[andre] sent in his first attempt at using a HD-DVD laser diode to expose photosensitive resist to create PC boards. We’ve been meaning to give this a shot with the ol’ Epilog laser cutter.

According to [diyouware], inside of every HD-DVD player is a gem of laser ... Following along similar hacks which tore the laser diode out of Blu-ray players to expose PCBs, they wanted to use ...

This laser is focused enough to read bits of ... Despite brief competition from the HD DVD format, Blu-ray became the de facto physical media choice by 2008, thanks in large part due to video ...