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In response to "Also, related to the ongoing discussions. The Flixster app worked fine on my Kindle Fire for viewing the movies that I registered with Walmart's" by oblique

Nice. It's making ripping Blu-rays less appealing. And you don't need to be connected to playback a movie? -- nm

Posted by Mop (198 lbs) (aka rburriel) May 2 '12, 10:32

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Also, the Flixster app on the iPad supports Airplay so it appears I can stream it to my AppleTV with that as well - oblique May 2, 10:33 5
- Yeah, I'm gonna have to buy an Apple TV. Damn you, Steve Jobs! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 10:39
- Could you explain this process? I want to tell Kim's dad about it. -- nm - David May 2, 10:35 3
  - I had Airplay explained to me as Home DNLA made simple... exclusively for Apple devices. - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 10:41 1
    - Home Sharing is more like Home DNLA. AirPlay is more like streaming of specific content from one device to another - oblique May 2, 10:43
  - Just start playing the movie on the iPad. If you have an AppleTV, you will see the little airplay icon in the player (it uses the internal iPad - oblique May 2, 10:37
The Flixster app (both Android and iPad) allows for downloading the movies locally. I had one that failed with an error - oblique May 2, 10:33 7
- Here's the deal. We're going on a road trip. I wonder how many movies I can download for 8 GB. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 10:36 6
  - That's a much smaller concern for me now that I've figured out how to do wifi tethering for free on my phone. -- nm - Ender May 2, 10:50
  - The one I was downloading which I think was SD was about 500MB or so? I can double check again -- nm - oblique May 2, 10:36 4
    - I think that combined with Redbox at McDonald's, the kids are gonna be really happy. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 10:38 1
      - The only thing I like better is the Kingston Wi-Drive with a boatload of DVD rips on it - oblique May 2, 10:40
    - That sounds about right for the ones I've ripped using Handbrake. -- nm - spamlet May 2, 10:38 1
      - I did view The Last Mimzy in HDX on Vudu on my TV. I was very impressed with the quality. I've never seen that movie in anything other than DVD - oblique May 2, 10:39

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