I use the forbidden *.iso rendering ( Sony Vegas Pro) to catalog my own video productions on a hard disk. This can be played using an Oppo BD-93. But last January, Jason at OPPO advised me of the extortion tactic the MPA hit his company with which forces him to send out a firmware update removing that feature from the BD Player. I simply pulled the player from the internet to prevent that update and continue, today, to use the player for cataloged and rendered my home video titles, the player I bought. I have a bunch and it is so much easier to switch to the catalog on my screen and select the title and view. I agree with John that the playback of video by a network, whether it be my own productions or your purchased DVD's is a better way than keeping hundreds of titles in boxes on the shelf. e.g. I can store about 125 one hour HD productions on one 3.5" hard drive. Do I need to even mention the cost saving?
As far as playback on an ipad, that is just a matter of matching the frame size and format that ipad recognizes, but then the playback is as easy as touching the thumbnail in the video ap. If that is too difficult, maybe an ipad is too technical for the user's ability.
What is slysoft? Would this help me or is this just some cloud service or another rip program? There are lots of these? I need to do some research on this I suppose.
I think this whole issue is this. The DMCA is alien to the general philosophy of when you buy a DVD you own it. The general population does not understand it and does not feel it is a free market concept they have known for their entire life. If the DMCA is allowed to stand the next step is the industry will try to license your DVD's purchase in a pay per view. As we become programmed ( brainwashed) that the new normal is all DVD players need to be connected to the internet, it is only a simple matter to start selling a DVD that requires this connectivity and a charge to a credit card every time you view it. This concept has been floated for years and the idea is not dead.
This thread is proof that there is not one person here who has defended the DMCA as a fare business practice. It is out of touch with our way of life. However, absent a voice in congress, it will continue and grow in it's control over our freedom. The DMCA is not government of the people, for the people. It is government bowing to those who have the money to buy legislation.
