Watch Movies Inflight w/ Samsung Galaxy Tab3
Jan 22, 2015, 1:36 pm
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Watch Movies Inflight w/ Samsung Galaxy Tab3
I know I can watch Netflix and other similar website when I'm connected online, but is there such way to rent/buy movies (short term) and have them on your tablets then be able to watch them during my flight?
How are people watching movies offline during flight? Any suggestion would be appreciated.
How are people watching movies offline during flight? Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Jan 22, 2015, 1:39 pm
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Welcome to Flyertalk. There are several ways to do what you want. Probably the easiest are to rent movies from your friendly local content store. The iTunes store on an iOS device, for example, lets you rent content and play it offline. I'm sure Android has something similar.
If you have a media server at home, Plex will let you save media to your iOS device to watch offline as well.
If you have a media server at home, Plex will let you save media to your iOS device to watch offline as well.
Jan 22, 2015, 1:45 pm
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You can rent movies from the Google Play Store, and then hit the little red pushpin in the bottom corner and the content will downloaded to your device, and then once on the plane you can start your rental.
Jan 22, 2015, 7:49 pm
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I don't think its possible to watch movies rented on iTunes on an Android Device. The reverse is true however, you can rent movies from Google Play and watch them on your iOS device, however you can not purchase them from Google Play from iOS.
Jan 22, 2015, 7:59 pm
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I got PlayLater after I read this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ent-later.html
It is awesome. I can record Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime videos and play them on my devices.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ent-later.html
It is awesome. I can record Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime videos and play them on my devices.
Jan 24, 2015, 11:40 am
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Not the greatest selection, but if your public library has Hoopla as a service, those can be viewed for 72 hours after download.
Jan 24, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Google Play has a movie rental option, as does Amazon. Samsung has their Milk Video option via the play store as well. Those are your paid options, for short term use. Amazon frequently has $5 specials where you own the movie. (This is all dependant on you being in the U.S.) If you're flying on Delta, you should be able to use the GoGo player to stream (paid) content on board.
Jan 24, 2015, 7:07 pm
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