Monthly Archives: March 2011

Tangled

This DVD needs a small change to the settings in order to convert properly: Enable “Power User”, then in Global Settings > DVD, at the bottom, switch “faster DVD conversions” off, and enable “standard DVD access”. (Thanks Andy)

Fullscreen Movies with DVD Catalyst 4

Full Screen Movies. This is the most often asked question I receive. With all the different video playback devices on the market, Blackberry, Droid, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Xoom, Zune etc, there is a large variety in screen aspect ratios, which affect the way movies and TV shows are displayed on-screen. Even if you use a…

True Full-Screen Streaming Trailers for Xoom

To show-off the capabilities of the Xoom, I converted a couple of movie trailers using DVD Catalyst 4′s Xoom HQ1 profile. The original source of the trailers are 1080 versions downloaded from the Apple Trailer website, resized and cropped to match the entire video-playback area of the Xoom, resulting in true full-screen playback (minus the…

DVD Catalyst 4 Update (v4.0.2.7) Release Notes

A bit quick, 5 days after the previous update, but somehow a bug regarding volume slipped into the new settings. With my complete attention focused on video playback quality, I never checked the volume settings. Currently 4.0.2.7 is available on the Tools4Movies website. The original installer files have been replaced, and of course you can…

DVD Catalyst 4 Bluray BETA 2

I just uploaded the new beta version of 4.0.3, the one with (unprotected) bluray support and additional audio formats. Includes all the fixes from the official versions released since the x-mas beta, including the new Xoom profiles. In addition, Nookcolor, iPad2, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4 and Droid X profiles have been updated as well…

Batman Begins XOOM HQ1 Quality

A few days ago, someone mentioned that for quality-comparison, they like to use the opening scene of “Batman Begins”, and since it has been a while since I have watched this particular movie, I decided to give it a shot with the new XOOM settings in DVD Catalyst 4. Below you will find a screenshot…

What is next ?

With the Xoom update released, here’s what is next on our todo-list at this point:

DVD Catalyst 4 Xoom Update (v4.0.2.6) Release Notes

If you have visited this website over the last week and a half, or joined us on Facebook, it was hard not to notice the time we spent on the Xoom. For the first time in our 7+ years of existence, the only changes we have done to DVD Catalyst 4 for this particular update…

Bluray Beta Status Update

Last X-Mas, I released a public Beta (4.0.3) of DVD Catalyst 4 that includes an updated conversion engine with (unprotected) bluray support. In addition, support for additional audio formats was added as well. Even though I haven’t released an update for the beta since, some newer versions of DVD Catalyst 4 have been released with…

XOOM 720p 1080p High Quality Settings

A lot of people have doubts about the video playback quality of the Motorola Xoom. Posts, threads and comments about returning it and picking up an iPad2 instead are flooding forums, blogs and websites. Don’t return your Xoom over this, seriously. Sure, it has some other issues, but that will all be fixed over time….