Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

NEC AD-7173A Beige vs NEC AD5170 Black

Key differences

Interface
- AD-7173A Beige:IDE/ATA
- AD5170 Black:EIDE/ATA
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- AD-7173A Beige:148 x 175 x 42 mm
- AD5170 Black:148 x 42 x 175 mm

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Comparison of AD-7173A Beige, AD5170 Black
28 specifications	A NEC AD-7173A Beige View product	B NEC AD5170 Black View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Beige	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
MountingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vertical/Horizontal
Performance1 differ
Optical drive type	DVD-RW	DVD-RW
InterfaceDiffers	IDE/ATA	EIDE/ATA
Drive device, buffer size	2 MB	2 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speed	48x	48x
CD rewrite speed	32x	32x
DVD+R write speed	18x	18x
DVD+RW write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed	8x	8x
DVD-R write speed	18x	18x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	12x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speed	6x	6x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	48x	48x
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access time	160 ms	160 ms
CD-ROM drive average random access time	140 ms	140 ms
Record modesidentical
Disc-at-once (DAO)	Yes	Yes
Multi session	Yes	Yes
Packet writing	Yes	Yes
Session-at-once (SAO)	Yes	Yes
Track-at-once (TAO)	Yes	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Weight	705 g	705 g
Other features2 differ
Media types supportedDiffers	DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD +R, DVD +RW, DVD +R9, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW	DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL ), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW,DVD+R9,CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 175 x 42 mm	148 x 42 x 175 mm
Number of optical discsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 discs

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