Elgato Systems Turbo.264 (852095000676) Video Converter Reviews

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I have been using my Turbo.264 for about a year. I got it when I had my iMac G5 and it really made conversion faster. from Amazon.com Potential buyers are advised to check out the numerous reviews and especially the end-user support forum at Elgato's web site that report poor quality, fuzzy video produced by this device. If you want quick encoding, you will get it -- but at a steep loss in quality. from Amazon.com I bought this for my 2.8Ghz iMAC, and found no appreciable difference between iMovie and Quicktime behavior. So for me, it is not worth the money. I am not using the Elgato proprietary software, and cannot speak to how well that will work. Also, I would not be surprised to find out that a less powerful machine might be bettered using this device, so it may have a fit somewhere, just not with me. from Amazon.com I've seen a lot of reviews complaining about the speed of this thing. That's not what it's about for me -- it's about freeing up my CPU for other stuff. I can be encoding/transcoding tons of video while still able to do other things. A couple of days ago I was transcoding two video streams concurrently (one through this and one through the main CPU). from Amazon.com I have used this product for over a year now, and can honestly say that it's not worth the money. Transcoding video is faster (tried MacBook Pro and Mac Pro) and more flexible (more options in settings and such) when doing it without the Elgato Turbo ... This might be a product useful for G3 owners? from Amazon.com I bought this with one thing in mind, to encode video files created by Elgato's EyeTV software on a 1.5ghz PPC Mac Mini and for that it works seamlessly. The device itself looks cheaply made, the case covering the electronics is very flimsy and, on my particular unit, the cap covering the usb connector would not sit flush, mainly due to the fact the circuit board that the usb connector was attached to was not sitting correctly inside the case.. from Amazon.com I recently bought the Turbo.264 and was VERY disappointed in the results. I was initially impressed with the speed until I saw the output of the movie. from Amazon.com OS: OS X 10.5.5 QuickTime version: 7.5.5 TV software: Elgato EyeTV 3.x software TV hardware: Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus hardware from Amazon.com I have a Mac 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo. It has been taking me forever to convert TV shows using VisualHub. from Amazon.com Really erratic. I try batch converting files from a series (e.g., different episodes from the same TV source), and half of them get converted and the other half gets spit out because Turbo.264 claims it cant handle DivX files. Ive downloaded the "required" software using Turbos link, and the same problem recurs. from Amazon.com

Released	over 2 years ago
Supported Digital Video Standards	MPEG-4
Adapter Type	Video Converter
Interface with Host	USB 2.0
Platform	Mac
Audio Support	Included
Depth	0.47 in.
Height	1.18 in.
MPN	10020325
Operating System	Apple MacOS X 10.4.x
Package Qty.	1
Release Date	August, 2007
UPC	852095000676
Weight	0.08 lb.
Width	3.35 in.

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