This post will walk you through ripping your 1080p Blu-ray discs (the ones you own, of course) and then convert the video into a more manageable file size for watching on your iPad or iPad 2. Probably some buddy would say that the big selling point of Bluray is full HD resolution which cannot be done on the iPad, however, this is not the point. The key here is "convenience", cause after ripping Blu-ray to iPad, you could enjoy movie on your iPad or iPad 2 any where and any time, that's impossible to hold a TV and Blu-ray player here and there just for watching Blu-ray HD movies.

In addition, Apple iPad or iPad 2 are part of a device category between a smartphone and a laptop computer. A beautiful high-resolution display makes iPad/iPad 2 perfect for watching any kind of video: from HD movies and TV shows to podcasts and music videos. The iPad supported video formats as below:

H.264 video, up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

MPEG-4 video , up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG), up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Anyway, if you want to rip your Blu ray and copy to your iPad or iPad 2 for wathching, Let's start this painful process, shall we?

Step 1: Free download and install dvd to ipad , ready for the wonderful conversion.

Step 2: Add Blu-ray files - if you have inserted Blu-Ray disc to your Blu ray Drive, click " Open DVD" button to load Blu-ray (.m2ts) files. or you can click " File" menu to import Blu-ray movie.

Step 3: Output settings - Select the output format as H.264 or MPEG-4 encoded videos that are compatible with iPad; Under " Output" option, select a folder to save the files from Blu- ray to iPad.

And you can do more setting about the "bitrate, Size(piz), Framerate Audio channels" by click " Profile" option.

Step 4: Convert - click " Convert" button to begin the Blu-ray to iPad conversion. After the converison finished, you can transfer the Blu-ray Video to iPad with iTunes. Then you can enjoy the video on iPad with rich sound and vivid pictures!

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The name Blu-ray Disc [1] refers to the "blue laser" used to read the disc, which allows for Six Times more storage than on a DVD . Usually a Blu-ray disc can hold 25/50 GB storage. But since June 2010, The BDXL format is capable of supporting 100GB and 128GB write-once discs. It sounds like Blu-ray become the only choice for High-definition video with up to 1080p/1080i . With the introducing of Multiview Video Coding (MVC, 3D Blu-ray technology) , MPEG4-MVC can compress both left and right eye views with a typical 50% overhead compared to equivalent 2D content, and can provide full 1080p resolution backward compatibility with current 2D Blu-ray Disc players.

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