turbo.264 & Popcorn

[Sam3]

I'm trying to decide between getting the turbo.264 from elgato for $69 http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/buy.en.html or the turbo.264+Popcorn bundle from Roxio http://www.roxio.com/enu/promotions/landing/macworld/

What does Popcorn offer me that turbo.264 doesn't do by itself? Is Popcorn worth $30?

I do have Toast 8 and I also have Handbrake.

[MacMagus]

I don't think that Toast 8 can use the turbo.264 yet.

If that's the case then Popcorn might be worth something...

It'd occasionally save a step over using just the turbo.264 if you have any unprotected DVD's.

[Sam3]

I'd be converting mostly avi files, some quicktime, some already ripped video_ts files.

[Kramerica]

With the code ROXIO15, it came to 92.44 shipped for both for me.

Popcorn may be eligible for a rebate too since if you have an earlier version of Popcorn or Toast. Not sure about that though.

[Kramerica]

I might have been thinking of the "instant" upgrade rebate, which didn't seem applicable to the bundle. Haven't found another yet...

[Sam3]

Thanks for the Roxio coupon code!

I took the plunge and am replacing my EyeTV250 with the Plus version and am getting the turbo.264, both through Roxio. So with the coupon, I'm essentially getting Toast 8 and Popcorn 3 for $17 when compared to getting just the units from ElGato.

Too bad Roxio didn't debut a new version of Toast this year, I now have two copies of Toast 8. Oh well, now I can be perfectly legal on both my desktop and laptop.

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Sam3]I'd be converting mostly avi files, some quicktime, some already ripped video_ts files. What kind of hardware you using?
Turbo.264 works great on slower Macs, but does nothing for my 3GHz QuadCore MacPro.

BGnR

[Kramerica]

$20 Toast rebate. Worth a shot.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/...19218_.pdf

[RAMd®d]

The faster the iron, the less effect the Turbo has.

Made a big difference on my 1.33GHz PB. But I'd rather use handbrake on my 2.0GHz mini.

[Sam3]

I'd be using it on either a 1.25ghz G4 Sawtooth or a 1.83 ghz Intel Mac mini or the same speed Macbook Pro.

I used Handbrake on the G4 and it seemed to take a while to encode.