Watching movies on the Asus 1000 HA: Is there some way to rent movies in a download form?
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Conrad, There is a way actually. Amazon allows you to rent movies for just a couple of bucks. You just download it and you are able to watch it for about a 24 hour period. Also, if you have another computer you can use the disk drive to put it on the computer and then transfer it via usb. A great software to use for this is (Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum 4). You just put in the DVD you own, run this software and choose witch format you'd like to convert it to and your done. Simple as pie!
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There are actually quite a few options for you. iTunes, Amazon, Netflix (if you're a member), and sites like Hulu offer downloads and/or streaming videos, including full-length films. If you're interested in ripping DVDs on a computer with a DVD drive and then transferring to your 1000, there's a great program called DVD Shrink (www.dvdshrink.org) that will let you customize the size of the output files to help save space. I currently have 8gb movies shrunk down to 4gb using this program, which are easy enough to get transferred to your 1000 via a network connection, USB drive or SD card. You can use VLC Media Player (www.videolan.org) to play your ripped DVDs and they look great.
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You need to use an external USB DVD player. It is a great computer. Boots almost instantly. Very fast and powerful.
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none that i know of; this item seems only to allow games and videos/movies in MP4 and maybe wmv. also pictures but won't except emulators or any apps i tried to load. U can get free games from CoolRoms.com u might have to change some to bin (binary format) Item does only what is advertised(MAYBE!) buyer beware!
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I would like to know this too! I have a ton of movies on my computer, and I would like something that can play them on the TV.
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you don't have to use an external DVD drive - sheesh! use Handbrake to convert or download an .avi/mp4 version of your movie and watch it via streaming network feed, off a USB thumbdrive, off your SSD, or off an SDHC
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I haven't tried it, but I believe you can download the movie from Netflix to view it instead of streaming it...
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Sorry, it seems to be DVD disc only. I've tried movies on the SD card and USB flashdrive, but it shows "unsupported media" on the screen.
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You could do this on this device. Just keep in mind that downloading movies is a violation of law . If you still do this, make sure your TV has a compatible USB port on it somewhere, and refer to your user manual on how to connect to the USB device.
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No you can't! :( And even if you could---the speed would be so slow that you'd end the movie and go get it from somewhere else! This tablet is TERRIBLE!!! If you haven't already wasted your money---DON'T!
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HEY FRANK: Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do.
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From what I understand you can download without a PC. But I have not attempted it. I used it mainly to stream movies from a memory card to my iPad. Wish I could be more help.
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Yes I have an 60LN6150 and can access Netflix. A Netflix subscription is required.
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to my best recollection is not official pdf download of the instructions. Somebody may have made a PDF and posted it somewhere but I have never seen it. The unit comes with a very small and brief set of instructions (but you really dont need more, the device is self explanatory). You cannot use this on an external hard drive to watch movies, it will not read the files on the drive. If you want to watch a movie you need to put it on a thumb drive/flash drive. Also MKV for some reason on all these types of devices sucks and freezes up. You get better performance from MP$ files. you can email me further questions at rlalum@sbcglobal.net
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I purchased a free standing DVDRW from Dell. It connects with USB and was about $45.
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Well nvm now every windows media center has netflix option pre-installed. Pretty cool but i guess they will not allow you to download movies for a temporary while :(
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No. It is an ultrabook. You will have to use an external USB dvd drive to play movies from your DVD/CD-ROM.
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The model I received has an HDMI port where you can get a video streaming.With usb only port, you can try a USB to HDMI port converter.