Testseek.com have collected 25 expert reviews of the Elgato Turbo.264 USB and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Elgato Turbo.264 USB.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Expedites video conversion
Reduces load on processor
Allows for greater multi-tasking during processing
Intuitive and very easy to use
Batch conversion
Small footprint
Fast encodes
Keeps system resources free while doing most of the dirty work
Solid one-click EyeTV support
Excellent value for the speed that can be achieved
Small USB device
Massive assistance to slower systems
Frees up main CPU
Integrates with QuickTime Pro
Final Cut
And iMovie
Easy batch conversions
The editors didn't like
None
No encoding options are offered
Programs must be able to export using QuickTime
The quality was occasionally worse than other encoding tools
Cannot encode in HD. 780 support would have been welcomed.
Cant convert DVDs directly
No custom settings
No subtitles from DVDs
Expedites video conversion, Reduces load on processor, Allows for greater multi-tasking during processing, Intuitive and very easy to use, Batch conversion
Abstract: The company says that the Turbo.264 accelerates exports by a factor of four on an Intel Core 2 Duo up to a factor of 10 on a Power PC G4. In other words, the rate of acceleration depends on the Mac processor type. The Turbo.264 is designed to offlo...
Abstract: Elgato, makers of eyetv 3, have come out with another way to convert your video files. The turbo.264 is a quick and easy way to convert your videos to H.264(mp4) files. You can play the resulting files on several players. Most importantly, this Mac...
Abstract: I love Elgatos Turbo.264, and I hate Elgatos Turbo.264. I love it for what it can do, and I hate it for what it doesnt even try to do. Mostly, though, I just love it. I can say this because Ive come to terms with its limitations, and once youre ...
Abstract: Steve Douglas Im one of those types who, once I get into a groove, hate to stop to answer phones or even take a break. Youve all been there. You tell your loved one, "Ill just be 15 minutes" and before you know it, 3 hours have gone by. Ive always...
Abstract: When the Turbo.264 was announced, I was immediately skeptical. How could a USB dongle make H.264 encoding faster? It had to be marketing spin. Was it?Read on for the full review! Page 1 of 5 | Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next Discuss this story [1 reply]L...
Abstract: Steve Douglas Im one of those types who, once I get into a groove, hate to stop to answer phones or even take a break. Youve all been there. You tell your loved one, "Ill just be 15 minutes" and before you know it, 3 hours have gone by. Ive always...
Abstract: Elgatos Turbo.264 addresses this problem. The device is a powerful hardware encoding accelerator designed to do one thing: crunch the numbers that make up the H.264 encoding process. It takes the heavy lifting off your CPU, freeing it up to do other t...
Testing on a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with 2GB RAM, exporting a movie to iPhone using the Turbo.264 on default settings with Quicktime Pro used less than 50% CPU and took about 11 minutes, whereas exporting the same movie with the same settings...
Abstract: Turbo.264 consists of three parts: the dongle, a USB extension cable, and a CD-ROM with a piece of attractively designed, simple video transcoding software from Elgato. You need to install the software first—we’d recommend updating via Elgato&...
