Portavble blu ray player with screen

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Regarding DVD/BR I came to the conclusion that I'm personally happy (morally) ripping my own disc to a different format for my temporary, personal use on a device I cannot physically insert the disk into.

I'm happy to do that but I'm lazy and hitting a Usenet group to download a shared version is less work... I don't however download anything I don't have legitimate access to though (and yes it is a dodgy middle line I'm treading here)...

[d000hg]

That's the old conundrum, portability vs quality. When there's a bandwidth consideration the quality goes 1st.

On the other hand Netflix is pretty darn good. I have never done a side-by-side comparison but on our 42" TV I never think "it looks a bit crummy" except for the odd blip at the start of watching something. On my iPad, with a smaller screen, the streaming quality is as good as I could wish for.


Regarding DVD/BR I came to the conclusion that I'm personally happy (morally) ripping my own disc to a different format for my temporary, personal use on a device I cannot physically insert the disk into.

[eek]

Plex looks good. Work with kindle fire by any chance? probably not :-(

Sorry you will have to do your own research there. I don't use cheapstake tablets (happy to use kindle ereaders as they are best in market but for tablets I just have an iPad).

[TykeMerc]

And the video quality is garbage. My Breaking Bad DVDs came with UV, so just out of curiosity I watched a few minutes of an episode on both. The UV version was clearly poorer, with muddier colours and lack of definition.

I'll stop there, before I start sounding like one of those hifi nuts, but for video

That's the old conundrum, portability vs quality. When there's a bandwidth consideration the quality goes 1st.
If you're used to DVD and Bluray quality and notice it because you're watching on a decent screen size then I don't think there's a way to mitigate it bar lugging disks.
I know what you mean about the hifi nuts argument, but most people can actually spot wonky picture quality where as the hifi loonies I doubt most could spot their issues without a lot of test gear

[psychocandy]

Plex looks good. Work with kindle fire by any chance? probably not :-(

[eek]

And the video quality is garbage. My Breaking Bad DVDs came with UV, so just out of curiosity I watched a few minutes of an episode on both. The UV version was clearly poorer, with muddier colours and lack of definition.

I'll stop there, before I start sounding like one of those hifi nuts, but for video

I just download stuff I already own and throw it on Plex. That allows me to see whatever is in the library on the telly and download what I want to the ipad before going away for the day/ week.

[NickFitz]

Not everything is on ultraviolet.
(And its a nightmare getting it working)

And the video quality is garbage. My Breaking Bad DVDs came with UV, so just out of curiosity I watched a few minutes of an episode on both. The UV version was clearly poorer, with muddier colours and lack of definition.

I'll stop there, before I start sounding like one of those hifi nuts, but for video

[psychocandy]

Doesn't Ultraviolet give you access to a downloadable version for your tablet...

Not everything is on ultraviolet.
(And its a nightmare getting it working)

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Portable DVD players 10 a penny these days but cant find many of these?

Then again, laptop with blu ray drive is probably easier and cheaper. Or at least usb blu ray drive connected to laptop.

Thats the problem with upsizing to blu ray I guess. Got loads of blu rays but cant watch them when Im away.

Doesn't Ultraviolet give you access to a downloadable version for your tablet...

[FatLazyContractor]

Portable DVD players 10 a penny these days but cant find many of these?

Then again, laptop with blu ray drive is probably easier and cheaper. Or at least usb blu ray drive connected to laptop.

Thats the problem with upsizing to blu ray I guess. Got loads of blu rays but cant watch them when Im away.

My Clientco laptop hasn't got a DVD player

[GlenW]

Portable DVD players 10 a penny these days but cant find many of these?

Then again, laptop with blu ray drive is probably easier and cheaper. Or at least usb blu ray drive connected to laptop.

Thats the problem with upsizing to blu ray I guess. Got loads of blu rays but cant watch them when Im away.

You're a contractor, pay for hookers and forget TV till you are home.

[psychocandy]

Portable DVD players 10 a penny these days but cant find many of these?

Then again, laptop with blu ray drive is probably easier and cheaper. Or at least usb blu ray drive connected to laptop.

Thats the problem with upsizing to blu ray I guess. Got loads of blu rays but cant watch them when Im away.