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One way to get a group of Pocket PC newbies excited about their devices is to mention the fact that Pocket PCs can play DVD movies after running them through a converter. Some means of converting DVDs are pretty complex and would require your own support group. Others claim a "1-click rip" solution. One tool that promises and easy and quality convertion is Pocket DVD Wizard 2005. Pocket PC Thoughts has posted a review of the latest version to let you know how well it works. When I signed up for this review, I was a little skeptical about how my trusty but slow O2 XDA2's processor would hold up to the demands of playing full-motion video for an extended period of time. There was no problem.
Those who have ever messed with DVD-encoded video files know that the video and sound data on a DVD disc occupy several gigabytes of space. The very idea of squeezing all that data down to 250 megabytes, and retaining any semblance of picture quality seemed unlikely, at best, to me. I could envision trying to decipher garbled audio that was unsynchronized from the on-screen events, and grainy, muddled images of tiny unrecognizable people playing out scenes on my small screen. Do I sound like a skeptic? Yes, I was. But, not anymore. For the compression level and screen resolution of my Pocket PC, the picture was much clearer than I had expected. The sound quality was very good, and my concerns about the feasibility of trying to watch a motion picture on a screen the size of my Pocket PC's were quickly put to rest. What's your favorite DVD ripping method? Tell us about it!
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