Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), today launched the Microsoft Windows version of Roxio Crunch™, which enables consumers to quickly and easily convert more of their favorite personal video entertainment for enjoyment on-the-go or in the living room. The ideal companion to the iPod®, Apple TV™, and the highly anticipated iPhone™, Roxio Crunch offers a one-step process for converting a broad range of the most popular video formats including DVD-Video, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and DivX files into a format recognized by these Apple devices. The application includes powerful transcoding technologies and pre-defined device profiles to ensure optimal playback regardless of the screen size. Microsoft Windows and Mac versions are available direct from Roxio at www.roxio.com. A cross-platform version will be available early next month through North American Apple retail stores and other software resellers for a suggested retail price of $39.99.
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This DV Magazine article takes you through the process of authoring for Blu-ray without buying a $50,000 professional system.
Rating: 4.5
The world's first budget-priced, professional next-gen authoring application. Much easier to use than Hollywood-spec systems such as the Sony Blu-print or Sonic Scenarist. Outstanding image quality.
More positive mentions of our own Roxio Mobile Media Manager from reviewers covering the Blackberry Curve:
“This trendy Blackberry 8300 curve comes with powerful software called Roxio media manager. This software effectively searches the desktop organizes the content and takes care of their smooth functioning through effective conversion in the blackberry curve. Blackberry 8300 curve plays almost everything.”
“The Curve also comes with a desktop media manager. The desktop media manager includes Roxio Photosuite 9 LE, a comprehensive tool that makes it easy to edit pictures and create photo albums. Also on offer is the Roxio Media Manager that enables users to search for media files on their computer, view and organise them.”
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If I didn't already have Comcast and the promise that the TiVo interface was coming to my cable box this year, I would be lining up for this box. TiVo announced a lower cost HD DVR that can record two channels of HD simultaneously and supports cablecard (so it can replace your existing cable box). Cnet has a full review.Other coverage by ABC News.
It's disappointing that the TiVo ToGo feature isn't available yet, but one hopes that is on the roadmap.
Interesting commentary on the iPhone vs the upcoming Blackberry. For business, the Blackberry still wins because of it's Microsoft Outlook Exchange support.
New Sonic Designer PS Version 2.1 Speeds Menu Creation
for High-Definition Disc Formats Plug-in for Photoshop CS3 Offers Efficiency and Automation for Output of
Spec-Compliant Menu Graphics for BD and HD DVD
Novato, California (July 26, 2007) — Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) today introduced Scenarist® Designer PS Software Version 2.1, a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that brings increased power, flexibility, and automation to the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc menu design process.
With a free account, you can configure your own RSS feed and select from a bunch of various "channels" of content such as cars, animals, celebrities, NASA images, and more. Pretty cool.
We've got a good list of tips and tricks articles on myroxio.com. Here's a sample:
This summer, take time to preserve your memorable family moments and events with a professional-looking photo scrapbook that you can compose on your computer and print out on any color printer. Anything you could paste in a physical book can be scanned into your PC, and working digitally has the advantage of letting you do other things with your pages, such as creating Web sites, DVDs, or slideshows to play back on your TV.
