MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Sydney's Mom · 09-30-2011, 03:04 PM

I have started to buy music from Amazon rather than itunes - too many syncing problems.

I gifted my kindle keyboard, and ordered the $79 kindle. It and the case should be waiting for me when I get home! Got my husband and my daughter off my account (they don't need to see what I am reading).

I also ordered the Fire. I have a galaxy tab (Verizon), and I find the 3g really only good for email, and I can get that on my phone. I don't like paying $20/month. I tried to cancel the contract, but I used the upgrade to get my daughter an iphone. So I am stuck paying $20/month for another year and a half.

I'm fine with wi-fi only. I will be able to store a movie or two on the Fire, so not having wi-fi shouldn't be an issue. Here is how I get movies on my tab without cost (except HBO). Record movie to DVR. Copy to DVR recorder (I have to edit out the coming attractions, etc). Put DVD into computer, launch Handbrake (free software) and when finished (I'm currently converting Season 4 of True Blood - each 55 minute episode takes about 30 minutes.) I import into itunes. I have 100 movies in my itunes library. I have watched about 3. I have over 1500 books on my tbr list. I have enough yarn to start a yarn store. Do we see a pattern here?

09-30-2011, 03:04 PM	#37
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I have started to buy music from Amazon rather than itunes - too many syncing problems. I gifted my kindle keyboard, and ordered the $79 kindle. It and the case should be waiting for me when I get home! Got my husband and my daughter off my account (they don't need to see what I am reading). I also ordered the Fire. I have a galaxy tab (Verizon), and I find the 3g really only good for email, and I can get that on my phone. I don't like paying $20/month. I tried to cancel the contract, but I used the upgrade to get my daughter an iphone. So I am stuck paying $20/month for another year and a half. I'm fine with wi-fi only. I will be able to store a movie or two on the Fire, so not having wi-fi shouldn't be an issue. Here is how I get movies on my tab without cost (except HBO). Record movie to DVR. Copy to DVR recorder (I have to edit out the coming attractions, etc). Put DVD into computer, launch Handbrake (free software) and when finished (I'm currently converting Season 4 of True Blood - each 55 minute episode takes about 30 minutes.) I import into itunes. I have 100 movies in my itunes library. I have watched about 3. I have over 1500 books on my tbr list. I have enough yarn to start a yarn store. Do we see a pattern here?