Monthly Archives: November 2011

NOOKtablet unboxing

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I couldn’t resist. I had to pick up some supplies to finish up the bathroom, and across from Lowe’s is the B&N store, so I walked in and picked one up.

Kindle Fire Video Streaming Guide Part 1

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While the Kindle Fire is actually quite capable of playing video files at very high quality (way higher than what the screen is actually capable of displaying), there is a lot of talk on the web about the limited (8GB) storage space available. Adding to that a maximum file-size of 2GB per movie results in…

DVD Catalyst Newsletter 30 Nov 18 2011

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  Thank you for reading the 30th DVD Catalyst Newsletter,   Finally a big week for technology. This week we had the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire, the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, the Galaxy Nexus (UK), Google’s Music shop, and a fair amount of announcements regarding new Tegra 3 devices from HTC and…

Kindle Fire Filesize Limit

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After playing with the Kindle Fire a bit, I’ve noticed that it does not like video files that are larger than 2GB. Standard DVD conversions work just fine, as well as HD-sized content (I tried up to 1080p), but if the files are larger than 2GB, the Kindle Fire will not play them. A 720p…

MovieGalleryFree for Kindle Fire

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Because the Kindle Fire is designed to integrate with Amazon’s video service, accessing your own video files is a bit of a pain. As with all Android Tablets, you are basically stuck using the limited “Gallery” app, which doesn’t display filenames, or use a file-browser to access the files.

How to: DVD (& MKV, AVI, etc) to Amazon Kindle Fire in Full-Screen

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DVD Catalyst 4 has profiles for the Kindle Fire, enabling you to quickly and easily convert your own movies for it. I prefer to obtain my video content in a physical medium, rather than depending on a company to provide access to them for me. Anyway, in order to get your DVDs and whatever video…

Kindle Fire Unboxing Pics

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Just some quick pics of the Kindle Fire:

Kindle Fire Review Review

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My Kindle Fire should be here in a little bit, so when UPS comes knocking on the door, I’ll be off pushing it through its paces, but while I am waiting, I figured I’d share my thoughts over some reviews posted on the web already.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) DVD

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Just to make sure this DVD would not cause any complications with DVD Catalyst 4, I picked Harry Potter 7 up a few hours ago, and ran it through a conversion.

DVD Catalyst Newsletter 29 Nov 11th, 2011

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Thank you for reading DVD Catalyst Newsletter 29. As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, for quite some time I’ve been struggling with my hosting company. Poor website performance, poor customer service, lame excuses, lies, finger pointing etc. I wanted to move since the beginning of the year, but I figured that the complications of such…