The Best iPad Apps - Netflix TV Show and Movie Streaming App

The Netflix iPad app is one of the best iPad apps available today and was one of the iPad's first killer apps released last April. Netflix subscribers can instantly watch TV shows and movies which are streamed from Netflix to the Apple iPad using the free Netflix app. It works as magically as it sounds.

The Netflix app has always provided the ability to resume watching where you left off on your TV or Computer through the iPad as the Netflix cloud-based streaming solution inherently provides that ability. The iPad app also provides a pop-up window with a detailed description and photo of the DVD jacket for movies and TV shows subscribers are interested in and want to learn more about as well as the option to rate TV shows and movies you just watched. You can search for content, browse by category, check your account and view and manage your queues. The interface looks identical to the Netflix website.

In addition to the basic features, the Netflix iPad app has upgraded features since initially being released last April. When the iPad was first released, only Apple apps provided support for an external monitor hookup but shortly after launch, the Netflix app added this functionality giving subscribers the ability to use the iPod Dock Connector to VGA Adapter to watch Netflix on a TV, monitor, projector or LCD display that can use a VGA cable.

Streaming TV shows and movies to a handheld tablet? Can that possible work?

This seemingly Star Trek-ish technology does work and works well. Once you enter your Netflix account information into the Netflix app, you have total access to your Netflix account. When you click "Play" on a TV show or movie, the real magic begins as within mere seconds the video content begins playing. The video typically comes across amazingly well. You can perform high speed scrubs, pause and change aspect while watching the movie. Additionally, if you need screenshots of TV shows or movies, you can use the standard iOS screenshot method (holding down the Power button while clicking the "iPad button".

The Netflix app does encounter issues when the network link is slow causing the audio and video to freeze or audio to disappear. More recently there have been issues with the Netflix streaming servers as there are more adopters of the instant streaming service.

Even with these minor issues that occur infrequently, the Netflix instant streaming service and the Netflix app combined with the iPad create a killer iPad app and is the reason the Netflix iPad app is one of the best iPad apps available.

Doug Felteau enjoys blogging about the latest gadgets and anything technology related and maintains a monthly article on Gizmos for Geeks listing the best iPad apps. An avid iPad user since the device was released, Doug has integrated the device and apps into his everyday life.

iPad Movie Size - Essential Information For iPad Users

Watching movies on the run is one of the great things about the apple iPad. If you have an iPad and are limited for memory then the question that you might ask yourself is: How many movies can I fit on my iPad? What is a typical iPad movie size in terms of pixels and also memory usage?

It is probably of no surprise to learn that iPad movie size varies from movie to movie depending primarily on movie length and also the movie's resolution. 640 x 480 pixels is typically used for most movies and provides an excellent movie viewing experience without using up too much of your precious memory. A 640 x 480 movie will usually take up around 900 Mb per hour of movie. Since most feature length films are around the 90 minute mark, you can expect an iPad movie size of around 1.4 Gb per movie. For a 16 Gb iPad, depending on how much memory is being used for other features like Apps, music or documents, you will be able to squeeze in around nine or ten films. For a 32 Gb iPad you can expect to fit in up to twenty and a 64 Gb iPad will fit around forty movies.

Some films can have a very large iPad movie size. If you want to watch blu ray movies or any high definition film, can expect to see an iPad movie size of more than 6 Gb which can severely limit the number of movies that you can fit on your iPad. For 16 Gb iPad, you will fit two movies, four for the 32 Gb iPad and eight on a the 64 Gb machine.

Having the ability to fit a lot of movies on your iPad at any one time is not really a necessity depending on how often you connect your iPad to your home computer. iPad movie size becomes important only if you connect to your computer on rare occasions. If for example you are going away on a long trip then iPad movie size is very important since you will want to fit as many in as possible before you go. If however, you connect your iPad to your computer often then you can simply keep a library of movies on your computer and just transfer copies to your iPad on an as needed basis. iPad movie size is therefore not a big issue in this instance nor is the memory capacity of your iPad.

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How to Convert Movies to iPad With 5x Faster iPad Movie Converter

The iPad's big screen is far superior to a smartphone for showing off movies. There is a problem in getting videos onto the iPad. That's few digital cameras create video files that will play directly on the iPad. So you've got to convert your clips first into iPad-friendly files. Apple doesn't provide a Windows-compatible tool for doing this. You might think iTunes would do the job, since it will play almost any video on your PC. But it won't. You need conversion software from somewhere else.

There are many software for converting videos to a friendly format the iPad. I'm currently using a 5x faster iPad movie Converter. It's an all-in-one video converter and editor tool based on NVIDIA CUDA technology. It can convert videos at up to 5X faster speed than other similar multimedia encoding/decoding software. Video conversions will be done with minimum time.

You can gain more from its official website and free download iPad Movie Converter.

Step-by-step guides of converting movies for iPad:

(1) Import movies via clicking add button or directly drag into it.

(2) Choose iPad compatible video format and customize output settings for iPad.

Click "Format" drop-down list, you can easily select your desired iPad formats.

Click "Settings" button to open the Profile Settings window, you are able to adjust audio and video parameters to get better video quality.

(3) Convert movies to iPad. Only click convert button to start movies to iPad conversion.

If you don't know how to put and play video on iPad, just follow the steps to realize it:

1) Make sure you have install iTunes. If not, you can free download iTunes here:: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ at first. And launch the iTunes.

2) Connect iPad to Mac/PC.

3) Choose "File - > Add File to Library..."

4) Drag the.mp4 file you want to the iPad icon

Enjoy movies on iPad after transferring the converted movies to iPad via iTunes.

I'm currently using a 5x faster iPad movie Converter. It's an all-in-one video converter and editor tool based on NVIDIA CUDA technology. It can convert videos at up to 5X faster speed than other similar multimedia encoding/decoding software. Video conversions will be done with minimum time.