DVD player as electronic book reader?

[angusdei]

Hi,

I wonder if the DVD Video format can be used for electronic books. In other words, is it possible to convert say a Word document to DVD Video, so that this document can be viewed on a DVD player?

I understand this has more to do with DVD authoring, not DVD players, that's why I'm posting here.

[DaRat]

It is possible but due to limitations (most notably screen resolution) you will find not a single person who would read even a short novel on dvd. Not to mention the sh*tloads of work involved in doing the actual stills for the tex, tough the authoring part is pretty simple if the software accepts scripts.

[drpop]

The making of the stills could be very simply automated with photoshopCS2 dataset variables. You could essentially import the text as ascii, and get photoshop to output it all as a sequence of jpgs.

I agree though, I wouldn't relish the idea of reading anything too long from dvd

[angusdei]

Every day I travel to and from work by train, an hour one way. I would love to read books from a laptop in the train, but it’s too expensive (and heavy too). But a portable DVD player would be much cheaper and lighter, and 7-inch screen would be acceptable for me both in quality and size.
Suppose I’ve converted a book into a series of jpegs – what’s next? Sorry, I’m not much familiar with the capabilities of DVD-ideo format. Do I make a huge menu of these stills, or I actually produce a video stream? Could anybody point me in the right direction, perhaps some link(s).
Thanks

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