Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

NEC AD-5170 Silver vs NEC DV5800E Silver

10specifications compared
6differ
4identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- AD-5170 Silver:2 MB
- DV5800E Silver:0.5 MB
DVD drive average random access time
- AD-5170 Silver:160 ms
- DV5800E Silver:120 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access time
- AD-5170 Silver:140 ms
- DV5800E Silver:120 ms
Weight
- AD-5170 Silver:705 g
- DV5800E Silver:670 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- AD-5170 Silver:148 x 175 x 42 mm
- DV5800E Silver:148 x 170 x 42 mm

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Comparison of AD-5170 Silver, DV5800E Silver
31 specifications	A NEC AD-5170 Silver View product	B NEC DV5800E Silver View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colour	Silver	Silver
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
MountingKnown for one	Vertical/Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
Optical drive typeKnown for one	DVD-RW	Unknown — not stated by the source
Interface	EIDE/ATA	EIDE/ATA
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	0.5 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-R write speedKnown for one	48x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	18x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	18x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	48x	48x
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	160 ms	120 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access timeDiffers	140 ms	120 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Fixed packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi sessionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Session-at-once (SAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track-at-once (TAO)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Variable packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	705 g	670 g
Other features2 differ
Media types supportedDiffers	DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL ), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW,DVD+R9,CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW 80mm/120mm	DVD, DVD Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/W, DVD+R(W), CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Text, CD-Video, CD-DA, Photo-CD, CD-R(W)
Write methodsKnown for one	DAO, SAO, TAO zero gap, variable / fixed packet, multisession	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 175 x 42 mm	148 x 170 x 42 mm
Number of optical discsKnown for one	1 discs	Unknown — not stated by the source

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