Which tablet can I watch movies without wifi?

bluboy

Have you tried a Kindle Fire?!

jonnno

bluboy wrote: »

Have you tried a Kindle Fire?!

Yes it will only stream via wifi which is useless on a plane.

bluboy

So you keep saying but the video I linked to would suggest otherwise?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vmvPjuoVg

So would Amazon ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200729530

azzabazza

henm2 wrote: »

If you buy a nexus 7 and your films are on an external usb drive then using something called a usb OTG cable (very cheap to buy) you can play your films very easily. http://carman58.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-use-external-memory-on-the-Nexus-7-WITHOUT-rooting

I use this with my Nexus 7 and it works really well. Cable from Amazon was just over £2 and then download the app. Very straightforward.

bsms1147

jonnno wrote: »

Yes it will only stream via wifi which is useless on a plane.

Like any Android tablet it will play downloaded video files, no data connection (ie wifi, 3G) needed just for playing them back.

Sharon87

What videos do you want to watch? Is it catch up TV like iplayer? itv player? youtube? because some apps wont let you download it to your device, only streaming.

jonnno

Sharon87 wrote: »

What videos do you want to watch? Is it catch up TV like iplayer? itv player? youtube? because some apps wont let you download it to your device, only streaming.

Yes catch up tv and then maybe downloadable movies

JJ_Egan

jonnno wrote: »

Yes catch up tv and then maybe downloadable movies

>>>Catchup TV no download .

>>>Downloaded movies that you have already downloaded at home over wifi YES


You say
I don't want a data contract.

I want to watch movies whilst travelling.

>> Then you require the movies to be already downloaded to your machine .

With a WiFi connection you may be able to stream movies on the move dependant upon signal /Or watch download via hotel WiFi.

neilwoods

BBC iplayer allows you to download on android devices now, even kindle fire.

As for playing films, are you talking films you have bought or downloaded from other sites. As said above, films can be transferred over to kindle to play back.

macman

jonnno wrote: »

Yes it will only stream via wifi which is useless on a plane.

But if you want to stream you can only do it via wi-fi or a mobile data connection. To watch films on a plane you need to download the film beforehand and then just play it back, since neither data connection is available. That isn't streaming, it's just playing a video. Which any tablet will do.
However if you want to connect where there is no local wi-fi hotspot, you'll need a 3G tablet with a data SIM on PAYG or contract.
Why not just watch one of the multitude of movies supplied by the airline instead?