Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung 16x DVD-ROM Drive Ivory vs Samsung SH-W162C - DVD±R/RW Drive Writemaster, Ivory

7specifications compared
3differ
4identical
34known for one product only

Key differences

Drive device, buffer size
- 16x DVD-ROM Drive Ivory:0.5 MB
- SH-W162C - DVD±R/RW Drive Writemaster, Ivory:2 MB
Access time
- 16x DVD-ROM Drive Ivory:100 ms
- SH-W162C - DVD±R/RW Drive Writemaster, Ivory:110 ms

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Comparison of 16x DVD-ROM Drive Ivory, SH-W162C - DVD±R/RW Drive Writemaster, Ivory
41 specifications	A Samsung 16x DVD-ROM Drive Ivory View product	B Samsung SH-W162C - DVD±R/RW Drive Writemaster, Ivory View product
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ivory
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
LightScribeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	0.5 MB	2 MB
InterfaceKnown for one	EIDE/ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32x
CD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32x
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4x
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6x
Reading speedidentical
CD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48x
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40x
DVD+R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD-R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD-R read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
DVD-RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Access time1 differ
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 ms
Access timeDiffers	100 ms	110 ms
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800 g
Other features1 differ
Media types supportedDiffers	DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, VideoCD, CD-I, Photo CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT	DVD+R, DVD+R DI, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DI, DVD-RW, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, CD-Audio, VideoCD, CD-I(FMV), Photo CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT
DVD+R speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (DMA)Known for one	16.6 MB/sec	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (PIO)Known for one	16.6 MB/sec	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive devices burst data transfer rate (Ultra DMA)Known for one	33.3 MB/sec	Unknown — not stated by the source

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