Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

LG UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black vs Samsung SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black

11specifications compared
5differ
6identical
38known for one product only

Key differences

Optical drive type
- UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black:Blu-Ray ROM
- SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black:DVD Super Multi DL
Drive device, buffer size
- UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black:4 MB
- SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black:0.5 MB
DVD+R write speed
- UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black:16x
- SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black:24x
DVD-R write speed
- UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black:16x
- SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black:24x

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Comparison of UH12NS40, SH-224GB
49 specifications	A LG UH12NS40 optical disc drive Internal Blu-Ray ROM Black Model UH12NS40 View product	B Samsung SH-224GB optical disc drive Internal DVD Super Multi DL Black Model SH-224GB View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colour	Black	Black
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Front	Unknown — not stated by the source
MountingKnown for one	Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance3 differ
Purpose	Desktop	Desktop
Optical drive typeDiffers	Blu-Ray ROM	DVD Super Multi DL
Disc types supportedDiffers	BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW	CD, DVD, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD+RW DL, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD-RW DL
Interface	Serial ATA	Serial ATA
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	4 MB	0.5 MB
DVD-ROM transfer rate (sustained mode)Known for one	22.16 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speed2 differ
CD-R write speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speed	8x	8x
DVD+R write speedDiffers	16x	24x
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R write speedDiffers	16x	24x
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	48x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24x
Reading speedidentical
CD-R read speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	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	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	10x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	16x	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	16x	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	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-Video read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R M-DISC read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	160 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM average random access timeKnown for one	180 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	150 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	650 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 10, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8, Windows XP

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