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    Wow, 5 hours of DVD playing on battery (from hard disk, on my E1505)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jthg, Jun 2, 2006.

  1. jthg

    jthg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just ripped...er... backed up... one of my DVDs to the notebook's hard disk and played it with PowerDVD while on battery power. I set everything to max powersave and turned the screen brightness down to lowest. According to the power meter, the battery will last 5 hours. I don't know how accurate that estimate is, but I watched it for 15 minutes and the estimate when down by about 15 minutes. If I turn the brightness up to full, then the estimate is 4 hours.

    That seems like pretty good battery time to me :) Plus, I got the 9 cell as an additional battery so I also have a 6 cell battery. Together, that should last me 8 hours, enought for a flight to europe.
     
    jthg, Jun 2, 2006
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    When playing the movie, what cell did you used, 6 or 9?

    JC
     
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    The 9 cell.
     
    jthg, Jun 2, 2006
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    Lol... I'm sure it was "backing up"
     
    tennisplayer121, Jun 2, 2006
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    Pretty darn good battery. I havent tested the battery when playing on the movie on the HD, only on dvd drive, which I think it lasted 1 hr 45 mins. Say, what was your volume setting durring playing?

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Jun 2, 2006
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    I havn't test my battery yet, its still in the fridge.
     
    hood, Jun 3, 2006
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    Nothing like tripping off battery acid... yummmy

    LOL
     
    devilz05, Jun 3, 2006
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    yeah, i have the 6 and 9 cel. i can get about 10 hours total if i'm careful.
     
    drumfu, Jun 3, 2006
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    Do you have the integrated graphics card option or are you using an ATI 1300 or 1400? I was wondering if having a dedicated graphics card would have an impact (significant or otherwise) on battery life.
     
    bluesboy, Jun 4, 2006
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  10. jthg

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    I have the X1400.
     
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    Egad! The answer to my question was right in your sig! Sorry I was not more observant
     
    bluesboy, Jun 4, 2006
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    Yes, the integrated graphics will get a little better battery life than the dedicated cards will.
     
    mattskent, Jun 5, 2006
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