Pocket movie sales

catskillian85 · 03-08-03, 02:23 PM

Has anyone purchased movies from this site?

www.pocketpcfilms.com

If so, could you please share some info about your experience? For example:

1) How many MB did an average-length movie fill?

2) What format was it in?

3) What player did you use?

4) How was the movie quality?

5) How easy was it to transfer a movie onto your Axim?

6) Would you recommend the site?

Thanks! :)

chucka · 03-08-03, 03:03 PM

is it legal for them to sell those movies? seems like it would be a pita to make it legal to do that. i think the prices are a little high though, for a few dollars more you can buy a dvd and encode it yourself. i think $4-$5 would be a decent price to pay for them though.

catskillian85 · 03-08-03, 03:16 PM

Well, I found the site from a link on Microsoft's Pocket PC site, so my guess is that it's legit. I can't imagine that MS would link to it otherwise, right? (And I saw some of the same films for PPC listed at J&R's site, so I'm assuming they're aboveboard.)

I agree that the prices are a bit high ... I don't know that I would spend that much for a film unless it were something I'd want to watch again and again. I've been reading some of the DVD-ripping/encoding guides, though, and the process seems terribly lengthy and complicated. Don't know that I have the time or the energy to tackle it.

Just exploring all my options...

chucka · 03-08-03, 04:45 PM

i followed these exactly how it says and it makes a great copy for your axim. FIRST then SECOND , yeah it takes a couple hours, but it is well worth it.

deftech · 03-09-03, 12:06 PM

Have any of you actually LOOKED on their site though? What on earth movies do they have that would be worth the $$ that they're asking? They have "Going Overboard", one of Adam Sandler's first (and WORST) movies, if you can even call it a movie. And they're asking $15 for it....I saw it for $2.99 at Wal-Mart one day.

--deftech

catskillian85 · 03-09-03, 12:13 PM

I saw some decent selections there -- classic dramas, horror flicks, comedies. Click on "Classic Films" in the left-hand nav bar.

chucka · 03-09-03, 12:15 PM

i went to fry's yesterday and actually saw most of the same movies there on the pda isle (made for pocketpc). they were the same price there. so i guess that website isnt making them, just reselling them. i would just prefer to buy a dvd from a much bigger selection, and encode them myself, rather than buying crappy movies from them.