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Best media player to take movie collection abroad?

Last post Sep 03, 2009, 7:05 PM by tigetspill. (8 replies)
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Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 11:55 AM

Best media player to take movie collection abroad?

I'm moving to Saudi Arabia for work and would like to take my extensive dvd collection with me.  I cannot physically take them all, is there same form of hard drive or media player that I could download the films onto and take with me?


 Thanks in adavance


Cameron.

Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 11:59 AM

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Archos.
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Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 12:02 PM

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You could rip them to Hard Disk using something like DVDFab and use a laptop running Windows MCE or Media Portal Software to run it all.  The WD Media player is also an option if you don't have a laptop.  I know someone with one and it works very well.

 

Be careful what 'films' you take with you to S.A. though!

Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 12:09 PM

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Thank you for the two replies.  I don't suppose you could elaborate on the "Archos" reply?


I'll want to link whatever "unit" or storage device to a tv set.


Are the authorities likely to trawl through a hard drive? I'm not contemplating taking any "dodgy" material but I am aware that the censorship is extreme.


Thanks


Cameron

Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 12:22 PM

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Unfortunatly i can't do links, but just search archos through google & you should find it,

The archos 7 comes with a 160gb or 320gb hard drive for downloading your movies onto it, has a 7" screen & you have full web browsing & e-mail application, a qwerty remote control & an optional docking station to connect to your tv.

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Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 12:23 PM

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How about the Vivadi MM200 - more expensive than the PC ripping to a NAS / hard disk method but a lot easier.

 

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Posted on Jul 03, 2009, 1:38 PM

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Windows vista plays VOB files natively if you

1) rip the DVDs to your movies folder illegally using software that you shouldn't really be googling for and
2) run "regedit", navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\DvdSettings and change the "ShowGallery" value to "Gallery"

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Posted on Jul 04, 2009, 12:19 AM

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im not to shaw what its called but i think seagate brought out a little media player that is only about £90 +hard drives that are interchangable anything from 120 gig to 500gig it looks a very compact little unit i think thay stock them in pc world.
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Posted on Sep 03, 2009, 7:05 PM

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I bought the WD-TV from Western Digital at £74 from PC World. 


You just hook up whatever storage you want to its two USB ports.  I bought a Western Digital 500GB passport in piano black which is a perfect match in size, style and colour..


This unit plays pretty much any audio or video file types.  It has hdmi/optical and composite/analogue audio outputs.


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