answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The laser that scans the disc for it's content.

It's how optical discs work. A red laser is shone onto the surface of the disc. The reflected light is received and differences, caused by pits inside the disc, can be read as 1's and 0's.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the red light in a DVD player?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

When to know portable DVD player is charged?

Every portable DVD player has a light somewhere to show how good the power is, such as a green, orange, or red light. If you are charging the battery while the player is off, either a light on the battery or on the player will shine red when charging. The light will change to green when the battery is fully charged


Why is there a Flashing green and red light on a magnavox DVD player when charging.?

I have a Magnavox MPD103 portable DVD player and when charging it the solid yellow light has begun to blink. It even blinks when I turn it on and the light is green. Anyone know what this means?


What waves are used in DVD players?

Light waves.A DVD player uses a red (long wave) laser, and a blu-ray player uses a blue (short wave) laser.


How does a DVD player use light?

The light in a DVD player is used to read the disc. It is what reflects the movie to the television or projector.


What kind of energy does DVD player use?

light


Can you play DVD movies from red box on a dvr?

If your DVR has a built in DVD player, yes.


What do you do to play the ps2 in the portable DVD player?

you use a 3-pron connector (yellow. red, white) in to the input in the playstation 2 or portable DVD player.


Where can you get a DVD of red vs blue for an English DVD player?

Im not sure you can... Ive looked everywhere and cannot find it, though one idea is to download them... or a multiregion DVD player could take them. Hope this helps a bit


What is DVD player?

There are three kinds of dvd players, computer dvd player, home theatre dvd player and car dvd player. Computer dvd player is divided into two kinds, desktop internal dvd player and laptop dvd player. Please vist eeshops.net for more details.


How do you get multimedia working on a DVD player?

what kind of DVD player is it? did u mean just dvd or dvd player?


How does a DVD player know what to do when a button is pressed?

If your simply pressing buttons on the actual DVD player, it knows what to do because the buttons are hard-wired into the board. If your using the remote, it sends a unique infra-red signal for each button that tells the DVD player what is being pressed.


What color is the laser beam in a DVD drive?

Red - its 650 nanometer wavelength puts it squarely in the middle of the visible light's red spectrum.