GordonThree wrote:
easy way:
get four stand alone lcd screen dvd players from ebay, they're what, $30-40 each? stop at a redbox every few days and refresh the "dvd library". handy thing about redbox, you can return movies to any redbox.
hard way:
rip a bunch of DVD's to an SSD, transcode them to webm (easy under linux).
hook the ssd to your laptop running some sort of web server, point web server at the ssd full of rips.
install VLC player on the tablets.
point tablet browsers at the webserver, kids click and stream.
why in the world would you use SSD? most expensive storage there is, for some of the slowest performance needed. a single 1tb sata would be perfect for about 1/3 of the price
