Contest #2: Speed Up Your Video Conversion With the Turbo.264!

[Vincent Ferrari]

<p><em>"Turbo.264 is a powerful hardware encoding device that quickly converts any video to the advanced H.264 (MPEG-4) format without using your Mac's resources. Work, watch TV and surf the web while you encode video with no reduction in processing speed. Turbo.264 supports many third-party Mac video applications as well as EyeTV. Turbo.264 also comes with its own software to quickly drop any video into iTunes to sync with an iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV."</em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1230920386.usr18053.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>One of the first reviews I wrote for the Apple Phone Show (and for <a href="http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f305/encoding-fast-lane-el-gato-turbo-264-reviewed-31745.html" target="_blank">Digital Home Thoughts</a>) was the <a href="http://elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Accessories/Turbo264/product1.en.html" target="_blank">Turbo.264</a>.&nbsp; Frankly, it's one of the few products I've ever tested that didn't make over inflated claims it couldn't match in the real world.&nbsp; Even though it claims it accelerates H.264 encoding dramatically, and your mind may boggle that it only plugs into a USB port, it really does do exactly what it says it does; a refreshing change in the tech world.</p><p>So what better way to prove it than to give one away?</p><p>The rules for this one are really simple.</p><p>We all need a laugh.&nbsp; The economy is in shambles, unemployment is high, and people are in a funk.&nbsp; We need to be broken out of that funk and here's how we're going to do it.&nbsp; You're gonna share your favorite funny (and relatively clean, please) viral video in the comments of this post (just a link is fine, you don't have to embed anything).&nbsp; On Monday, January 12th, we will pick one winner at random from the comments section to win the Turbo.264 and get on their way to faster happier H.264 encoding.</p><p>That's it.&nbsp; Really simple, right?&nbsp; Here are the rules in brief...</p><p>1.&nbsp; Post a comment on this post with your favorite funny viral video.&nbsp; Entry deadline is 11:59pm Eastern Time January 11th.</p><p>2.&nbsp; One winner will be chosen at random from the received comments on January 12th.</p><p>3.&nbsp; All decisions are final.</p><p>4.&nbsp; NO WHINING.</p><p>Good luck, and make us laugh, will ya?</p>

[codedisaster]

One of my recent favorites:

Mac Vs. PC: Transformers Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbJ8YPHwXM

[mv]

Well, IMO, the "ken lee" video is the funniest viral ever.

So, if you haven't seen it yet, cause you just came from the moon, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT18LZItBLA

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Have fun!!

[Vincent Ferrari]

Well, IMO, the "ken lee" video is the funniest viral ever.

So, if you haven't seen it yet, cause you just came from the moon, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT18LZItBLA

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Have fun!!

That is the first time I've ever seen it and truthfully, my life is better for it :-)

[courtenay27]

Ninja Cat is definitely one of my favorite videos that I saw this past year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjks_M

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[ianbjor]

I love the Hitler's Downfall meme, but this one on the Nikon D3X had me rolling:

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[canux]

For me, this never gets old...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs

[doogald]

I know that the contest is over, but I just had to add this recent one:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E

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(Seriously, Microsoft needs to consider trying to steal some marketing talent from Apple, because this just completely undermines the potential usefulness of this utility.)

[Vincent Ferrari]

(Seriously, Microsoft needs to consider trying to steal some marketing talent from Apple, because this just completely undermines the potential usefulness of this utility.)

This wouldn't be the first time, but isn't that girl's laptop a Powerbook / MacBook Pro?

[doogald]

This wouldn't be the first time, but isn't that girl's laptop a Powerbook / MacBook Pro?

That's what people have said; it would be really funny if you could see the Apple logo light through that sticker.

Looking that the photo that came with the video, are there any coffee shops where the waitress carries cups for customers in disposable paperboard cup carriers?

("Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?")

[Vincent Ferrari]

("Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?")

I don't see what the problem with that is... Microsoft is known the world over for making innovative and easy to use products and software... :rolleyes:

[doogald]

And then there is this:

<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2809991&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2809991&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/">Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user759504">Joe Nicolosi</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.