Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black vs NEC AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal

17specifications compared
10differ
7identical
25known for one product only

Key differences

CD write speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:24x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:48x
CD rewrite speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:16x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:32x
DVD+R write speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:18x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:4x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:8x
DVD-R write speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:8x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:18x
DVD-RAM write speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:5x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:12x
CD read speed
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:24x
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:48x
DVD drive average random access time
- GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black:260 ms
- AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal:160 ms

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Comparison of GSA-T10N, AD-7170S
42 specifications	A LG GSA-T10N optical disc drive Internal Black Model GSA-T10N View product	B NEC AD-7170S optical disc drive Internal Model AD-7170S View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
MountingKnown for one	Vertical/Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA
Writing speed6 differ
CD write speedDiffers	24x	48x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	16x	32x
CD-R write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedDiffers	8x	18x
DVD+RW write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speedDiffers	4x	8x
DVD-R write speedDiffers	8x	18x
DVD-RAM write speedDiffers	5x	12x
DVD-RW write speed	6x	6x
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speedDiffers	24x	48x
CD-R read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	24x	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	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-ROM 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	4x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	260 ms	160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access time	140 ms	140 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)	Yes	Yes
Packet writingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Random writeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sequential writingKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Session-at-once (SAO)	Yes	Yes
Track-at-once (TAO)	Yes	Yes
Multi sessionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	170 g	705 g
Other features1 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	128 x 12.7 x 127 mm	148 x 42 x 175 mm

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