Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory vs Samsung SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS

5specifications compared
5differ
0identical
30known for one product only

Key differences

Internal
- GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory:Yes
- SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS:No
Product colour
- GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory:Ivory
- SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS:Black
Drive device, buffer size
- GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory:0.198 MB
- SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS:2 MB
CD read speed
- GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory:52x
- SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS:40x
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory:146 x 165 x 41.3 mm
- SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS:163 x 232 x 50 mm

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Comparison of GDR-H20NBB, SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS
35 specifications	A LG GDR-H20NBB optical disc drive Internal Ivory Model GDR-H20NBB View product	B Samsung SE-S204N - External DVD+-R/RW/DL/LS View product
Design2 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
Product colourDiffers	Ivory	Black
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	0.198 MB	2 MB
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 Double Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20x
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	12x
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20x
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	40x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
CD-ROM 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 read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	232 mm
WeightKnown for one	700 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	146 x 165 x 41.3 mm	163 x 232 x 50 mm
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 95, 98, 2K, ME, NT 4.0 +, XP, Vista, 2003 server, Linux Slackware 3.10, Solaris 2.4 +	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	22.1 MB/s	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
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	160 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	140 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source

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