Portable Movie Player

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Imprimis_Obscurity

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Here's the deal. I have over 100 DVD Movies in my collection. I have burned them all (kept the originals so it is legal according to the fair use laws.). I did this because they were much easier to transport (Carrying around a spindle of burns is easier than a huge stack of DVDs with cases). Of course this is not good enough for me. I am looking to get rid of my burns altogether. Is there any such thing as a portable "movie" player? I am not talking about a portable DVD player. I am looking for something like an mp3 player for movies. I know Ipod has one but it is only 80GB and I would have to share that space with music. Better yet a combo mp3/movie player that is portable and can hook up to my TV. Any suggestions?
 
A laptop is an easy solution, but if you want something smaller.

If you rip the movies to DiVX then they can be 700mb for 2hrs. That is alot of movies on 80GB, but the archos is 100gb and has AV in and out.



 
I doubt there is a player that will hold all discs in dvd format. That can be over 900gb.
 
I wasn't expecting to store them on the player in DVD format anyway.

Could the Ipod video play Divx? And does it have AV Output?
 
The ipod can store the videos and it is compressed. But the videos need to be converted to mp4 format using videora and the process takes awhile, not to mention that the quality isn't all that great. The ipod's video screen is only 320x240 and that is about the resolution that the ipod can handle as far as decoding goes.
 
Imprimis_Obscurity said:
Could the Ipod video play Divx? And does it have AV Output?
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It does but you're better off getting a Creative Zen Vision.. It plays Divx natively and has twice the resolution through AV Output as well as having a vastly superior screen. It also has longer battery life as well as a host of other features the ipod doesn't offer. I prefer the Vision:M for it's size but if video is your primary concern the Vision or Vision:W are great bets too. The later have battery upgrades for up to 9 hours of viewing. My Vision:M gets 4.5 to 5 hours of batter life for video but doesn't have a removable battery like the other two.
 
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