive E-IDE/ATAPI Beige vs LG GDR-H30N optical disc drive Internal

9specifications compared
2differ
7identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

DVD drive average random access time
- DVD-ROM 16x52 drive E-IDE/ATAPI Beige:140 ms
- GDR-H30N optical disc drive Internal:160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access time
- DVD-ROM 16x52 drive E-IDE/ATAPI Beige:160 ms
- GDR-H30N optical disc drive Internal:140 ms

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Comparison of DVD-ROM 16x52 drive E-IDE/ATAPI Beige, GDR-H30N
22 specifications	A LG DVD-ROM 16x52 drive E-IDE/ATAPI Beige View product	B LG GDR-H30N optical disc drive Internal Model GDR-H30N View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Beige	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Tray
Performanceidentical
Interface	EIDE/ATA	EIDE/ATA
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	52x	52x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	52x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	52x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speed	16x	16x
DVD-R read speed	16x	16x
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	140 ms	160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeDiffers	160 ms	140 ms
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Weight	700 g	700 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)	146 x 165 x 41.3 mm	146 x 165 x 41.3 mm
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	22.1 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	198 KB
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 95, 98, 2K, ME, NT 4.0, XP, Vista, 2003 server, Linux Slackware Ver 3.10, Solaris Ver 2.4
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

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