"James Sweet" wrote in message
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"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.


I'd suggest IR lasers are more dangerous than visible light lasers- at
least with the latter there's a chance one's blink reflex will minimise the
damage. You don't get that luxury with infrared lasers!

Morse