Strength of a DVD burner laser.

[VampDude]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_were_DVDs_invented

They were announced in 95, but DVD discs/movies weren't (publically).

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Twister (a 1996 movie) was the first movie to be released on DVD.

- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/trivia

But it was released in 1999.

- http://www.totalfilm.com/dvd_reviews/twister

Pioneer introduced the first DVD burner for computer use in 1997

- http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4236

Which cost £17,000

- http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk/reviews/...r/dvr105p1.htm

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was released in May of 1997 in the cinema's, but the movie was most probably being filmed in 1996.

[dejkirkby]

But the sharks with laser beams on their heads didn't appear until 2002's Goldmember. They were only spoken about and never made an on-screen presence!

[VampDude]

But the sharks with laser beams on their heads didn't appear until 2002's Goldmember. They were only spoken about and never made an on-screen presence!

Oh?

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But anyway, it couldn't of been a DVD laser in the original idea thou cause lasers were already around. Plus they wouldn't of thought as technical as DVD lasers, also here's a direct quotation from the first movie

Dr. Evil:
Back in the 60's, I developed a weather changing machine which was in essence a sophisticated heat beam which we called a 'laser.' Using these 'lasers' we'd punch a hole in the protective layer around the world which we called the 'ozone' layer. Slowly but surely ultraviolet rays would pour in, increasing the risk for skin cancer, that is...unless the world pays us a hefty ransom?

No. 2:
Ahem....that also already has happened.

Dr. Evil:
$#@!!

[dejkirkby]

Oh?

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But anyway, it couldn't of been a DVD laser in the original idea thou cause lasers were already around. Plus they wouldn't of thought as technical as DVD lasers, also here's a direct quotation from the first movie

And where does this confirm or deny that this particular laser is or is not the same as a DVD laser?

[VampDude]

And where does this confirm or deny that this particular laser is or is not the same as a DVD laser?

It doesn't, but in theory if they would be more powerful than the lasers from a DVD.