Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

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

Key differences

CD write speed
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:40x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:32x
CD rewrite speed
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:24x
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:16x
DVD drive average random access time
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:110 ms
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:130 ms
Access time
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:90 ms
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:110 ms
Weight
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:750 g
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW:148.2 x 42 x 184 mm
- DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK:146 x 41.5 x 189.5 mm

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Comparison of DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW, DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK
12 specifications	A Samsung DVD+-R RW IDE RETAIL W SW View product	B Samsung DVD-RW 8X4X32X16 BULK View product
Designidentical
Internal	Yes	Yes
Performanceidentical
Drive device, buffer size	2 MB	2 MB
Writing speed2 differ
CD write speedDiffers	40x	32x
CD rewrite speedDiffers	24x	16x
DVD write speed	8x	8x
DVD rewrite speed	4x	4x
Reading speedidentical
CD read speed	40x	40x
DVD read speed	12x	12x
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers	110 ms	130 ms
Access timeDiffers	90 ms	110 ms
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	750 g	1 kg
Other features1 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148.2 x 42 x 184 mm	146 x 41.5 x 189.5 mm

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