Archive for April, 2008

USB Your Car

With so many gadgets out there, I wonder why a USB port or two isn’t standard equipment on new cars.  Even if the port doesn’t connect to the car stereo, at least if it provided power, it would be be able to power and charge the device.  I know in my car, my cigarette lighter auxiliary power port gets rotated between my GPS, my radar detector, and my Zune.  Here’s where a product that can add four ports at once can find a place:

It’s not exactly revolutionary in its functionality, converting the 12V input from your car’s cigarette jack into power that can be used by any USB device, but it is certainly breaking new ground by offering four ports. This way, you (almost) have enough ports for each passenger in the car, assuming that each of them has a cell phone, iPod, Zune, or similar device that’s running out of juice. You can even run a USB fan on there if you want.

With Quad USB ports, it gets me wondering what I could pop into the fourth port.  We wouldn’t want it to go to waste, would we?

Zune 3 To Launch “Across the Pond?”

Forget for a moment that the Zune 80, the 2nd gen Zune that’s hardly old, hasn’t launched in Canada yet.  Why?  Because they’re already talking about the Zune 3, and it’s expected to have a simultaneous launch in Europe!  The HT Lounge reports the following:

As we look forward to the 2009 holiday season (yes, we’re looking that far ahead), more news surrounding the third-generation Zune is starting to rise to the surface.

Francois Ruault of Microsoft France is saying that the Zune 3 will be launching in Europe at the same time that it is being released for North America. This should help Microsoft better establish its portable media player in international markets.

No word on what the specs on the Zune 3 will be.  I really think that the improvements need to go into the software more than the Zune device itself, but a larger hard drive wouldn’t be a bad thing.  120 GB anyone?

Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter

Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter is the easiest to use DVD to Zune converter software available. It can convert almost any type of DVD to play on Microsoft Zune Video player. It’s a powerful DVD to Zune converter with very fast conversion speed. You can enjoy your favorite DVDs on your Zune as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this DVD to Zune Converter at a very competitive price!

Product Features
  • The latest version includes two running modes, one is “Direct Mode”, the other is “Batch Mode”.
    “Direct Mode” means that user can directly click the DVD Menu to select the movie they want to rip. This mode is very easy for ripping a movie DVD’s.
    “Batch Mode” means that user can select the DVD titles/chapters they want to rip via checkbox list. This mode is very easy for batch ripping Music DVD’s, MTV DVD’s and Episodic DVD’s.
  • Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle.
    Under “Direct Mode”, through DVD menu.
    Under “Batch Mode”, through DVD Title list.
  • Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track.
    Under “Direct Mode”, through DVD menu.
    Under “Batch Mode”, through DVD Title list.
  • Support various Zune video formats including Windows Media Video (.wmv): Main Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 1.5 Mbps peak video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio; Simple Profile, CBR, up to 736 Kbps video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio.
  • Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.
  • Various kinds of video resize mode, eg. “Keep aspect ratio” and “stretch to fix screen”.
  • Support splitting output video by DVD chapters, and titles. Fully support MTV DVDs and Episodic DVDs.
  • Support customize output video file size and video quality.
  • Provide flexible output profiles, user can easily customize the video properties.
  • Support DVD to Windows Media Audio(.wma) conversion.
  • Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.
  • Support Dolby, DTS Surround audio track.
Requirements & Details
OS: Windows 98, 95, 2000, NT, XP
Memory: 32 MB
Video Card: Any VGA Card
DVD: Supports any DVD video
Size: 4.12 MB
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Cucusoft Zune Video Converter

Cucusoft Zune Movie / Video Converter is the easiest to use video converter software available. It can convert almost any video format to play on Microsoft Zune Video Player, e.g. DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI to Zune Movie / Zune Video format. It is a powerful Zune Video converter with fast conversion speed. The output also supports full screen viewing. You can enjoy your favorite movies on your Zune as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this Zune Video Converter at a very competitive price!

Product Features
  • Support almost all video file including vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI to Zune video (MP4/WMV format)
  • Support various Zune video size and format
  • Support various Zune audio format
  • Support “Drag and Drop”
  • Cool UI skin available
  • Support various Zune video formats including Windows Media Video (.wmv): Main Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 1.5 Mbps peak video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio; Simple Profile, CBR, up to 736 Kbps video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio.
Requirements & Details
OS: Windows 98, 95, 2000, NT, XP
Memory: 32 MB
Video Card: Any VGA Card
DVD: Supports any DVD video
Size: 3.12 MB
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Cucusoft Zune Video Converter Suite

This suite includes “Cucusoft Zune Video Converter” and “Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter”. So with this Zune Video Converter suite, you can convert both DVD’s and video files to your Zune video. You can enjoy your favorite DVD’s and video movies on your Zune as a portable DVD Player. Now you can get this Zune Converter Suite at a very competitive price!

Cucusoft Zune Movie/Video Converter is the easiest to use video converter software available. It can convert almost any video format to play on Microsoft Zune Video Player, e.g. DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI to Zune Movie / Zune Video format. It is a powerful Zune Video converter with fast conversion speed.

Product Features

  • Direct convert DVD to Zune. (Some other software will convert DVD to avi, then convert avi to Zune, that waste lots of time. We only need one step, direct convert DVD to Zune.)
  • Support almost all kinds of DVD to Zune Movie / Zune Video format (MP4 format)
  • Support almost all video file including DVD, vob, DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, WMV, AVI to Zune video (MP4 format)
  • Support various Zune video size including H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 mbps, 480 x 480, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48 Khz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats
  • Support “Drag and Drop”
  • Support for Subtitle Selection, eg. English Subtitle, French Subtitle etc.
  • Support for Audio Track Selection, eg. English audio track, French audio track, etc.
  • Various kinds of video crop mode. eg. 16:9, 4:3, full screen and so on.
  • Support splitting output video by DVD chapters.
  • Support customize output video file size and video quality.
  • Support the output of latest Zune at 640 by 480 pixels video resolution.
  • Support DVD to MP3 audio conversion.
Requirements & Details
  • OS: Windows 98, 95, 2000, NT, XP
  • Memory: 32 MB
  • Video Card: Any VGA Card
  • DVD: Supports and DVD video
  • Size: 7.64 MB

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