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Oh, oh! If you could rip your entire DVD collection to a laptop or portable device, would you watch more movies?

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Dec 8 '08, 09:35

How lazy are we that we can't be bothered to get up and plug in a disc?

I think that selecting a movie from a menu and breezing through the start-up and menus would make watching a movie more appealing.

Raul

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I don't know that watching movies on a computer or laptop has caught on in the mainstream that much -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:40 11
- I see it every time I take the ferry -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:44 5
  - *shudder* I don't miss that thing at all. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:51 4
    - I hope that w hen I go to Whislter t his christmas, I get to take one of the new C2 ferries -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:52 3
      - and I imagine all three of them will be running then, so your odds are pretty good. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:59
      - did you ever get to ride the fast cats? they were kind of nice. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:53 1
        
        no :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:57
- I see a lot of it on airplanes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:41 4
  - On our trip down to Walt Disney World, I watched some BBC Sherlock Holmes movie over some guy's shoulder. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:46 3
    - with Jeremy Brett? Those are the best Holmes shows. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:48 2
      - Nah, it was a new one with Rupert Everett. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:51 1
        
        blah. I wonder if the old ones are on youtube? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:52
Yes. I spend lots of time perusing Netflix's "watch now" library, when I have 100+ of my own that I could watch. - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:39
no. a decent screen size is important to me...nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:39 14
- my big widescreen monitor is great for movies :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:41
- What if you could easily connect that remote hard drive to your TV (ala Xbox 360 or Tivo Home Networking)? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:40 12
  - I have this via ATV. pretty cool. -- nm - jack and sally love mandy lane Dec 8, 09:51 1
    - I just PyTivo, which is better than Tivo Desktop (sadly, I discovered it a week after I paid for Tivo Desktop). -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:53
  - sure. but what if i lived in a magical happy land where the streets were paved with gold and wishes were dreams?... - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:42 9
    - The Tivo is surprisingly smooth and easy. As we enter the TV holiday break, I find that I've got plenty on my PC to keep my entertained. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:44
    - the 360 media streaming has been an unbridled joy. - Reagen Dec 8, 09:43 7
      - Absolutely. No more burning dvds. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 09:51
      - we're now about 8 years after people started telling me here that downloadable movies were coming tomorrow, and we're just now getting there.... - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:48 2
        
        I'll agree that it was slow, but it's exploded in just the last few months. - Mop Dec 8, 09:52 1
        
        i agree, it's taken off. and yet: the majority of people still watch dvd's and broadband adoption rates have stalled...nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 09:58
      - The PS3 auto-discovers your computer on your home network and allows streaming. - Ken Katuragi Dec 8, 09:45 1
        
        Oh, and Ken, Boxee works with Netflix now. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:48
      - Word. I just wish I could run tversity directly on my NAS, instead of using the Windows machine as a relay :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:45
Nope. The only thing that would aid in, is removing some clutter from the house. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:38
I'd only really use them on long train journeys -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 09:37
only if I didn't have to rip them myself. had enough of that with the iPod. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 09:37
No. I just don't have time. I don't watch anything anymore. But, it's nice, actually. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 09:37
nah. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 09:36
If I could stream the entire library to my XBox? About 25% more likely. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:36

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