So you picked up a nice Toshiba Thrive tablet, and figured that with such a nice screen, it would be great for watching movies on it. Unfortunately, there are not that many options to actually obtain movies for it. Of course you can watch videos from YouTube, but for new-release movies, you are tied to Google [...]
After playing with the new iPad 3 for a few days, I came up with some video settings for DVD Catalyst 4 that work really well for just about everything you want to convert.
Of course, after checking out the tools4movies.com website on the iPad3, to see what it looks like, I had to test video playback. Great screen, retina, sharper than 1080, all nice, but the aspect ratio of the iPad3 is its biggest let-down for me:
Thank you for reading the 47th. Tools4Movies Newsletter, Today is iPad3 Day. Announced last week, and of course massive pre-orders, FedEx is finally delivering them to the lucky few million.
So you picked up a shiny Amazon Kindle Fire, and after playing around with it for a couple of days, you have realized that unless you use Amazon Prime and Netflix, playing movies and TV shows on it is a bit of a hassle. Your Amazon Prime and Netflix subscriptions work great, however, either they [...]
So you picked up a nice Barnes and Noble NOOKtablet tablet, and figured that with such a nice screen, it would be great for watching movies on it. Unfortunately, there are not that many options to actually obtain movies for it. Barnes and Noble currently doesn’t offer any movies for it, so aside from watching videos [...]
With Apple’s popularity among the portable media devices with the iPod, iPad and iPhone, of course the iPad3 is something that a lot of people want. Super-easy to use, amazing screen, and of course obtaining content like music, movies and TV shows is made painless through Apple’s iTunes. But what if you already have a [...]
So you got yourself a cool Motorola XyBoard, and after playing with it for a bit, you figured it would be great if you could use it to watch your movies and TV shows on it. You tried YouTube, and might even tried a movie or 2 from Google’s Video section in the Android Market, [...]
So you picked up a nice Asus Transformer Prime tablet, and figured that with such a nice screen, it would be great for watching movies on it. Unfortunately, there are not that many options to actually obtain movies for it. Of course you can watch videos from YouTube, but for new-release movies, you are tied to [...]
So you picked up a nice Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, and figured that with such a nice screen, it would be great for watching movies on it. Unfortunately, there are not that many options to actually obtain movies for it. Of course you can watch videos from YouTube, but for new-release movies, you are tied [...]
Thank you for reading the 46th Tools4Movies Newsletter, A bit of a weird week regarding the weather. It truly feels like March. Among snowfall, thunder storms and heavy wind, we are now experiencing some nice spring weather. My pets are eagerly looking outside the window, so later today, I’ll be taking my 2 dogs to [...]
Earlier this week, someone reported complications with this particular DVD, so I picked it up and ran it through its paces.
A few weeks ago, I added a new option to DVD Catalyst 4 called CRF. Since then, I have been suggesting this setting to quite a few people in order to get the best possible quality video conversions. This article explains in detail what CRF actually is, how it works, and why you should (and [...]
Thank you for reading the 45th Tools4Movies Newsletter,
This week I have been putting some video-time on the PS Vita, and tonight I’m watching one of my favorite movies, Black Hawk Down on it. Because I get a lot of questions from people what I recommend for settings, I figured I’d write this small article on the settings I used for converting BHD.
Minor update for DVD Catalyst 4
Earlier today, I ran the DVD version of Puss In Boots through its paces, but since I picked up the Bluray+DVD+(useless)Digital Copy combo version, I figured I’d better run the Bluray version through its paces as well.
Thank you for reading the 44th DVD Catalyst Newsletter. For as cold and gloomy as this week was, there were a few things that brighten up the days. This week was mainly PS Vita week. Of course for the pre-order people, they already got a head-start on the Vita system, but for most people, the [...]
DVD Catalyst 4.1.4 is now available. To update, just tap on the cat-eyes in DVD Catalyst 4 to have it check for updates, or use the download link you received upon purchase. If you can not download the update, just send me an email, and at least mention the email address you used for purchase. [...]
This guide explains the steps for putting a movie (DVD, MKV, AVI) onto the Nabi Tablet.
