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Contest is now over. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein readers Rob, Chris, and Kaitlyn.

$50? I think we can do better than that!

Whether you want to admit it or not, we’re living in an HD world folks, and your crappy SD footage just ain’t gonna cut it. It’s time to run out and steal yourself an HD camcorder, download some Torrented HD shows, and rip some Hollywood Blu-Ray discs and then start compressing that sweet crisp footage for your iPhone, iPod, Apple TV and iPad.

What? You can’t? What’s the matter? Don’t you own Turbo.264 HD video Converter by Elgato, the world’s fastest and most versatile piece of video compression software specifically geared towards the iOS lifestyle? Well why not? Perhaps, judging from the fact that you are stealing camcorders and pirating videos, maybe the $50 price tag is holding you back. Well, while we personally think $50 is a steal for this software, we understand times are tough, and that’s why we’ve teamed up with our good friends at Elgato to give 3 lucky readers their very own copy of the hottest compression software on the Mac App store.

Turbo.264 HD video Converter
Convert any video file to a very high-quality format that you can play on an iPhone and iPad and share with friends on the web. Turbo.264 HD software can handle nearly any kind of video file, including Unencrypted DVDs, downloads, MKV files, AVI files, and much more.

Input formats
AVCHD Video, QuickTime, AVI, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Program/Transport Stream, MPEG-4, MP4, M4V, .MTS, H.263, H.264 AVC, Xvid, VIDEO_TS and many more.

Output formats
iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, YouTube, YouTube HD, HD 720p, HD 1080p, Sony PSP®, plus flexible custom profiles.

Full list of features here, but trust us, you want it.

How to Enter:
There are two ways to enter. First, anyone leaving a comment below will automatically be entered in the contest. But for a second, and even THIRD chance to win, just follow me on Twitter (click here or the giant Twitter icon below). I’ll pick one random winner from the comments, and TWO random winners from Twitter. Winners will be picked randomly on the holiest of holy days, February 2nd, Groundhog’s Day. Good luck!