Tablet PC Blogs

The video was great, the 3D view with rotate was even better((http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/thinkpad/tablet/tour/index.html)
), :) I loved the resolution of the 3D view and it helped me to find the speaker located on the bottom like the X41. This is a really a cool tool. I only briefly got to see the X41 several months ago and finding the speaker was one thing I forgot to do. The unit wasn't final production, but it made my wallet drool...

Intervideo's program won't allow you to copy encrypted movies or copy protected material. Also there are some motion artifacts seen using this software kinda like other transcoding software like wmv does plus it looks a bit blurry blown up to full video. I would just stick with the raw VOB files or MPEG. Just heard that the free program DVD Decrypter has just met its final release. This is a great program like DVD shrink to get your DVD onto your Tablet without carrying a DVD drive and using up extra battery power or carrying all your DVDs with you. I use it at work for showing educational videos/DVDs during small group in-service training.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DVD_Decrypter.htm

Using programs that rip copy protected movies is walking a thin line between fair use and breaking the law. The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA), aka mouthpiece of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is suing dozens of unnamed individuals in the US around the country and the world for publishing DeCSS, software code that decrypts the data on commercial DVDs. The DVD-CCA alleges that defendants misappropriated trade secrets when they published DeCSS. The DMCA needs to be revised to make it clear that it does not impair a consumer’s ability to use
the products he owns, so long as he does not infringe copyright. And it should be legal for innovators to make technologies that would help consumers make the most of the CDs, DVDs and other materials they purchase. Sonic blue did it(with very expensive lawyer bills) with the Diamond Rio to make way for the digital music explosion that companies like Apple and Creative are benefiting from as well as with the Replay TV that allows for timeshifting of telvision for TiVo and Microsoft. I wonder which company will win the DVD common use act? 321 Studios' DVD X Copy lost... blogs and podcasts maybe next... I understand that there are a good amount of problems with the use of the broadcast flag in timeshifitng devices aka DVRs that many companies are stumbling over and may even slow down the adoption of HDTV...

So save your dust collecting VCR... :)