[ltp] DVD Movie on T30 w/o AC

[D. Sen]

Well on a recent flight to Europe, the Continental flight had a power 
socket that you could connect your laptop to. This was on all seats not 
just business/first class.

The other alternative could be to use a second battery in the ultrabay 
socket and use an external DVD player?

You could always carry multiple batteries and swap them in when 
necessary :-)

Good luck.
DS

Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> My wife and I are going on vacation in a few weeks (can't wait!) and I'm
> bringing my laptop with us to download our dive profiles and digital
> pictures.
> 
> Anyway, a nice bonus would be to use the laptop during our flights to
> watch a movie. I haven't tested it yet, but I expect the battery won't
> last the necessary 2-3 hrs (mpeg decoding, dvd drive access, and lcd
> combined must suck a lot of juice).
> 
> I'm probably not the first person that wants to do this, so I figure a
> few people have come up with ways to save power and still get decent DVD
> playback quality. What do you think?
> 
> BTW, I'm using mplayer on a 236692U T30 with Mandrake 8.2.
> 
> Thanks,
> js.


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D. Sen, PhD
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