"CheetahHugger" wrote in message
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And is he right about the dvd writer laser being 100mw and the dvd reader
only 5mw?
And cd burner and reader lasers are invisible (but i do see them glow
red)?

Cheetah

Yes that's about right. Some DVD burner lasers can be pushed to around
250mW.

CD lasers are *near* infrared, you can see them but they look FAR dimmer
than they are. They're still just as damaging, watt for watt.