falcarrion
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I believe so.
how many people here own an Ipad
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IronWolf
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Nice! I've been dropping every hint possible to try to get my work to buy me one so I can support the oddball one we have surfacing occasionally. Hasn't worked yet....
WizarDru
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Does "HD" here mean "high def," or am I missing something? Thanks.
Correct, HD is short for High Definition in these cases. Titles that have been rewritten with better graphics and to take advantage of the iPad's screen are often labeled with HD at the end. Apps currently come in three flavors:
- Written for iPhone (works on iPad)
- Written for both iPhone and iPad
- Written for iPad
Example: Inexplicably, Facebook has no iPad app. The iPhone app runs on the iPad, but is horribly pixelated. Dungeon Solitaire will run on both my iPhone and iPad, but detects which one you're using and scales the graphics accordingly. Reiner Kniziai's Samurai is only on the iPad. Some games have multiple versions and the HD version is short-hand for 'the iPad version'. Example: Angry Birds versus Angry Birds HD.
I voted for will be getting one. I'm just waiting for the 2nd gen, which if the rumors are true will be before the Holidays. 
I also have been keeping a close eye on the other tablets that are slowly starting to make their way out on to the market. To me Win 7 on a tablet is not going to work with out major changes, it just isn't designed for the touch interface, which I know from personal experience.
I have owned a Gateway Convertible tablet (laptop that the screen swivels to cover keyboard and then use stylus to control things) for over 3 years, originally running Vista and now Win 7. Their are two things I use the table interface for anymore, the first is work in Photoshop, which its very good for, the other is a character sheet app(see below). Otherwise I use it as a laptop.
A few others have mentioned the fact that the Android tablets that are out so far use an OS designed for a smartphone, which they are correct. The good news though is that Google is working on a new version that will support the larger format screens of tablets that will be hitting the market in 1st/2nd quarter 2011. I think that will be when we will see the first real challenge to Apple and the iPad.
My plan for the iPad is the same as a lost of the technology I buy, to improve my gaming. For example I have a projector, which I do not use for movies, but have mounted to my ceiling to project maps down on the table we use to game on.
Having owned a tablet I have already made the change over to using a digital format for most of my gaming. I have PDF's of most my books, and while I admit reading them on a computer screen is not perfect yet, I hope the iPad will improve that. I have custom made Excel character sheets that are formatted to be used on my laptop in table mode with the stylus, once again not perfect but getting better with every version. I also have a browser based Java Script app my friend wrote for me to track Init and NPC information when I DM. As hinted at before I do all my maps in photoshop to be shown on my projector.
Once I have an iPad or maybe an Android tablet I hope to have all my PDF's on it for easy reference. I have a friend that is slowly working on an app for Pathfinder for reference and character tracking for iOS 4.2 that will be designed to work both on the iPhone & iPad.
My ultimate goal is that when I'm a player I can go to my game with my tablet, my dice (I hate dice roller apps) and my mini and be ready to play. Now I'll still need my laptop for when I DM to run photoshop, but since thats only at home thats not a big deal.
Oh and I figure I'll use it for alot of the other things previous posters have mentioned it for as well, which will be awesome and make my wife feel a little better about the money we will end up spending on it.
JD
I also have been keeping a close eye on the other tablets that are slowly starting to make their way out on to the market. To me Win 7 on a tablet is not going to work with out major changes, it just isn't designed for the touch interface, which I know from personal experience.
I have owned a Gateway Convertible tablet (laptop that the screen swivels to cover keyboard and then use stylus to control things) for over 3 years, originally running Vista and now Win 7. Their are two things I use the table interface for anymore, the first is work in Photoshop, which its very good for, the other is a character sheet app(see below). Otherwise I use it as a laptop.
A few others have mentioned the fact that the Android tablets that are out so far use an OS designed for a smartphone, which they are correct. The good news though is that Google is working on a new version that will support the larger format screens of tablets that will be hitting the market in 1st/2nd quarter 2011. I think that will be when we will see the first real challenge to Apple and the iPad.
My plan for the iPad is the same as a lost of the technology I buy, to improve my gaming. For example I have a projector, which I do not use for movies, but have mounted to my ceiling to project maps down on the table we use to game on.
Having owned a tablet I have already made the change over to using a digital format for most of my gaming. I have PDF's of most my books, and while I admit reading them on a computer screen is not perfect yet, I hope the iPad will improve that. I have custom made Excel character sheets that are formatted to be used on my laptop in table mode with the stylus, once again not perfect but getting better with every version. I also have a browser based Java Script app my friend wrote for me to track Init and NPC information when I DM. As hinted at before I do all my maps in photoshop to be shown on my projector.
Once I have an iPad or maybe an Android tablet I hope to have all my PDF's on it for easy reference. I have a friend that is slowly working on an app for Pathfinder for reference and character tracking for iOS 4.2 that will be designed to work both on the iPhone & iPad.
My ultimate goal is that when I'm a player I can go to my game with my tablet, my dice (I hate dice roller apps) and my mini and be ready to play. Now I'll still need my laptop for when I DM to run photoshop, but since thats only at home thats not a big deal.
Oh and I figure I'll use it for alot of the other things previous posters have mentioned it for as well, which will be awesome and make my wife feel a little better about the money we will end up spending on it.
JD
Seonaid
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Thanks! That's very helpful.
WizarDru
Adventurer
To this point: I think the first android device I've seen that actually seems like it has the possibility of actually being an iPad companion (but not a contender) is the nookColor. I think it shows a lot of promise in the tablet space and is much more affordable than an iPad.
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falcarrion
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I found this but don't know how well this works.
iPad Mate: Transfer movie/video/DVD/music/photo from PC to iPad
WizarDru
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Do you mean you want to rip DVDs to video files or that you have video files and would like to watch them on the iPad? There are apps to do both; depending on how much money you'd like to spend or time you have to devote to it, it can be free or cost a good deal.
If you just want to watch videos, simply download VLC for iPad. It's not perfect, but it's free and lets you play most video codecs on your ipad, including MKVs. It works best with AVIs using DIVX, but I have tried other formats.
If you want to rip DVDs to put in iTunes and watch on your iPad under the 'movies' section, there are several options. Understand that to do so, you may need multiple programs first to separate the content from the disc and to create an iPad compatible file. I personally use Slysoft's AnyDVD and CloneDVD Mobile, but they are no longer as inexpensive as when I bought them (currently about $88 for the pair). There are plenty of open-source solutions, but they require a great deal more time and effort.
Fast Learner
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Handbrake and VLC (on your PC or Mac) are free, and combined will rip from DVD to H.264, which will play natively on iOS devices.
And as WizarDru said, the VLC app for the iPad will play a wide variety of formats. Download it now while you can, it may be removed from the store (not by Apple this time, but rather by some strident open source developers who insist that VLC being in the app store violates the open source license associated with VLC).
And as WizarDru said, the VLC app for the iPad will play a wide variety of formats. Download it now while you can, it may be removed from the store (not by Apple this time, but rather by some strident open source developers who insist that VLC being in the app store violates the open source license associated with VLC).
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