“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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never wanted to burn a gift before. but would *would* want to burn something with Toast 10
a shirt from mother-in-law…
Cologne that smells like a bottle of gin.
X-mas wasn’t too bad, but I guess it was those socks I got… They’d burn real good too….
A feminine looking pullover
The leopard print snuggie I just got for Christmas. yuck!
A Dell DJ
I got another jacket. I now have six jackets that basically look the same.
Enya, The Complete Works
A collection of 20 pig figurines bought at an estate auction.
Just can’t think of anything so bad it couldn’t be regifted. 🙂
I got a manicure kit from my grandparents once. Not exciting.
A serving bowl in pink glass in the shape of a duck. Alas it wouldn’t burn. Fortunately a old lady with no taste was discovered who “loved it” (hopefully not in the biblical sense).
a calculator
A sweater from my then future mother in law
A ugly bowl from QVC.
socks
my mom gave me a sweater i swear was straight off the Cosby Show set
toilet seat
Slippers
A fruitcake… I actually tried to burn it thinking it would be like a fireplace log… have you ever smelled a tire burning?
Firewood.
A shoe. One shoe.
Any of the numerous dishes my brother has cooked and brought to my holiday party. His mac-and-cheese is legendarily bad in my family.
There have been a few t-shirts I’ve received that really weren’t my taste.
Stetson cologne. Should have a pretty cool display if I’d torched it!
A copy of Windows Vista.
At the office white elephant xmas party, I won a ‘crystal clock’ (Sav-on/Rite-Aid quality item). Everyone else got 1.5L of hard liquor.
An ugly sweater.
Right after I put in a 5.1 surround sound in the bedroom I was given one of those iPod dock alarm clocks… I have never used it.
an indoor smores making kit
Scented candles. Yuck.
Tortilla press…. BURN BABY BURN!
Curious George shit! Yeah I get it my name is George but I already have been given every damn curious George item known to man stop it already!
jeans… i hate denim
No gift is ever that bad! You can regift anything!!
Any sweater. I do not wear sweaters.
I got nuttin.
any underwear
One of those summer sausage gift boxes (I’m vegetarian)
A series of (broken) flashlights – sadness!
I once received a non-valuable, random, non-collectible, non-decorative assortment of glass jars. I wanted to burn them, alas glass doesn’t so much burn as melt–and even then you need a VERY hot fire.
A gun rack… I don’t own a gun let alone many guns that would necessitate a gun rack! Seriously though, coasters, I mean really who wants coaster, my burner makes enough of those!
I received a blanket with a large image of a wolf on it
A wine bottle candle. It was given by my mother in law. Finally tried burning and it almost caught my house on fire. It melted down the side and tipped over.
That’d have to be the year my sister got me a very nice sweater a few sizes too small, which conveniently fit her to a “tee”. Hmn. Not a big sweater fan, anyway..
a board game called GO. never heard of it before, and in this age of video games, why?!? never opened it … ever.
an old partially melted candy bar 🙁
some awful candy
A Pencil sharpener that looks like a cat. You lift the tail to insert the pencil!
Hey Doc, in your post you have this listed “That’s right, Roxio released this monster update today at Macworld” Macworld today?