Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver vs Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black

13specifications compared
11differ
2identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

The Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black has 3.5 MB more drive device, buffer size than the Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver (4 MB vs 0.5 MB). The Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black has 5 mm more width than the Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver (133 mm vs 128 mm). The Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black has 18 mm more depth than the Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver (145 mm vs 127 mm). Only the Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver has internal. Product colour: Black, Silver on the Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver, Black on the Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black.

Internal
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:Yes
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:No
Product colour
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:Black, Silver
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Black
Purpose
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:Laptop
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Desktop/Laptop
Optical drive type
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:DVD±RW
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:Blu-Ray RW
Interface
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:Serial ATA
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:USB 3.1 Gen 1
Drive device, buffer size
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:0.5 MB
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:4 MB
Width
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:128 mm
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:133 mm
Depth
- SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver:127 mm
- 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black:145 mm

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Comparison of SN-208FB, 43889
36 specifications	A Samsung SN-208FB optical disc drive Internal DVD±RW Black, Silver Model SN-208FB View product	B Verbatim 43889 optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black Model 43889 View product
Design2 differ
InternalDiffers	Yes	No
Product colourDiffers	Black, Silver	Black
MountingKnown for one	Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance5 differ
PurposeDiffers	Laptop	Desktop/Laptop
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD±RW	Blu-Ray RW
Disc types supportedDiffers	CD, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW	BD, BD-R, BD-R DL, CD, DVD
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	USB 3.1 Gen 1
Drive device, buffer sizeDiffers	0.5 MB	4 MB
Optical disc diameterKnown for one	120 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60000 h
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	128 mm	133 mm
DepthDiffers	127 mm	145 mm
HeightDiffers	12.7 mm	11 mm
WeightDiffers	170 g	215 g
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB Type-A to USB Type-C, USB Type-C to USB Type-A
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
System requirementsidentical
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	405 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 Gbit/s
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717030

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