movie storage
I went to the archives only to discover that there is not much information on how and what devices folks store movies that they download on. Here are a few questions I have: 1. What device do y...
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Trackrig wrote:
When home, we get two movies per day from Net Flics and copy them to a small 1T drive made by Western Digital from Costco. The drive will plug directly into the back of the newer TVs making it very easy to use.
Bill
Umm.. making a copy of a "rented" movie for any reason is "pirating".
I would recommend you read the TOS (terms of Service)from NetFlix..
Even making a backup copy of a DVD you buy is pretty much a grey area crossing over to actual pirating depending on how one interprets the "Fair Usage" law.
It is definitely pirating if the commercial DVD has been encrypted to PREVENT you from doing what you are doing! Bypassing the encryption via software is not legal which is why some of the software companies that "broke" DVD and BluRay encryption have been shut down..
Consider yourself warned..
By the way not ALL TVs which have USB ports are able to read ALL video file Codecs. Many of these TVs have very restricted file formats making it a real big frustrating hassle for those who are not into processing and converting video files.
My suggestion is to not use the USB ports on the TV, instead buy a small device called a MEDIA PLAYER.
Media Players support MORE video, audio and even still picture files and codecs and you can buy them with internal HDs built in. The ones with built in HDs can be plugged into a PC like an external HD and you can simply copy the flies to the Media Player.
Many Media Players also offer streaming capability and even WiFi connections. Much more versatile!
