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Netbook Gaming Heaven : C&C Tiberian Sun released for free !

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Most netbooks lack the performance for playing many of the cool games.

Symantec Antivirus / Norton Internet Security

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

The official release of DVD Catalyst 3 does not have this issue.

Detailed Black Bar Removal

Friday, February 5th, 2010

One of the most asked questions is in regards of black borders on the video, and how to get rid of them.

Free AVI file merger

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

I received a question in regards of merging split avi files into a single video file so that it could be converted into a 1-file movie.

Droid Video Transfer and Playback

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Asked a few times directly by email, as well as on Droid Forums, I figured, it would help to document some things on the site.

G.I. Joe 2009

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Star Trek, Transformers 2 and a few others have a more severe DVD protection system than others. This protection system (Made by Sony, called ARCCOSS) usually creates fake tracks (up to 99) on the DVD, and in some cases scrambles the scene order to trick DVD conversion tools such as DVD Catalyst. These DVDs also [...]

DVD to Nokia N900

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The next update (3.83.6) of DVD Catalyst will have a few profiles for this device included, however, if you want to convert your DVDs or Movies to a format for your N900, you can use the profile for the HTC Touch Pro2.
The specifications for video files are the same, H264 video at 800×480 resolution.

DVD to Droid Sample Videos

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

With a lot of talk about the Verizon Droid, I decided to make a few sample videos to show differences in quality.
For the source, I picked a 720p version of the trailer of the recently released  2012 movie, and I converted this using the 2 Droid presets. Because of the many scene-changes, I did both [...]

Get DVD Catalyst 3 for free when you spend $20 on PDATopSoft (till Nov16)

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

PDATopSoft is running a special with DVD Catalyst 3.
Purchase for $20 (or more) on your favorite software there, and get DVD Catalyst 3 as a bonus for free ($9.95 value).
The offer lasts until November 16, 2009
link

DVD Catalyst Fake Virus Issues

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

For some reason, DVD Catalyst might get flagged by a few virus scanners as something infected. This is a false positive.

DVD Catalyst 3, SWISS Army Knife for video editors

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

The wife asked me to edit some recordings she had saved on her TiVo to make some room.

DVD to Nokia E90

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

For great looking video on the Nokia E90, use the following:
Select iPod Video (Fast)
click on Modify
change the screen resolution to
800×352
The resulting files will play fine and look great on the Nokia E90

DVD Catalyst 3 is the best DVD ripper on the planet!

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Yes, we believe that DVD Catalyst is the best DVD conversion tool on the planet.
Why?

Downloading TV Shows, why?

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Something controversial for a change.

eGreat EG-M34A Network Media Tank after a little while longer

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

eGreat EG-M34A. A little device I picked up a few weeks (month) ago, and being put to use more and more.

DVD Catalyst 3.82 Released

Monday, August 17th, 2009

The biggest update for a long time, but mainly under the hood.

eeePC after 2 months

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Ive been using my ASUS eeePC 900HD now for about 2 months or so, and figured it’s time for a status update.

Ninja Clash Strategy Guide

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A little while ago, one of my Twitter followers invited me to play a new twitter game called Ninja Clash. The game itself is fairly simple, but addictive, and since I started, I’ve made some new friends, and rose through the ranks at a decent pace. To share this experience, I decided to write up [...]

DVD Catalyst Free vs DVD Catalyst 3, why purchase?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

As far as free DVD converters go, DVD Catalyst Free beats all of them hands down on user-friendlyness. Many free solutions for converting DVDs to a format that can be played on your iPod, iPhone, or other device, require the use of a guide, a couple of different programs, and multiple steps to manually perform. [...]

Purchase DVD Catalyst 3

Monday, August 10th, 2009

DVD Catalyst 3

Faster, easier and more features than ever before
Watch a DVD on your iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, Zen, Zune or any other video-capable device with one click.
DVD Catalyst 3 is the most advanced, feature-rich DVD conversion tool on the market today, and besides the standard features found in similar products, it offers [...]