[ltp] DVD Movie on T30 w/o AC

[Bjorn Knutsson]

On 18 Sep 2002 21:29, 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).

My laptop gets 2 hours, and with most movies being less than two
hours, especially if you're willing to fast forward through credits,
you should be fine. However, if you were planning to watch DVDs while
flying, you should be aware most airlines take exception to the use of
CD/DVD-players at any time. (Like cellphones.)

(And the MPAA would like you to think there is no legitimate use for
DVD-ripping software...)

> 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?

Except for not running anything uncessary and setting the most
aggressive power-save mode, the only thing you can do is to turn the
backlight way down. The difference between low and high is easily
15-20 minutes on my machine.

/Björn