When we posted the story last week about rescuing rabbits, we were checking out the collective name for a group of rabbits (âherdâ is right, by the way, so is colony, husk, warren and others). In searching we stumbled across this page from our cousins over at the U.S. Geological Survey.
When it comes to home electronics, ENERGY STAR qualification focuses on the reduction of energy while the product is on standby mode rather than while powered on. To qualify for the ENERGY STAR label, DVD and Blu-Ray players must use a maximum of 1 watt on standby. Standard units use up to 10 watts in standby mode. DVD players come in a variety of sizes and have diverse sets of functionality. You can find DVD players that play a single disc or multiple discs, as well as those that update images in interlaced or progressive scan signals. The latest DVD players even allow for playing CDs, MP3s, and AVI video formats, as well as display JPG images. Some even have USB inputs.
At these file sizes, a DVD-R can hold about 2,200 pictures or around 1,100 MP3 files. Thatâs good for a disc, but itâs pretty mind-boggling when you look at how much more a Blu-ray disc holds. With a 25GB capacity (or 25,600 MB), a Blu-ray disc can hold up to 11.6 hours of DVD quality video. Thatâs over 9 hours more video on a Blu-ray disc than on a DVD disc at the same level of quality. Of course, most folks use Blu-ray discs for their intended purpose: high definition video.