I should add that Walmart in the US has started to offer a new, and to my mind, way overpriced option to stream any DVDs that you purchase from a cloud for an additional $2 to $5 dollars. This would require a high-speed internet connection to take advantage of the streaming.
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/03/report-walmart-to-charge-2-4-per-dvd-to-convert-movies-to-ultraviolet-cloud.html C On 24/03/2012, at 18:54 , cm wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > Not quite what you asked but there are 10" portable DVD players for about > $130 at Dick Smith. This is a way to accomplish something similar to what > want with the least effort. > > As far as I know there are two ways to view the contents of a DVD on your iPad > > 1) rip the DVD onto your Mac and then sync it using iTunes to your iPad. Most > commercial DVD, such as Hollywood films, forbid this in their purchase > license, so this is assuming that you are the legal owner of the content and > have the right to play it on your iPad. > > 2) Stream the DVD from your Mac to your iPad. There are two types of software > here, those that require the DVD be ripped first (see 1 above) such as Air > Video Server, and those that will play the DVD live and stream it such as > "DVD Player for iPad". I have not tried "DVD Player for iPad" and the reviews > are most negative. > > Both types of solutions in 2) are probably not what your are after as you > would have to take MacBook with you in which case you could view the DVDs > directly on the Mac Book. > > When you buy a DVD, my understanding is that apart from breaking DRM and > ripping it to your iTunes collection, you are pretty much locked into playing > and watching it on an approved piece of equipment. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > On 24/03/2012, at 17:45 , Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> Good afternoon all! >> >> Does anyone know if there is a way of viewing video from a DVD on the iPad 3 >> by having it on a portable device of some sort? I have the adaptors for >> Camera and SD Card which work well for uploading pictures but I can't see >> that they offer any sort of solution to what I would like to do. >> >> I have a lot of TV series & movies on DVDs, some of which we take away with >> us when we go east to watch for a bit of entertainment when we are in remote >> areas. >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Adrian >> >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
