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Microsoft (MSFT) says pre-order stock of Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets are close to selling out ahead of the Oct. 22 product launch. That sounds impressive except for two variables: First, the software giant has not disclosed how many tablet units it will build for launch. Second, Microsoft in mid-2013 made some less-than-forthcoming statements about Surface sales, only to have the facts undermine CEO Steve Ballmer's leadership. Here's the update.

Here is a good solution to play movies on Microsoft Surface 2. By hacking and converting Blu-ray/DVD movies to Surface 2, in other words, change the Blu-ray DVD disc movies into digital files. What Surface 2 can read and play flawlessly. Then you can take them wherever you go. Below is the details.

Required Software:
Blu-ray Ripper for Surface 2 (Windows version)
Mac Blu-ray Ripper for Surface 2 (Mac version)

PS: The windows version works on Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. Mac version requires Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or above.

How-to: Rip Blu-ray DVDs for Surface 2.

Step 1. After installation. Run Blu-ray to Microsoft Surface 2 Converter, click “Blu-ray disc” icon to load Blu-ray movie files directly from your Blu-ray disc via the BD drive. You can also import DVD movies.

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Step 2. Click “Format” bar, and select “Microsoft Surface Windows RT H.264 Video (*.mp4)”. as target format from “Windows” pull down menu.

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Step 3. You are allowed to click “Settings” button and go to “Profile Settings” windows to customize the video quality by adjusting video and audio settings.

To get 1080p videos on Surface 2. Refer to the following parameter。

Video
Codec: h264
Size (pix):1920*1080
Bitrate(kbps):5000
Frame Rate (fps): original

Audio
Codec:aac
Sample Rate (hz):48000
Bitrate(bps):160000
Channels: Stereo

NOTE: The result movie quality mostly based on the original movie quality. So it’s not good thing to use the 1080p settings when the resolution of your original movie file is lower than 1080p.

Step 4. Click “Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray movies to Microsoft Surface 2. When finished, click “Open” button to get the resulted mp4 video. Then connect Surface 2 to your computer and transfer converted movies to the Windows 8 tablet for viewing.

That’s all. Hope my article is really useful for you to watch Blu-ray 1080p movies on Surface 2.
 
Convert & Play DVD ISO on Microsoft Surface RT tablet

Here is a detailed instruction showing you how to convert DVD ISO to Surface RT supported video and audio formats so that you can play DVD ISO image files on the Windows RT Surface tablet on the go.

Most folks are fond of backing up their DVD discs into and ISO image files in order to keep DVD discs from scratching or manage their movies in a more convenient way. ISO can be played by VLC, MPlayer, KMPlayer, etc. However, the ISO is not well supported by the brand-new Surface RT tablet. If you have some DVD ISO and wanna to play them on the Windows RT based tablet, you may have to convert ISO to Surface RT compatible video formats like MP4 first and then transfer the encoded video files to your Surface tablet for playback.

In order to download and copy DVD ISO to Surface RT for smoothly playing, you can get Pavtube DVD Ripper (Currently on sale - 30% Off during its Thanksgiving Special), an ideal tool to rip DVD ISO to Surface supported video files. It's easy to use for editing and conversion and make great quality copies of my DVD disc and DVD ISO/IFO images. With it, you can effortlessly make your ISO/IFO files playable on Microsoft Surface RT or Pro tablet in just a few click mouses. The picture quality of the converted videos is excellent, and see difference when playing image files themselves. The equivalent Mac version is the DVD Converter mac. Just download it and follow the steps below to transfer DVD ISO to Surface RT for smoothly playing.

How to Convert DVD ISO to Surface RT and Play ISO on Surface RT

P.S. The quick tutorial uses DVD Ripper for Windows Screenshots. The way encoding ISO/IFO to your Surface tablet on Mac is almost the same.

Step 1. Add ISO/IFO image files.

Launch the ISO Converter tool on your PC, and then click "ISO/IFO" icon to import ISO/IFO image files. You can also add DVD discs, DVD folder.

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Step 2. Choose the output video format.

Click "Format" bar, you can get optimized videos for your surface under "Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT H.264 Video (*.mp4)". The output videos could fit on your device perfectly.

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Tips: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means itrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.

The best settings for Surface RT tablet - According to my experience, for watching videos on the Surface RT tablet, 720p with 1500~2500kbpsis just all right.

Step 3. Start ISO to Surface RT Conversion.

After all the above settings, simply click "Convert" button to start converting ISO to Surface RT MP4 video.

Step 4. Transfer the result videos to your Surface RT via USB cable.

If you have no idea about Surface file transfer, you can check out the post The Ways Transferring Files to Your Surface to learn more. If you have any problem when enjoying videos on Surface tablet, just check out Microsoft Surface RT Column to learn more.

So there you have it. Pretty simple! In this way, you can enjoy DVD ISO movies on Microsoft Surface RT tablet as you want. If your movie isn't already in one of the supported formats or it's still on a DVD or Blu-ray, you can get an all-in-one video covnerter app - 20% OFF dsicount Blu-ray Video Converter Ulitimate (or its Mac Version - 20% OFF iMedia Converter Mac) to encode movies to play on your Surface tablet with ease.

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