I do have the TV Jenn. But I rent DVD's from Netflix and transfer them to my iPad. I am on a lot of airplane trips so use it there for movies and books. Runs great hooked up to the tv.
And the sound was better than the iPad unless I were to put on my Bosr headset. And the distance is good so I can leave my glasses off
Jenn I have Netflix on my ipad and a Netflix acount so if I have wifi I can watch any thing on Netflix. In fact when you posted about The Way. I watched it late one night with the ear buds. Worked great laying in bed with the ipad proped on a pillow.
Gary when you say you transferred the movie to your ipad - do you really make a copy on the ipad?
Handbrake is awesome. The same can be done on a PC, it just takes a few extra steps.....a search on "DVD ripping" will get you what your looking for...
Don't forget though to buy that DVD. Piracy Is still illegal...