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Old Aug 8, 2004 | 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by richarddd
You can compress DVD's with xvid or divx codec and store 10 or more movies in the space a couple of uncompressed DVDs would take. A DVD compressed to about 750 mb is very watchable on a notebook.

A 10.6" screen is too small for my taste.
Right, I havent tried this because of concerns about the screen size. But People do compress movies even more and watch them on PDAs even. I keep planning on trying it but never get around to it. I may give it a try as I am always trying to travel lighter and being able to perhaps watch a DVD is one of the things that often puts the notebook in my bag.
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