DVD options

Thank you all for responses. Its a new tv but not "smart" tv so I am guessing it will not play video. I appreciate all the answers and advice.

I use AnyDVD to make a copy of a DVD with protection. Keep in mind that most movie DVD's are dual layer 8.5GB. Normal blank DVD's are 4.7GB. There are free programs that can compress a movie down to make it fit. Or you must use dual layer DVD's which are more expensive. Blue-Rays are another issue.

Don't use it as much as I used to. With RedBox everywhere we tend to just rent a movie to watch while on the road.

my tv only plays picture files
it won't play video files
but my media player will, but its the size of a small DVD player
so you are back were you started, new smart TV's will play video files
is this TV a smart TV, if not you do not even need to continue this conversation

i backup all DVD's and i have a cabinet full of purchased DVD's
and the FBI only gets involved when the MOVIE industry starts crying, about black market downloads and boot leg DVDs
they have much bigger problems than Joe Rver, and although breaking the encryption might be crime the FBI doesn't worry about Joe Rver copying movies to watch in his camper
its not an act of terrorism ,

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It used to be illegal, then briefly legal, and now illegal once again to copy DVD's, even for "personal use". it's not the video they're worried about, it's breaking the disc's encryption which is an act of terrorism in the eyes of the FBI.

What you'll run into is lots of programs claiming to do it, because they support processing the dvd video file, but with the caveat that you must download something called "libdvdcss" which is the "illegal" tool that breaks the encryption and steals food from the mouths of starving key grips, best boys, eletricans' mates, etc in hollywood.

Anyhoo, check out this link

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DVDs don't really take up that much room do they? Throw out the boxes and keep the discs in one of those zippered disc organizer things, 25-50 discs in the same room that 4-5 of the boxes would fit in.

Alternate option is to upgrade your collection to Blu-ray. When you buy a blu-ray, it comes with a license to download a copy of the movie and play it on your personal computer. I hear Sony is releasing Ultra-Blu-Ray in time for Xmas, so riveting titles such as Chappy and Ferrus Bheuler's Day OFf will soon be available in stunning 4K quality.

Backing up your own movies for this purpose isn't taking money from anyone. Not sure if you are being tongue in cheek.

There are a variety of formats of movies that come with digital copies. I've also bought digital copies of movies through Amazon's media player. Ditto iTunes. You'll still need to connect a computer or tablet to your tv.

Yeah, the gray area is that commercial DVD's are copy protected. You can copy the DVD's but you can't legally break the copy protection. And if you can't break the copy protection you can't copy the DVD's.

Joseph Heller would be proud. :)

It used to be illegal, then briefly legal, and now illegal once again to copy DVD's, even for "personal use". it's not the video they're worried about, it's breaking the disc's encryption which is an act of terrorism in the eyes of the FBI.

What you'll run into is lots of programs claiming to do it, because they support processing the dvd video file, but with the caveat that you must download something called "libdvdcss" which is the "illegal" tool that breaks the encryption and steals food from the mouths of starving key grips, best boys, eletricans' mates, etc in hollywood.

Anyhoo, check out this link

EDIT:

DVDs don't really take up that much room do they? Throw out the boxes and keep the discs in one of those zippered disc organizer things, 25-50 discs in the same room that 4-5 of the boxes would fit in.

Alternate option is to upgrade your collection to Blu-ray. When you buy a blu-ray, it comes with a license to download a copy of the movie and play it on your personal computer. I hear Sony is releasing Ultra-Blu-Ray in time for Xmas, so riveting titles such as Chappy and Ferrus Bheuler's Day OFf will soon be available in stunning 4K quality.

Is it possible? - yes. Is it legal? - that is a debated question. Supposedly, if you are copying a DVD you own for your own personal use, it is legal. I am not an attorney. If the DVD has copy protection you will not be able to copy it. Some do, some don't. There is free software out there to make the copies. Some will even compress them to smaller size. Plus your television needs a USB port that is made to see the an attached hard drive and play video files. Not all are. Some just will show still photo galleries.