Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Top movie review about “Snowpiercer (2014)”


  
Movie Information: 

In this sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother), a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the SNOWPIERCER, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle towards disaster. (c) TWC-Radius

R, 2 hr. 6 min.
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Joon-ho Bong
In Theaters: Jun 27, 2014 Limited
Box Office:$0.2M
Radius-TWC - Official Site 

  
Based on the French graphic novel "La Transperceneige," Bong Joon-ho's "Snowpiercer" begins in the extremely not-too-distant future as mankind launches a final attempt to halt the spread of global warming once and for all. Needless to say, the plan backfires spectacularly and plunges the world into a new ice age that causes the extinction of all life forms. Luckily, before all this happened, wealthy industrialist Wilford (an inspired bit of casting that I dare not reveal), taking several pages from Ayn Rand, constructed a high-speed luxury train that can circle the globe without stopping or suffering the effects of the weather outside. Now, humanity's last remnants reside on the train—the well-to-do people living in comfort in the head cars with the poor and downtrodden masses stuck in back in cramped quarters and forced to subsist on protein bars made from...well, don't ask what goes into the protein bars. 

Monday, June 30, 2014

Put Blu-ray movies on WD TV for smoothly playback

“Am thinking of buying a WD TV but key is going to whether this player can play back blu-ray movies? I need to backed up the blu ray discs using tsMuxeR and then converted it with suitable formats for playback on WD TV. so, which converter is the best? Help on getting this clarified would be greatly appreciated!” 
  
“I'm extremely interested in purchasing the WDTV, mostly for it's HD playback. I have ripped some Blu-ray copies so I can store them and play them with my WD TV , but it does not support my movies well. Could you offer me some hints? Thanks.”
   
If you have the same problems, you can get the best solutions from this article. As for me, I kind of want to keep things simple, So what i wanted to know was whether the converter can achevive put blu-ray on WD TV for playback without me having to do anything else. 


  
In this case, a professional Blu-ray to WD TV Ripper is the key to assist you to rip your Blu-ray disc to WD TV supported video formats. Pavtube BDMagic is the best tool I’d like to recommend to you. With it, you can fast rip and convert Blu-ray to WD TV friendly format AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV with the original quality. Besides, this Blu-ray ripping tool allows you to lossless backup Blu-ray with whole structure or just make a main movie copy of Blu-ray according to your needs. If you are a Mac user, please turn to turn to BDMagic for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion. 

Convert/Encode Blu-ray movies to MKV for playing on WD TV

Step 1. Run best Blu-ray to WD TV software, load Blu-ray discs, Blu-ray folder, Blu-ray ISO image files. This program will help you analysis ISO files automatically so that there’s no need to run virtual drive to mount ISO image files any more. 
  
 
   
Step 2. Click the “Format” menu, here you are suggested to choose “Common Video > MKV(Matroska) Video (*.mkv)”.


   
Tip: If you want to backup your blu-ray movies with keeping multiple audio tracks and subtitles, ByteCopy will be you ideal tool. Here take MKV as an example, and follow the easy guide below to rip Blu-ray for WD TV Streaming with mkv format. Above all, If you choose ByteCopy as your assistant, just select “Lossless/encoded Multi-track MKV(*mkv)” format to output the Blu-ray with keeping multiple audio tracks, multiple subtitles.

Step 3: If you like, modify profile settings such as video size, bitrate, frame rate, etc to get optimized video and audio playback. (Learn more>>)

Step 4: Return to BDMagic main interface, and hit the “Convert” button to start encoding Blu-ray to mkv format. 

Once it finshes, open output folder, locate the created mkv file and you can transfer the converted files to WD TV’s drive. Or you can play movies on WD TV Live Hub via USB flash drive.

Everything is done! Just have a fun of your Blu-ray movies. 

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Top 3 Best DVD Copying and Ripping Software Reviewed 2016

This DVD Ripping Tool page includes the newest reviews, tips & tricks on how to choose the best DVD Copying and Ripping Software from top 3 options for backing up and converting DVD movies.

Your entertainment, your way ! Put that your all DVDs to good use. Look, we all want to watch our favorite DVD movies on the tablets, smartphones or HD media player, whether they’re home movies to share with family, viral movies to share with friends, or copy DVD movies to watch on a flight. But, how to do this? 
    
“I have a bunch of DVD’s that need to rip to stream on my tablet for holiday days later. At the moment we are trying to use some software to handle them. Can I extract a chapter or make full backup copy of them? I've recently looking for a program that will rip or copy DVDs and hope a best software does not waste my time...”  
      
As you know, there are lots of problems as this stiuation and searched on google with no best results. Here you can found a best program from “Pavtube” and solve all your problem, it’s very strong and ease of use. Here is a list of Top 3 best DVD copying & ripping software reviewed, hope you can get the answer and take a good to use. 

What you to know?
    
The Best In DVD Copying Software - The Features to Look For
   
When it comes down to choosing a DVD Copying software make sure you look for it's best features which you would label as:

Cost/Performance: Everybody wants to gain more with less money. 

Application Stability: In order to make an appearance in our review, each product must be able to run smoothly throughout the ripping, converting and burning process. The best DVD ripper software should be reliable, stable and accessible immediately after you install it on your computer.

Ease of Use: This section refers to how intuitive and user-friendly the application is. The best DVD ripper software pays particular attention to navigation, design interface, cleanliness and overall simplicity. Applications that are instinctual, straightforward and uncomplicated scored highly in this category.

Ease of Installation: This criterion deals with how easy it is to put the DVD ripper software on your computer. We took several things into consideration, including time to install, simplicity of the install and compatibility with operating systems.

Quality of Copy: The best DVD rippers make an exact 1:1 copy of the movies on your disc. This means that the copy on your hard drive is indistinguishable from the movie on the original disc.

Feature Set: In order to be considered among the best DVD rippers, there are a few must-have features. Of course, applications must be able to transfer movies from the DVD to your hard drive. Applications on our list also need to have the ability to remove copy protections on commercial discs – this feature unlocks the content on your DVDs and makes them available for backup and conversion, and viewing on multiple devices. 
   
Let’s take a look at who are in the list now. 

TOP 1. Pavtube DVDAid 
   


A. Rip DVD to popular video and audio format
     
Pavtube DVDAid is regarded as the best DVD ripping software on the market that provides movie lovers, children and people in any group with the easiest and fastest way to rip and convert DVD movies to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV and many other video and audio formats with high quality. It lets you enjoy DVD movies on any portable device like iPhone 5S, 5C, iPad Air, 2nd Gen Nexus 7, Asus Fonepad 7,Sony Xperia Z2, Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and Surface RT/Pro, Kindle Fire HDX, etc. 

B. Make a Copy of DVD Disc
   
It makes 1:1 copy of original DVD Disc without quality loss with all audio streams, subtitle tracks, extras, etc. For the short time it takes to convert the movie with the help of CUDA/AMD GPU acceleration, and you will get hours of enjoyments. It's simple to use and well worth the investment.

C. Perfect the video with creative editing features
  
It can support latest DVD, features with adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle, also help you direct copy titles from DVDs. Below is two users' reviews:
Your profile works just great and the picture is clear, well as always you guys are fantastic with your products and please work on being able to burn to DVD once the user has made their conversation that is something that your competitors can not do directly and that would be awesome and I would love to be your beta tester. 
  
It is easy to use for editing and conversion and makes great quality copies of my DVDs. I really like that I can turn up the volume on my DVDs. It is a great feature! I also like that it gives me a lot of options when choosing how to copy and convert my DVDs. I tried some other DVD software and researched others and this seems to be the best! I am glad that I bought this software!
   
D. A news for a Free software
  
If you want to freely convert your DVD videos on Windows or Mac? Like Pavtube at their Facebook Page and get its Free DVDAid for Win/Mac to help you convert any DVDs to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc. with fast speed. It also helps edit DVD and add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to DVD movies. 
   
TOP 2. Handbrake
   

     
Handbrake is our favorite video encoder for its simple, easy-to-use, easy-to-install, and powerful tweaking options to get the best convert quality as a result. It’s a open source tool for converting video and DVD to nearly any format, available for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. It’s perfect but only can read and transcode non-protected DVD. For it is illegal. So you need to use a 3rd-party software to remove the proctection first, then read and rip the DVD with Handbrake. 

TOP 3. AnyDVD
   
 
    
AnyDVD (which rips DVDs only) and AnyDVD HD (which supports Blu-rays and HD DVDs) both scored praise from readers for their solid feature set and frequent updates to get around the copy protection that many disc publishers include . The app can handle unwanted DRM, remove region restrictions, disables forced subtitles or delays, and even plays nice with DVD authoring tools if you’re backing up your movies. You can try AnyDVD for free, but its features will cost you: AnyDVD is 49EURand AnyDVD HD is 79EUR. 
   
Handbrake vs. AnyDVD vs. Pavtube DVDAID: Good & Bad

1. Pavtube DVDAID 

The good: Not any other DVD Ripper can do with all kinds of DVD sources: protected and unprotected DVD Disc, MV folder, DVD ISO, physical DVD, VIDEO_TS folder, DVD ISO and IFO file. As a professional and powerful all-in-one DVD disc handling tool, Pavtube integrates DVD Ripping, Conversion, and Backup.

The bad: Although the interface is easy to understant, it need to be improved.

2. Handbrake 

The good: A very great feature is Handbrake is designed with preset profiles for Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV. It also provides numerous video and audio parameter settings for advanced users to alter the file size and video quality.

The bad: This free DVD ripper only works well with personal DVDs that you have purchased. If you want to rip some encrypted commercial DVD movies

3. AnyDVD

The good: You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive, allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC. You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays. Additionally, AnyDVD can remove unwanted movie features, including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings. 
The bad: The bad: For Audio CD, only protection removing is available. There is no help file to properly explain all the options to less experienced users.

The bad: The AnyDVD is no time estimation for job completion when copying a DVD Video disc and too many updates, but have no one time fee with lifetime update and technical support. It does not support convert DVD to many kinds of formats and put to device. 

Conclusion:
  
All above the Features to best DVD ripping software, the Pavtube DVDAid is proved to be the best DVD ripper for Android tablet/phone. It ranks top on the DVD ripping application list for almost every aspect except for interface design. Next month, this software will have a special offer with 30% for summary holiday. What are you waiting for? just make your choice. 
    
Hope this top 3 best DVD Ripper Review can help you fast choose an easy-to-use and yet professional DVD ripping tool. Enjoy it and have fun! 

Updated on 6th, April, 2016

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Share news for movie Fans: DVD films of this week - June 24 2014

There are many wonderful DVD movies last week. what kind of DVD will come out? Are you a movie fan like me,I have been searched online but not sure which is the best one. so, the following list are the movies that audiences will be able to enjoy this weekend. 
   
After a great movie “Endless Love” , here are list of three good evaluation movie you can have a see:   
   
1.300: Rise of an Empire    June 24 
 
 
   
"300: Rise of an Empire" - The Warner Bros sequel is the biggest release of the week. The movie tells the story of Greek general Themistokles who leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia. The film, which was directed by Noam Muro, scored mixed reviews and grossed $106 million at the box office. The sequel was not as successful as the 2006 actioner which made $210 million. The reason for a lackluster box office was the result of little buzz and no hype. However "Rise of an Empire" has a chance of gaining some traction on DVD and on demand as it is the perfect summer blockbuster that audiences are into at the moment. It also serves as an option for those moviegoers who are not in mood to go to the movies. 

2. Winter's Tale              June 24 
 
 
 
"Winter's Tale" - Warner Bros will also release the fantasy tale starring Colin Firth, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Akiva Goldsman, the film tells the story of a burglar who falls in love with an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out on a journey to save her.  The movie was released on Feb 14 in hopes that it would be the perfect date movie but the results were poor. The movie not only received negative reviews but only made $12 million after having opened to $7 million. Warner Bros will attempt to regain some of its losses on DVD and try to attract females who have been very active movie goers during the summer season. The release is good counter programming especially with the lack of female driven films and with none coming out in the next few weeks, "Winter's Tale" could easily recuperate some of the money it lost at the box office earlier this year.  

3. Repentence     June 24 

   
"Repentence" - This Lionsgate drama was one of the most ignored releases in February. The movie, starring Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie, tells the story of a successful author and spiritual advisor who takes on a troubled man as a client, completely unaware that the man's fixation on his mother's death will soon put his life in jeopardy. The movie opened in 152 theaters and ended its run making only $1.1 million. The drama is likely to attract Whitaker fans but at a time when movie goers are looking for a fun action film, this movie is unlikely to get any more fandom. 

Hope this guide help you choose your favorite one and enjoy it with your family. Do you agree with me? Movies make our life colorful! 

Monday, June 23, 2014

Nice movie review: Maleficent- “do not miss it!”

 
Summary:
  
A fairy who was deceived by human in pursuit of his dream of living in a castle – to be a king. Soon the King and the Queen had their first baby. During the grand christening, everyone in the kingdom was invited including the pixies when except for Maleficent. Unknowingly Maleficent came to join with the celebration and gave her gift to the Princess – she’ll prick her finger in a spindle before the sun set at the age of 16 and she will fall asleep just like death. Nothing can ever awake her except for a true love’s kiss. This curse can never be retracted even by the strongest force on Earth. Princess Aurora was then was left by the King and Queen in the custody of the pixies confident that the curse will never happen.

As Princess Aurora grows, Maleficent became fond of Princess Aurora that she loved her as if her own daughter however; no matter how she tried to revert back the curse; she’s always a failure. True enough, no force can ever take it back.

The time has come and the oath has happened. A prince charming came and kissed Princess Aurora but she never woke up. With all regret and sorrow, Maleficent kissed the Princess and she awoke – the kiss of a true love.

Directly copy DVD to VOB files with VLC Media Player on Mac

 
As you know, If we are always play the DVD discs, the disc will be damaged. It’s a big problem for movie fans and they will feel upset. Now, it will require a process called 'ripping'. Just few steps can achieve the dircetly copy DVD to get the VOB files with HD media player on Mac. 
  
“Like everybody I get stressed out because of my inability to play movies I purchased as a DVD on portable media players, computers without DVD drives, etc. I'm an open source nut so I don't want to pay for $50 software that doesn't work that great. Luckily I found out how to rip DVDs to VOB files using my favorite media player- VLC.”

Yes, he found this website and It solve all the possible issues. To rip a DVD means to digitally extract the movie from the physical DVD, turn it into a digital file and convert it to the appropriate format for the device on which you want to watch it. Well, how can we use DVD to VOB files converter to rip DVD sucessfully and transfer the DVD VOB to media players on Mac? Hold on reading...

Part I: Get start to Directly copy DVD to VOB files with Pavtube BDMagic for Mac
  
1. Download a free trail and Load DVDs to this DVD to VOB files converter. 
  
 
   
2. Click "Format" drop-down list and choose "Copy > Directly Copy" as the VOB files preset with best video quality.
  
 
  
3. Start DVD to VOB files to VLC Conversion. Click the "Convert” button and finish it to get the VOB files. 

Part II: Play VOB files by using VLC 
  
Just as what tell on www.videolan.org, the VLC player is capable of playing vob files, because it is able to tell your DVD drive where to look for the decryption codes. It operates just like any other stand alone DVD player would and in some cases may give you more control over the rewinding, fast forwarding and skipping chapters then a DVD player can. But that depends on what DVD player you have so you have to decide for yourself if playing vob files on the VLC player is worth it. No matter what your opinion, playing vob files on the VLC player will suffice if you have nothing else. 
  
Hope this guide can help you finish the task. Enjoy the DVD to VOB files with VLC Media Player on Mac. 

See also:
  
DVD movies on my cloud storage: When you have a large DVD library, why not convert them into .MP4, so that you can store DVD movies onto WD My Cloud Network disk for better playing and sharing. If are you confused about how to rip DVDs to WD My Cloud, just read below article and you will find an easy way. 

Friday, June 20, 2014

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is better than Apple's MacBook Air -- here's 5 reasons why

Nowadays, if you buy a brand new laptop, it is hard to buy an absolute lemon. Unless you scrape the bottom of the barrel at Best Buy and get some god-awful $200 underpowered computer, you should be fine. Hell, even that inexpensive computer may meet some people's needs. However, some of us spend many hours of each day on a computer, so it makes sense to invest in something great. If you are reading BetaNews, I'm sure you fall into that category. If you ask me which computer to buy, I would recommend many (depending on budget), but two stand out among the rest. 
 

The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Apple MacBook Air are great balances between portability, power and cost. Yes, there are more powerful computers, but they are often very heavy and have terrible battery life. Portability cannot be underestimated when it comes to a laptop's value and both of these machines are super thin and light. Last month, my colleague Mihaita pondered the question of which was better based on specs alone. However, as someone who has used both, hands-on, for long periods of time, I am ready to definitively tell you that the Surface Pro 3 is better. Do you agree?

1.Screen Quality 

The MacBook Air 13.3-inch (the model I am using for comparison) uses a washed-out non-IPS display that simply looks horrendous by today's standards. It uses a 1,440 by 900 resolution that makes pixels easily visible. Apple usually makes great hardware, but the screen on the Air is simply not up to its normal standards. It also uses a 16:10 aspect ratio that just is not ideal for surfing the web. 

The Surface Pro 3 however, offers a gorgeous 2,160 x 1,440 resolution display with vibrant colors that hides pixels from the average eye. It even uses a 3:2 aspect ratio which is better suited for surfing the web. I smile every time I look at the beautiful display on the SP3. 

2.Touchscreen/Tablet 

Speaking of the screen, the Surface Pro 3 is also a touch-screen hybrid device that also serves as a tablet. This essentially kills two birds with one stone. Apple users will have to buy a MacBook Air and an iPad for the same experience found on SP3. This is a huge inconvenience for travelers that must pack two devices, two chargers and worry about keeping data synced between the two. 

Even in laptop mode, the touch screen comes in handy when sitting at a desk or table. Many people find a touchscreen on a laptop to be cumbersome and not ideal. True, you wouldn't want to use the touch screen exclusively at a desk, but having the option is better than not having it, and you'd be surprised at how many times I reach out and touch the SP3 display. The stylus is just icing on the cake. 

3.Weight 

The Surface Pro 3 without the Touch Keyboard attachment weighs 1.76 pounds. With it, it weighs 2.41 pounds. The 13.3-inch MBA? 2.96 pounds. Pretty much, Apple's machine weighs a half pound more -- that is significant.
But hold on, an iPad Air weighs 1 pound. So, to get a similar experience to the SP3, an Apple user would have to carry a MBA and iPad Air, which would weigh almost 4 pounds. This means your backpack or briefcase will weigh a pound and a half more with Apple's product. The Surface Pro 3 is so light, that I often have to check my backpack to see if I forgot it. 

4.More (and Better) Software 

I love both OS X and Windows 8.1. However, Windows has the edge, because it has more quality apps and programs. To take it a step further, programs are better too. Don't get me wrong, there is some fine software for Apple's OS, but for someone wanting to get work done, on the go, it is no comparison. Office 2013 is far superior to Office 2011. 

But wait you say, that's not fair because Microsoft makes Office, right? OK, fair enough. I encourage you to read this article that lists suggested apps and programs for the Surface Pro 3. You will see many selections, not only from Microsoft, that blows away the offerings on OS X. 

5.Price

Some people will say the MacBook Air is less expensive, but that is debatable. A Surface Pro 3 with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD and Type Cover would cost $1430. A 13.3-inch MacBook Air in the same configuration would cost $1300. 

So, the MacBook Air is cheaper right? Not so fast. You still do not have a tablet. To get the same features from Apple you also have to buy an iPad Air at $499. This means going Apple would cost an extra $370 and you would be juggling two device -- ouch! 

Conclusion
Overall, both the Surface Pro 3 and MacBook Air are great laptops -- the Surface Pro 3 is simply better. For the money, you are getting more features and access to more apps and programs. Even though the MBA overall is solid, the fact that Apple in 2014 can sell its customers a laptop without a touchscreen is beyond me. Not to mention, the display quality is so poor in comparison to the Surface Pro 3, that it is hard to believe they are both being sold in the same year. As someone who has spent a lot of time with the Surface Pro 3, I can assure you it is the real deal. 

The MacBook Air had a long run as the king of thin and laptops, but now it must be said -- All hail the new king, Surface Pro 3!