Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00 vs Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/20

19specifications compared
4differ
15identical
2known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:2 MB
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/20:8 MB
Bundled software
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:NERO 5.5, My DVD
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/20:Drivers & Utilities
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00:146 x 42 x 169 mm
- Internal Drive DVDRW824K/20:146 x 169 x 42 mm

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Comparison of DVDRW824K/00, DVDRW824K/20
21 specifications	A Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/00 Model DVDRW824K/00 View product	B Philips Internal Drive DVDRW824K/20 Model DVDRW824K/20 View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	2 MB	8 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speed	24x	24x
CD rewrite speed	10x	10x
DVD write speed	8x	8x
DVD rewrite speed	4x	4x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	40x	40x
DVD read speed	12x	12x
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access time	140 ms	140 ms
Access time	120 ms	120 ms
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 90%	5 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 45 °C	5 - 45 °C
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Weight	1 kg	1 kg
Packaging content1 differ
Bundled softwareDiffers	NERO 5.5, My DVD	Drivers & Utilities
Other features2 differ
Media types supported	CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R	CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R
Write methodsKnown for one	Track at once (TAO), Disc at once (DAO), Multi Session (MS), Session At Once (SAO), Packet Writing	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	146 x 42 x 169 mm	146 x 169 x 42 mm
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Professional, Windows XP	Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP
Total storage capacity	4.7 GB	4.7 GB
I/O ports	1 x IDE/ATAPI - 40 PIN IDC 1 x audio out - 4 PIN MPC 1 x audio out - 2 PIN Digital Audio	1 x IDE/ATAPI - 40 PIN IDC 1 x audio out - 4 PIN MPC 1 x audio out - 2 PIN Digital Audio
Logical recording formatKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Multisession, disc-at-once, track-at-once, packet writing, session-at-once

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