Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL vs Samsung DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK

Key differences

CD write speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:40x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:32x
CD rewrite speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:32x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:16x
DVD write speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:4x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:8x
CD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:48x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:40x
DVD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:16x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:12x
Weight
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:760 g
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:148 x 184 x 42 mm
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:146 x 41.5 x 189.5 mm

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Comparison of DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL, DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK
15 specifications	A Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL View product	B Samsung DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK 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 speed3 differ
CD write speedDiffers	40x	32x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	32x	16x
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	1 kg
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	146 x 41.5 x 189.5 mm
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 ms
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	110 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.