Thanks for that Brian. It got us started and we have now bought WinX DVD ripper 
and used it to put a movie on the iPad. The clarity on the iPad is marvellous

Regards  Allen

On 21/02/2012, at 8:59 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:

> Hi Allen there are various 'ripping' programs available, some free, 
> 
> I have used HandBrake, MacX DVD Ripper Pro & RipIt.
> 
> A quick search should show these.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
> On 21/02/2012, at 7:08 PM, Allen Gladwell wrote:
> 
> My wife,Carolyn,recently received an iPad2 for her birthday and we would 
> appreciate advice on the most graceful way to transfer DVDs (movies) on our 
> shelf, that we own, onto her iPad2 presumably via her MacBook Pro
> 
> Thank you Allen
> 
> iPad2,32GB,wi-fi
> 15" MBP 2.2 Core 2 Duo OS 10.6.8 or we may use my MBP 2G Core Duo as it seems 
> to have a better optical drive
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