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Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung SH-D162C - DVD-ROM Drive, Black vs Samsung SN-M242C - Slim Drive

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  • 18specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 6identical
  • 8known for one product only

Key differences

  • Drive device, buffer size
    • 0.5 MB
    • 2 MB
  • CD read speed
    • 48x
    • 24x
  • CD-R read speed
    • 48x
    • 24x
  • CD-RW read speed
    • 48x
    • 24x
  • DVD+R read speed
    • 12x
    • 8x
  • DVD-R read speed
    • 12x
    • 8x
  • DVD-RW read speed
    • 8x
    • 6x
  • DVD+RW read speed
    • 8x
    • 6x

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26 specifications
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Samsung

SH-D162C - DVD-ROM Drive, BlackView product
B

Samsung

SN-M242C - Slim DriveView product
Designidentical
InternalYesYes
Product colourBlackBlack
MountingVertical/HorizontalVertical/Horizontal
Performance1 differ
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers0.5 MB2 MB
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one24x
CD rewrite speedKnown for one24x
CD-R write speedKnown for one24x
CD-RW write speedKnown for one24x
Reading speed7 differ
CD read speedDiffers48x24x
CD-R read speedDiffers48x24x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one24x
CD-RW read speedDiffers48x24x
DVD+R read speedDiffers12x8x
DVD-R Double Layer read speed8x8x
DVD-R read speedDiffers12x8x
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one8x
DVD-RW read speedDiffers8x6x
DVD+R Double Layer read speed8x8x
DVD+RW read speedDiffers8x6x
DVD read speedKnown for one16x
Access time2 differ
DVD drive average random access timeDiffers100 ms130 ms
Access timeDiffers100 ms130 ms
Other features2 differ
Media types supportedDiffersDVD-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-TEXTDVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, Video-CD, CD-I, Photo CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs148.2 x 184 x 42 mm128 x 127 x 12.7 mm
Number of optical discs1 discs1 discs
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for onePower DVD

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