Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL vs Samsung DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW

Key differences

CD rewrite speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:32x
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:24x
DVD write speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:4x
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:8x
CD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:48x
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:40x
DVD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:16x
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:12x
Weight
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:760 g
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:750 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:148 x 184 x 42 mm
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:148.2 x 42 x 184 mm

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Comparison of DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL, DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW
15 specifications	A Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL View product	B Samsung DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Ivory	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc loading typeKnown for one	Tray	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer size	2 MB	2 MB
Writing speed2 differ
CD write speed	40x	40x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	32x	24x
DVD write speedDiffers	4x	8x
DVD rewrite speed	4x	4x
Reading speed2 differ
CD read speedDiffers	48x	40x
DVD read speedDiffers	16x	12x
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	760 g	750 g
Other features1 differ
Media types supportedKnown for one	DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, CD-R/RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, CD-Audio, Video-CD, CD-I, Photo CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT	Unknown — not stated by the source
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 184 x 42 mm	148.2 x 42 x 184 mm
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	110 ms
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	90 ms

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.