Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

NEC AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW vs NEC DV5800E Silver

8specifications compared
5differ
3identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW:2 MB
- DV5800E Silver:0.5 MB
DVD drive average random access time
- AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW:160 ms
- DV5800E Silver:120 ms
Weight
- AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW:705 g
- DV5800E Silver:670 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW:148 x 42 x 175 mm
- DV5800E Silver:148 x 170 x 42 mm

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Comparison of AD-7173A, DV5800E Silver
24 specifications	A NEC AD-7173A optical disc drive Internal DVD-RW Model AD-7173A View product	B NEC DV5800E Silver View product
Designidentical
MountingKnown for one	Vertical/Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silver
Performance1 differ
Optical drive typeKnown for one	DVD-RW	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
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
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	12x	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	160 ms	120 ms
Access timeKnown for one	140 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	120 ms
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	705 g	670 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 80mm & 120mm di	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 42 x 175 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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