Watching DVDs on the plane

[kev007]

Hi guys

There's usually not much on the in-flight entertainment that I want to watch so am thinking about watching some DVDs that I've brought this year (mainly box sets) that I haven't yet had the chance to on the flight and also on holiday.

Originally I thought about buying a mini DVD player - seen a 10.5 inch model for around £45 online - which seems reasonable.

I've had some Argos vouchers for a while and am now going to get a new 10 inch tablet ,probably the Huawei T5 as my DW and me both have Huawei mobiles and been impressed.

How easy is it to covert a DVD so I can view on the tablet?

I believe a program like Handbrake could do the job?

How long would it take to rip each DVD and also how much space would they take (the model I am looking to buy has 32Gb although I know the OS and installed apps would take up some of that).

If I go with my original plan, any recommendations for a decent mini DVD player, 10 or 11 inch screen?

Sorry for so many questions

Thanks guys!

Kev

[KymmieAKiss]

Originally Posted by kev007

Hi guys

There's usually not much on the in-flight entertainment that I want to watch so am thinking about watching some DVDs that I've brought this year (mainly box sets) that I haven't yet had the chance to on the flight and also on holiday.

Originally I thought about buying a mini DVD player - seen a 10.5 inch model for around £45 online - which seems reasonable.

I've had some Argos vouchers for a while and am now going to get a new 10 inch tablet ,probably the Huawei T5 as my DW and me both have Huawei mobiles and been impressed.

How easy is it to covert a DVD so I can view on the tablet?

I believe a program like Handbrake could do the job?

How long would it take to rip each DVD and also how much space would they take (the model I am looking to buy has 32Gb although I know the OS and installed apps would take up some of that).

If I go with my original plan, any recommendations for a decent mini DVD player, 10 or 11 inch screen?

Sorry for so many questions

Thanks guys!

Kev

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A lot of DVD's have a feature where thy cannot be copied. So you could try but I don't know if it would work.
YOu can download episodes/films on Netflix and amazon prime to watch on your phone or tablet. I did it with the walking dead last year on the plane

The problem with taking the portable dvd player is you have to carry about the dvds with you

[the_weird_one]

DVD encryption got broken a few years ago - the best way to rip them is with MakeMKV which creates a pure digital copy of the disc.

Then using handbreak to compress the file to an MP4 for most tablets to play back natively.

[wanye]

handbrake will do the job of ripping dvds to a suitable tablet format.

youll need vlc, kodi or some other media player on the tablet, but otherwise, youre good to go

[THE WIZARD]

Dear God sounds like a foreign language - take War & Peace in book form instead ;-)