What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
QUESTION: I know how to use iTunes to rip my CDs but how can I rip my DVDs so I can watch the movies I own on my iPad? - J.C., Lafayette, Indiana ANSWER: You would think the answer to this would be really simple. Just put the DVD in the DVD drive on your computer and let iTunes rip it just like a CD. Except instead of a bunch of resulting music files in your iTunes library, you get a movie instead. Unfortunately, this won't work. Why? Because somewhere down the line of command from Apple to the movie… Continue reading...
Predicting whether or not new technology services will succeed has proven to be a bit of a crapshoot. But I'm going to go out on a limb with this one and say it will never take off. I'm referring to a recent story I read on TechCrunch describing how movie studios have struck a deal to create a premium video-on-demand service on DIRECTV. The service will bring movie titles to your home just 60 days after their release in the movie theaters. But here's, the catch. The cost to watch the movie will be $30. Now believe me, I've done… Continue reading...
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I'm a pretty consistent Redbox user. It's so easy to just dial up a movie on my iPhone using the Redbox app, reserve the movie and then pick it up at my convenience. And when I'm done watching the movie, I just drop it off at whatever Redbox is closest to me. I've even been known to rent Redbox movies for my kids on long car trips. Rent the movie in one state, drop it off in another. What's not to like? Well, two things to be precise. And those two things are coupons and coupons. The first reason I… Continue reading...
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One of the reasons I have been slow to adopt Blu-ray is that I can only play the discs in Blu-ray players. So if I buy a Blu-ray movie for my kids, they can only watch it in the room with the Blu-ray player, not in any other room or on the built-in DVD player in our minivan. But the increasing popularity of DVD bundles might help. I'm referring to movie bundles that now come with the Blu-ray version, the standard DVD version and a digital copy of the movie. Despicable Me Last month I got a great deal from… Continue reading...
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Somebody please tell me I am grossly missing something with this new Blockbuster Direct Access announcement. Because I think it is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
Let me get this straight. I walk into a Blockbuster store to get a movie. They tell me all of the copies of the movie are rented out (or they don't carry the movie) but they can mail a copy to me which will arrive in 3 days.
In today's gotta-have-it-now world, Blockbuster just took a gigantic step backwards.
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