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3.5 hours battery life - DVD viewing

post #1 of 7
7/27/04 at 7:37pm
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Just an FYI, I get about 3.5 hours of battery life while viewing DVDs off my hard drive (ISO mounted on virtual drive). I've read that others only get about 2-2.5 hours using the optical drive.

Laptop users, be sure to check out the following programs...

DVD Shrink
Virtual Drive Creator
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post #2 of 7
7/27/04 at 7:53pm
That's pretty sweet.. I thought my Dell 600mhz p3-m with its 2 hour+ battery time while watching dvd's was a lot.. now it'll be able to play an entire lotr extended edition
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post #3 of 7
7/27/04 at 8:00pm
Yes, dvd decrypter is also a good choice to rip dvds. and any daemon should do the work zbout virtual drives...

I never used DVD Shrink yet. fortis, is it good? does it have burn capabilities?
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post #4 of 7
7/27/04 at 8:04pm
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DVD Decrypter doesn't compress at all, so your ISO ends up being like 8 or 9 GB. With DVD Shrink, you can make a direct backup image that will fit on a 4.7 GB DVD-R, or you can cut out the extras and subtitle tracks and stuff to make your ISO less than 4 GB.
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post #5 of 7
7/27/04 at 8:08pm
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and no, it doesn't have burn capabilities. Rather it launches a 3rd party application (Nero or DVD Decrypter) to burn to disc.
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post #6 of 7
7/27/04 at 8:19pm
I love these two programs i go around with 5-7 movies with me always on the laptop :-)
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post #7 of 7
7/27/04 at 8:25pm
DVD Idle is also another good one to get better battery life while using optical drive. Or so i've heard.
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