“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 14 – Toast 10 Titanium Pro
This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Aldo.
On the Fourteenth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) Toast 10 Titanium Pro from Roxio!
That’s right, Roxio released this monster update today at Macworld, and we are you giving you a chance to snag your very own copy of the Pro version of Roxio’s award-winning CD/DVD burning/Media Streaming/video compressing/Tivo-loving/ High-Def supporting/File Syncing/too much more to naming- software!
Toast had already long ago evolved from a mere CD/DVD burning application, but version 10 has so many cool new features that you may find it replaces many of your existing media applications. In fact, there’s so much cool stuff in Toast 10, even if you never burn a single disc you’re still going to want to pick it up! You can check out the full list of features here, but some of the cooler new features in version 10 are:
AVCHDâ„¢ Archive “ Backup original video from AVCHD camcorders direct to DVD or BD media in one easy step.
Mac2TiVo “ Send standard definition and HD video from your Mac to your TiVo DVR for viewing on your TV.
Web Video To Go “ Save Web video from your favorite video sharing sites to view offline, burn or convert it for viewing on portable players such as an iPod or iPhone.
On-the-go Entertainment “ Stream and watch television programs, such as EyeTV recordings and TiVoToGo transfers on your iPhone or iPod touch over Wi-Fi with the new iPhone native application Streamer®.
Portable Audiobooks “ Convert audiobook CDs into single audiobook files for playback on your iPod or other portable player“ complete with individual chapters “ no more individual audiobook chapter files scattered throughout your iTunes library or iPod.
Music Builder “ Expand your audio library by capturing streaming audio. Toast now automatically splits captured songs into tracks, tags them with title and artist information, and then sends them to iTunes.
Folder Sync “ Synchronize folders bi-directionally between multiple computers, network volumes or external hard disks.
Stunning DVDs “ Create personalized DVDs with any of the over 20 new DVD and Blu-ray Disc menu styles”available in both full screen and high-definition widescreen versions.
Plus, since you are winning the PRO version of Toast 10, you also get these five 3rd party apps designed to handle all your High-def, audio, and photo needs!
HD/BD Plug-In “ Author HD video content on to standard DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. Take high-def (HD) video footage from AVCHDâ„¢ camcorders, TiVo® and EyeTV and create Blu-ray Discs or even standard DVDs with HD content that can be played on any standard Blu-ray set top box or PlayStation® 3 game console.
SmartSound Sonicfire Pro “ Orchestrate the perfect sound track to accompany videos and slideshows. Use Sonicfire Pro’s unique automatic Mood Mapping feature or select from a library of included music tracks and adjust the mix and feel of the score to perfectly match your videos and slideshows.
BIAS SoundSoap “ Remove unwanted noise like wind, hisses, scratches, and pops from LPs, cassettes, or almost any audio, music or video soundtrack.
LightZone “ Produce striking photos in a simple and intuitive way. Sophisticated features such as zone mapping and relight give you the control to achieve professional quality results.
FotoMagico “ Turn pictures into spellbinding slideshows with a few simple clicks, and then present them in high definition. Innovative text, transition and alignment tools ensure astonishing results. Burn your slideshow to DVD or Blu-ray Disc for easy viewing and sharing.
To enter: Since Toast 10 is first and foremost about burning discs, leave us a comment telling us about a present you’ve received that was so bad you wanted to burn it. Literally. Winners will be picked randomly 7 days later and notified (kind of like in The Ring, only with less killing… we hope). This one’s open to US and Canadian readers ONLY. Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein! (Oh, and be sure to enter ALL our “12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaways!)
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cheap, ugly shirt from K-Mart that didn’t fit
My mom would give us fabric that she claimed she was going to make a shirt or something out of. She rarely ever did. She probably still has a trunk full of old 70’s stretch fabric.
A packet of Tesco Value toffees…
A pair of socks from my parents … come on … I’m 28 and I can buy my own stuff !!!
generic toiletry gift sets
A knit hat.
Visit with an ex…
I find it much more effective to burn the paper/boxes that the gift was wrapped in…unless it was cologne, which is much more combustible.
Everyone remembers getting socks and underwear as a kid.
nothing so terrible but lots of things that are still laying around in drawers
Well, speaking of burning, I received a grill tools set for being in my friend’s wedding party. I live in a condo where it’s illegal to have a grill and it’s really tough to use grill tools with my countertop george foreman lean mean fat reducing grilling machine.
I got a home made sweater from an aunt…itchy wool …. arrrrrrrrrrr… burn baby.. burn.
Socks.
Sweater… this last Christmas. Gift receipts saved it from the fire
Sweatshirt that made me break out in hives. (and I’m not allergic to anything that I know of)
Sadly I don’t think it would have burned…
Year back we got belt buckles which were sculpted into our various names. And they weren’t small…
The last thing you want is to have folks going “hey……” with that blank look of non-recognition then looking at your belt line and figuring out who you are.
(ugh)
My grandmother gave me a Journey-Frontiers beach towel for my 15th birthday because “she remembered me liking monsters”.
This literally did burn… wrapping paper and ribbons and and Well I cant remember if there was anything else cause I threw it it the trash.
I received a flashlight for christmas
A picture frame.
I just regift or donate what I don’t want.
A Windows mouse pad!!!
firecrackers! haha jk, but i did get a pair of socks
Any kind of pijama
A pack of cigs.
bamboo wind chimes – actually they would have made good garden torches come to think if it . . .
The ugliest teapot that you could ever imagine.
Had a relative give me a zebra striped Snuggie knock-off this year and she seems to think it is an excellent gift. Nothing like senile old aunts!
A sweater I can on describe as if a rabbit, a cheetah and a cow had a baby it would look like that.
A VTech singing/noisemaking/drive-everyone-in-the-house-crazy with the worst sound effects steering wheel toy for our kids. It has been banished to the garage – when the kids weren’t looking of course.
When I was 45 yrs old my mother-n-law gave me a book of Star Wars punch out paper dolls.
a coloring book….I’m 27!!
An ugly empty wallet.
I got nothing – nada. Not even a crayon kids card – so I wanted to burn the guy who neglected to give a single gift for 4 years for ANY occasion. No cards either.
I can’t think of anything too terrible, though I did once receive a “designer” pen. The free pens that my bank gives out worked better…
Horrible cologne. Not only did I want to get rid of it , but it would probably burn beautifully!
logs
japanese videogames that dont play on US consoles…
I got a Dollar Store DvD of a Canadian Mountie TV series… and they really thought I would like it
A candle! Oh, that is rich….(insert raspy laugh)
thong underware that my mother gave me
A pony.
Since I was awarded with the test-pilot of the month from Microsoft I received a download link of the Windows 7 Premium which is waiting to be burned so bad 😀
socks and scarf