> Oh! Why does it take so much power? 20W is a hell of a lot for a
> DVD. It should be closer to 8W... 5V at 1.5A.

JT> I would hazzard a guess that it has a built-in monitor, which
JT> takes a large chunk of the power. It looks like a baby laptop,
JT> but is actually a dedicated DVD/CD player.

 An LCD monitor takes bugger-all power. 

Regards,
Bob

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