Comments on: Sluggish response in our Home Electronics http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/sluggish-response-in-our-home-electronics/ Nathan Zeldes blogs on everyday product design Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan Zeldes http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/sluggish-response-in-our-home-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Nathan Zeldes Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:25:51 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/sluggish-response-in-our-home-electronics/#comment-409 Could be, Charlie, I certainly believe lawyers could do it. However, the laser is merely a semiconductor diode, and I'm sure if you switched off its electricity it would stop emitting light in a matter of microseconds. You could do that before the laser is parked physically... Could be, Charlie, I certainly believe lawyers could do it.

However, the laser is merely a semiconductor diode, and I’m sure if you switched off its electricity it would stop emitting light in a matter of microseconds. You could do that before the laser is parked physically…

]]> By: charlie http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/sluggish-response-in-our-home-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-403 charlie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:51:54 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/sluggish-response-in-our-home-electronics/#comment-403 it needs time to park the laser, if needed, and just probably waits the maximum time it should take, whether or not the laser is at the maximum away-from-home position. this is probably because of some feared lawsuit about blindness caused by a laser beam. i'd blame it on a US lawyer if i were you... it needs time to park the laser, if needed, and just probably waits the maximum time it should take, whether or not the laser is at the maximum away-from-home position.

this is probably because of some feared lawsuit about blindness caused by a laser beam. i’d blame it on a US lawyer if i were you…

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