I was curious about power consumption at idle, and using a multimeter obtained these results:
Philips DVDR1660P : on 5V 0.46A ; on 12V 0.7mA
Samsung SH-202H : on 5V 0.8mA ; on 12V 0.2mA
So the Philips consume 2.3W and Samsung 0.0064W , it's a very big difference.
Some time ago i have a Ricoh MP5240A and a Toshiba DVD (don't know the model, player only, reading at 16X), and i remember the power consumption was between 1W and 2W.
Don't know about power consumption at idle of newer model from other manufacturers, but seems that Samsung is one step ahead.
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BTW, on the label of the drive say Toshiba-Samsung
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