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Blu-ray In Laptops Could Be Hard On Batteries

Posted by kdawson on from the power-vampire dept.

damienhunter notes a Wired story on the power-hungry ways of the first generation of Blu-ray players coming soon to a laptop near you. "With the Sony-backed HD format emerging victorious from a two-year showdown with Toshiba's HD DVD, many laptop manufacturers are now scrambling to add Blu-ray drives in their desktop and notebook lineups. Next month, Dell will even introduce a sub-$1,000 Blu-ray notebook... But the promise of viewing an increasing variety of HD movies on your laptop may be overshadowed by ongoing concerns over the technology's vampiric effect on battery life. Indeed, if the first generation of Blu-ray equipped laptops are any indication, you might not get more than halfway through that movie before running out of juice completely, analysts say."

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  1. o rly? by rarel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, my new computer here looks fi

    1. Re:o rly? by pipatron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Woh the hlel use the pereviwe button/?

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    2. Re:o rly? by Tangerinux · · Score: 2, Funny

      seriously, we need a -1 woosh moderation.

  2. Better batteries? by Adam+Zweimiller · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps this is finally the sort of problem that will stur average joe consumer to be dissatisfied with the state of current battery technology, stirring innovation? Personally, I can't wait for Mr. Fusion in my laptop. My kids would all be the next WWE superstars with those kinds of irradiated swimmers in my loins.

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  3. Only enough battery for half a movie, huh... by abaddononion · · Score: 5, Funny

    This might be a good time for me to try to sit through Star Trek IV or Highlander 2 again.

    Blu-Ray: making crappy old movies only half as crappy.

  4. Huh? by sm62704 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Blu-ray In Laptops Could Be Hard On Batteries/i?

    Blue-ray is like Viagra?

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