Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

NEC AD-5170 Silver vs NEC DVD-RW AD-7170S black

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Comparison of AD-5170 Silver, DVD-RW AD-7170S black
33 specifications	A NEC AD-5170 Silver View product	B NEC DVD-RW AD-7170S black View product
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Beige
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
InterfaceDiffers	EIDE/ATA	Serial ATA
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Burst transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1536 MB/s
Writing speedidentical
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-RAM write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
Reading speedidentical
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Record modesidentical
Fixed packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Multi sessionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Variable packetKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Media types supportedKnown for one	DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL ), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW,DVD+R9,CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW 80mm/120mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write methodsKnown for one	DAO, SAO, TAO zero gap, variable / fixed packet, multisession	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of optical discsKnown for one	1 discs	Unknown — not stated by the source

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