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My laptop (VAIO FW 468) has a blu-ray player/burner and while watching movies, I can get an hour out of the battery Outside of movies with just light use, max 2.5 hours.

Burning Blu's really kills battery life, though; it brings the battery down substantially.



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tedsteriscool said:
My laptop (VAIO FW 468) has a blu-ray player/burner and while watching movies, I can get an hour out of the battery Outside of movies with just light use, max 2.5 hours.

Burning Blu's really kills battery life, though; it brings the battery down substantially.

Can u even burn an entire BR disc off just one charge?

Maybe it is better to get a DDVDRW, battery lasts longer, etc.



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megaman79 said:
tedsteriscool said:
My laptop (VAIO FW 468) has a blu-ray player/burner and while watching movies, I can get an hour out of the battery Outside of movies with just light use, max 2.5 hours.

Burning Blu's really kills battery life, though; it brings the battery down substantially.

Can u even burn an entire BR disc off just one charge?

Maybe it is better to get a DDVDRW, battery lasts longer, etc.

Yeah, it'll make it through 2 50GB discs...but not much more than that.



tedsteriscool said:
My laptop (VAIO FW 468) has a blu-ray player/burner and while watching movies, I can get an hour out of the battery Outside of movies with just light use, max 2.5 hours.

Burning Blu's really kills battery life, though; it brings the battery down substantially.

So you feel it is definitely a battery hog.