Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL vs Samsung DVD WRITER + - RETAIL

Key differences

CD rewrite speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:32x
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:24x
DVD write speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:4x
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:8x
CD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:48x
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:40x
DVD read speed
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:16x
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:8x
Weight
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:760 g
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL:148 x 184 x 42 mm
- DVD WRITER + - RETAIL:146 x 189.5 x 41.5 mm

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Comparison of DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL, DVD WRITER + - RETAIL
14 specifications	A Samsung DVD+-R RW DL IDE RETAIL View product	B Samsung DVD WRITER + - RETAIL 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	8x
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	760 g	1 kg
Other features2 differ
Media types supportedDiffers	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	DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM(Read only), DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA,CD-Audio, Video-CD, Photo CD, CD-I(FMV), CD-Extra, CD-TEXT
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 184 x 42 mm	146 x 189.5 x 41.5 mm
Access timeidentical
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 ms

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