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Create disk images from DVD movies for longer playback
Authored by: readparse on Apr 04, '03 09:44:04PM

You're dadgum right it uses less battery. Doesn't have to spin the disc, which is mechanical and hence uses a lot of power, and it doesn't have to use the laser, which I can only guess uses a lot of power. And in my case, using a disk generates a lot more heat also.



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Create disk images from DVD movies for longer playback
Authored by: momerath on Apr 05, '03 08:32:20PM

The laser hardly uses any power at all. Most lasers like the ones in DVD and CD drives run with powers in the milliwatts or microwatts. When you start having lasers with powers in Watts, your laser might burn a hole through the DVD, then the inside of the computer, then the keyboard, and then your hand—which would be funny, but not happy.

So, the laser isn't an issue at all.



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