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Title: Roxio Popcorn 2 Reviews
Pros: Roxio Popcorn 2 allows users to convert video files for viewing on iPods, PSPs, and other portable players, as well as burn customized DVD backups of unencrypted DVDs.
Cons: Roxio Popcorn 2 can only burn DVD-Rs directly from DVDs, not from video files on your hard drive, and it requires Mac OS 10.4.
Verdict: Roxio Popcorn 2 is a simple and excellent solution for users who have lots of unencrypted DVDs that they want to copy or who have video files sitting on their hard drive that they wish could be on their video-friendly iPod.
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80/100 |
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Title: Roxio Popcorn 2 Review - Video Software
Pros: Cconverts video files for viewing on iPods, PSPs, and other portable players, Burns customised DVD backups of unencrypted DVDs
Cons: Can only burn DVD-Rs directly from DVDs, not from video files on your hard drive, Requires Mac OS 10.4
Verdict: Roxio Popcorn 2 is a simple and excellent solution for users who have lots of unencrypted DVDs that they want to copy or who have video files sitting on their hard drive that they wish could be on their video-friendly iPod.
Summary: Roxio Popcorn 2 is a simple and excellent solution for copying and backing up files.
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80/100 |
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Title: Mac review in Creative & Ultilities
Pros: Supports iPod and PSP, quick and easy
Cons: Need latest OS
Verdict: Mac users can now rejoice as the creators of Toast bring enhances their DVD burning software with support for iPod, making this an essential purchase
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Title: Roxio Popcorn 2
Pros: Roxio Popcorn 2 allows users to convert video files for viewing on iPods, PSPs, and other portable players, as well as burn customized DVD backups of unencrypted DVDs.
Cons: Roxio Popcorn 2 can only burn DVD-Rs directly from DVDs, not from video files on your hard drive, and it requires Mac OS 10.4.
Verdict: Roxio Popcorn 2 is a simple and excellent solution for users who have lots of unencrypted DVDs that they want to copy or who have video files sitting on their hard drive that they wish could be on their video-friendly iPod.
Summary: Roxio, maker of Toast and Jam--the two standards in CD-burning and mix-making software for the Mac--released Popcorn, its DVD-burning program, in December 2004. With the popularity of personal video players such as the latest iPod and the PSP, Roxio riske
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80/100 |
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Title: Roxio Popcorn
Pros: Excellent compression options, supports duallayer burners, includes Toast Anywhere burner sharing, delivers consistently accurate DVD copies.
Cons: Of limited use unless you also use questionable copy-protected DVD-ripping utilities.
Verdict: G4 or better, as much as 15GB of free hard drive space for temporary storage
Summary: Copy video DVDs of the unencrypted kind
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60/100 |
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Title: Review: Roxio Popcorn 2
Pros: Easy DVD copying, Can select parts of DVD to copy, avoiding excess compression, Powerful video/audio format conversion, including DivX Pro, "Toast Anywhere" CD/DVD Burner sharing over network, Good value
Cons: Can't decrypt commercial DVDs due to US laws, Confusing, inconsistent interface, No AppleScript or Automator support, Does not include DVD subtitles
Verdict: Popcorn 2's new functionality expands its utility and its potential market, but the program has some rough edges
Summary: Popcorn 2 (list price $49.99 or $59.99, depending on Roxio reference) is the second generation of Roxio's digital video application. Popcorn is no longer exclusively focused on copying DVD's - it now prepares video for iPod, Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP
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Title: Roxio Popcorn
Pros: Copies DVDs , Compresses DVDs , Stripped-down interface
Cons: Can't rip movies , Duplicates many Toast functions, Sluggish performance
Verdict: But really! What's the point? Do you need to back up your DVDs? In fact, the only other use we can think of is to copy your own iMovies, iDVDs or DVD disk images. But hang on a minute! Roxio's Toast can do all that. Toast Titanium can do that and more. Th
Summary: It's hard to get excited about Popcorn's limited uses
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40/100 |
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