AhTim.com » Reviews http://www.ahtim.com Tech, Web 2.0,How To,Reviews,Downloads for Tech Guys Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:29:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Giveaway: Binverse Usenet Newserver Account http://www.ahtim.com/giveaway-binverse-usenet-newserver-account/ http://www.ahtim.com/giveaway-binverse-usenet-newserver-account/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:42:15 +0000 AhTim http://www.ahtim.com/?p=3288 Binverse is a server-based download service using Usenet newserver concept. It main feature is provide blazing fast Usenet newserver access, easy-to-use free newsreader software, and a powerful built-in search engine.

What is Usenet? Usenet is powered by commercial news servers connected through multi-gigabit Internet connections letting you to download as fast as your Internet connection will allow.

This is my first time discover the experience on Usenet newserver. And Binverse really work as what it advertise. There are several file categories available for search: Books, Audio, Video, Games, and Software. But beware of those illegal software and uncensored content!

I try download The Best of Golden Oldies Album. Look at the download speed! Average at 300-500kbps over 1mbps cable Internet line! It took less than 30 minutes to download few hundred megabytes of song album. ;) Pretty fast huh?

Why use Binverse?

It is total solution for Usenet newserver user because it include Usenet Server Access, Usenet Client Software and Usenet Search Tool in the package!

With Binverse you’ll be able to easily search and download files and messages from Usenet. Without need to share and download from peers! In this way, old files can be download as fast as new hot files. ;)

Binverse Usenet Newserver Account Giveaway

Binverse so kind to sponsor 3 accounts for readers like you at AhTim.com. This FREE Premium Usenet Newserver account comes with:

  •  50GB of high-speed downloads and does not expire (you have as much time as you need to use up the 50GB).
  • Uncapped Speeds – Max Out Your Internet Connection
  • Huge Selection – Access to Over 800TB of User Uploads
  • Privacy Protected – No Server Logs & 256-Bit SSL Encryption
  • All-In-One Newsreader – With Built-In Search & Preview Before You Download

How to Win Free Usenet Account? Facebook LIKE and SHARE this post, Comment at below to inform me you are in the game. That’s it! I’ll randomly choose 3 winners from the comment list.

Hope you win the FREE Usenet Newserver account and experience the Unlimited speed downloads! :)

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When come to digital world, most of us tend to download than delete. Means we download files but seldom delete unwanted files, don’t you? A case study by Microsoft for Charter Communications shows the company has high number of duplicate files in the corporate network, approximate 21 terabytes!

I believe the duplicate file size will be larger when come to entertainment files. Music songs is one of them. Our terabytes hard drive could handle a million songs if fully utilize it. How many disk space have you waste there? You probably can’t answer without audio test software.

What is Audio Comparer ?

Audio Comparer help you do audio test and compare on most of your audio files: MP3, MP2, MP1, WMA, AIF, WAV, WavPack, FLAC, APE, AAC, and OGG. It not only compare but help you sort in the way you want.

The most advance feature of Audio Comparer is it recognize the sound of the file regardless of its codec or bit rate! Yes, not compare the file tags or file size, but the original audio content. Which mean it recognize joined audio files too! It shows percentage of match audio sound.

Audio Test in iTunes

The best part of Audio Comparer is it can compare your iTunes songs. I have thousands of song in iTunes. I admit that I have never listen to all songs. So let’s run an audio test in my iTunes playlist.

I open up my ABBA album, saw two files with same name.

Run Audio Comparer, listening audio files into group. The process very fast, just 1 second per MP3 file. Much faster than you can do it manually.

Compared and found duplicate audio files in seconds. Delete from Audio Comparer and update to iTunes instantly. Best part I don’t need to do anything in iTunes, and now I have clean and tidy playlist without duplicate song.

Who need Audio Comparer? Basic home user might not need it unless you have huge music storage. If you run a broadcasting station you definitely need it to avoid misnamed or misplace audio files. You may purchase license at as low as $34.95 or get it Free with TrialPay.

This is a sincere review by AhTim. Please contact me if you have software/hardware for me to review!

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Today I have discover a DVD ripper software named MacX DVD Ripper Pro by Digiarty since year 2006. They are expert in professional multimedia software specialty for Mac users,  that’s the reason why the software name start with “MacX”! ;)

How to choose Best DVD Ripper?

Back to the topic, let me tell you how to choose the best DVD ripper. I have a few Mac devices at home: iPod touch, Macbook White, iPad 2, Mac Mini and I want to rip DVD into these devices then show the movie with others. I have 5 DVDs to rip at this moment so I need a fast speed ripper. Imagine a slow ripper took 2 hours to rip a DVD then I’ll need 10 hours to rip all!

The best DVD ripper is about Fast Speed, High Quality, Support Multi-devices and manage to rip copy-protected DVD.

What is MacX DVD Ripper Pro?

MacX DVD Ripper Pro allows you to rip DVD to MP4, H.264, MOV, FLV, MPEG, M4V, AVI, QT(QuickTime) with high quality video/audio. With various format, ripped videos support most of the mobile devices: iPhone, iPhone 4S,iPad, iPad 2,iPod,Apple TV,Android,HTC,Samsung, Xoom, Galaxy Tab, PSP, etc.

Key feature that others may not have is it manage to access all types of protected DVD on Mac, such as such as CSS encryption, Sony ARccOS encryption, RCE Region protection, Disney X-project DRM, etc. Yes, especially Disney DVD for kids!

MacX DVD Ripper Features

It is one of a few DVD ripper that able to rip copy-protected DVD on Mac. No wonder it is now famous and have 8 millions client all over the world. Latest features as below:

  1. Backup DVD into single video file
  2. Up to 8x real-time ripping speed
  3. Support iOS5 and Mac OS X Lion
  4. Share ripped video to Youtube, Metacafe, Break

I got a license copy from Digiarty. So I can access to all full features. Let me test run ripping on a 30 minutes DVD movie to iPad. Surprise me it took only 7 minutes on my core 2 duo 2.26Ghz Macbook! 100% faster (double speed) compare to WinX DVD Ripper on core i3 laptop. At that speed I can rip a 2 hours DVD in less than half an hour! ;) That is pretty fast with just a click.

My Two Cents

I’ll recommend this ripper to movie lover that wanna transfer DVD to digital format. Imagine you have 3 stacks of DVD with total of 60 DVD (old and new movies). Now you can save 75% ripping time and keep them organize in 2TB NAS storage.

Would like to suggest developer replace its 5 minutes limitation with watermark in the trial version. So that more people can evaluate real DVD ripping speed before purchase it.

It is available for purchase and download right away at promotion price – $34.95. Download and give it a try.

Purchase it now and get iPhone Mounter (worth $25.95) for Free. iPhone mounter is a tool turn your mobile devices into a backup disk and transfer files in out from your Mac.

This is a sincere review by AhTim. Please contact me if you have software/hardware for me to review!

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Technology now is not only paperless but disk-less too. My wife’s Apple Mac mini didn’t come with any single disk, not even a DVD drive! Not only Apple Mac.My younger sister-in-law newly bought Acer Timeline X also didn’t come with recovery disk. All in hard drive’s recovery partition.

For movie fans that keep movie collection, you really need to learn how to rip DVD!

What is WinX DVD Ripper?

WinX DVD Ripper is a free software that backup your DVDs into hard drive for better protection and easier access. It is also a universal converter. It support various format to rip DVD to MP4, MPEG, MOV, WMV, FLV, as well as backup & convert DVDs to iPhone/4S, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, Zen, Zune.

Most importantly, it support protected DVDs (CSS, UOP, RCE, region code, Sony ARccOS) too! Means you manage to rip genuine protected DVDs. :)

More features of WinX DVD Ripper

1. It is 100% free, no watermark, no adware, or other malicious tricks -
Checked by McAfee Secure.
2. Fast, about 14x real-time. Convert DVD to iPhone video in 10 minutes.
3. Very easy to use and good designed graphics user interface, just 3
clicks.
4. High quality, the video quality as good as the original DVD.
5. A lot of preset profiles, such as iPhone, iPod, PSP, etc.

WinX DVD Ripper has been downloaded about 80 thousand times within 7 days since it was rebuilt & released on Facebook.

I did a test to see how fast it rip DVD to iPod video. It took just 8 mins to rip a 16:30 mins short video on my Core i3 Win7 laptop. Normal ripping software speed might be same with video length. But WinX DVD save 50% of the time! Pretty fast huh?

My Two Cents

I’m pretty impressed by the clean,fresh and pro GUI. But found the program crash half way and force close when I rip DVD to MP4 video. Don’t know about others format? Hope developer look into the bug for more customer satisfaction, although it is Free! ;)

Download your copy of Free WinX DVD Ripper here (Windows version and Mac version). Enjoy ripping!

Update: Found the ripping error only happen on a particular video (Not convert to MP4 problem), but it didn’t prompt any error when force close.

This is a sincere review by AhTim. Please contact me if you have software/hardware for me to review! :)

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Yes, remember those day when we flip through CD/DVD album and look at the DVD cover, What is the movie about? We forgot then put the album back. I have to admit I don’t have habit to keep movies! I delete watched movies most probably due to lack of a Movies Organizer.

 What is All My Movies ?

All My Movies is a Movie Database Software (by Bolide software) that help organize all your Movies collection, including hard-copy CD, DVD, Blu-ray or soft-copy AVI, MKV and many more.

Best part is You don’t need to type all movie details, just search movie title and it will crawl all related info (actors, rating, intro and photos) into your database! For example, you have Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon DVD ripped movie file. You add the movie title with movie link to your movie. With single click you could play back the movie that you want accurately, no matter how many movies you have, even on drama series.

All extended cast details are pulled from IMDB, DVDEmpire, Amazon, etc. More features here. Further, it has more than 30+ available languages.

My Two Cents

Frankly I don’t keep old movies. I’m kind of wear and tear person. Yet, this is a good movie collector software.

I would suggest 2 improvement to enhance the software: Social media sharing and able to crawl full Movie synopsis. It is useful for us to review before decide to watch in cinema.

Who should use All My Movies? Movie rental service definitely make their life easier with its loan / return function. Movie fans who keep the collection for years must have it to catalog those movies. ;)

All My Movies is a light software (just 12mb setup file). You may download free 30 days trial here (latest version All My Movies 6.7) or purchase Single User license at $45.

PS: Blogger post a review and get free license copy or reduce price.

This is a sincere review by AhTim. Please contact me if you have software/hardware for me to review! :)

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Well, my answer is no one is the BEST, but which one suit you the BEST is the main concern! Here is a website that help you make comparison and decide which best for you.

Web Hosting Rating and Comparison

The website – Hosting Observer is a website that provide ratings for popular web hosting providers in the market. From there you can view available package all at-a-glance with information of provider, pricing, editor’s rating, and package details.

Not only that, it provide all other hosting plans (including email hosting, unlimited hosting, and how to get  free domain etc).

My Two Cents

Overall, it is a good site to help in decision making. But improvement still can be make to be more competitive.

The Good : The recommended web hosting package is really affordable and attractive. Website layout is simple and easy to navigate.

The Bad : The review is NOT transparent. To be fair and honest, it should open for public or registered user for voting. Definitely this will give more accurate results. The Article Directory is NOT really useful for newbies. Should publish practical tutorial for beginner who want to start a website. This will attract and benefit more readers!

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]]> http://www.ahtim.com/review-hosting-observer-website/feed/ 7 Which Laptop Brand The Best? http://www.ahtim.com/which-laptop-brand-the-best/ http://www.ahtim.com/which-laptop-brand-the-best/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:23 +0000 AhTim http://ahtim.com/?p=2182 “Which model is the best?” “What laptop brand are you using?” These are the most frequently asked questions when my friends want to buy laptop.

What is your answer for the question? Apple? HP? Oh…I always suggest friend to buy DELL or HP. Now I felt guilty when saw the Malfunction Rate Graph :(

HP Laptop is Good?

According to SquareTrade report, HP hit the highest malfunction rate for laptop more than 3 years. Which mean you have one quarter of chances to return back HP laptop for repair after 3 years. Acer even better than it.

No doubt ASUS at first place but Toshiba surprise me when its name at second place. I should say other than the old fashion design, the quality is good. Now I would change the answer when people ask me.

For me, I’ll still prefer Apple MacBook, will get one very soon. How about you? What laptop are you using?

[via CNet]

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