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Video converter with hardware accelerator
Turbo.264 HD adds an extra engine to your Mac and saves you time if you convert a lot of video. Whether you’re a camcorder enthusiast who puts home movies on an iPad or iPhone, or an EyeTV user who streams live TV, simply connect the Turbo.264.HD hardware accelerator and fasten your seat belt. Comes complete with Turbo.264 HD video converter software, which gives you an easy way to convert camcorder & video files for iPhone or iPad in an extremely high-quality format. The software can be used with or without the hardware accelerator.
Highlights
- Comes complete with video converter software for Mac, which can be used with or without the hardware accelerator
- Boosts the software’s speed of video conversion, especially on slower Macs
- Accelerates the delivery of EyeTV recordings to iPhone and iPad
- Maximizes the picture quality of the EyeTV app (available on the App Store for $4.99) by adapting the video stream to available bandwidth during live TV streaming
A software-only version of Turbo.264 HD is also available. Compare versions
Reviews
"The Turbo.264 HD eats video for breakfast..."
- Jake Gaecke, Appletell
"I have used it to convert more than 2500 video files. I think its safe to say that I know the product well... Elgato Turbo.264HD is the best device for converting all types of video formats money can buy. With its ability to trim out commercials, import DVD’s, and the blazing speed make this product one of the best I’ve reviewed in years."
MacTruth.com
"I'm floored by the speed at which it processes HD files. Simply stunned. The only satisfactory way i'd found to successfully convert HD .mkv files to .mp4 was using compressor and it often took up to 48 hours.. that's right, two days... and even then the sound was stereo. Now I can do it in just over twice realtime and keep the AC3 sound... I'm very, very impressed."
- Colin Blakeston, cameraman/editor and satisfied customer
It’s hard to overstate just how easy Turbo.264 HD is to install and use... Average users will find the process extremely simple, and by comparison with using iMovie, incredibly fast at taking videos from a camcorder and rendering them viewable on a computer.... for high-resolution output, it’s a speed demon."
- Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief, iLounge
"Doesn’t take a genius to see the difference in time saved here. A 15 minute difference... the benefits of using the Elgato Turbo.264 HD are obvious."
The bottom line. Pro editors already have specialized gear for encoding video, but for the average Mac user, Turbo.264 HD makes working with video—including 720p or 1080p HD—a much speedier process.
- Ray Aguilera, Mac | Life Magazine
If you are looking for quick and easy video encoding for home use, then this is it.
- Lance Olinger, Videomaker
"Converting Yellow Submarine to Apple TV format took 37 minutes with the Turbo.H264 HD plugged into the Mac mini... To see how much time I saved, I then grabbed this same Video_TS folder and ran it through HandBrake. It took more than three hours to convert the file."
- Christopher Breen, Macworld.com
"The Verdict: Elgato's turbo.264HD is a great encoder for those who need to basically do a lot of video encoding and want it done quickly. It's extremely intuitive, making it quick and simple to use, and is also the fastest one we've tried to date."
- Andi Wang, Gizmodo.com
"(it) has certainly wowed me... If you have an AVCHD camcorder owner or need to rip a lot of DVDs of homemade videos, I’d place the Turbo.264 HD on the “must-have” list"
- Dennis Sellers, Macsimum News
Personally, we're happy to get the fastest possible H.264 encoding available on a Mac today. Rating: 90%
- Tony Smith, Register Hardware, UK
"I really can’t be more positive about this device. Computing has become more and more media centric and the ability to quickly edit and convert video is now almost essential. If you own a TV device with the EyeTV 3 software then this device is verging on essential. If you convert on a regular basis whether for video podcasts, family video or even professionally I would highly recommend the hardware acceleration this device offers."
- DigMo
"Conclusion: I think Turbo.264 HD is an excellent hardware and software addition to any professional and consumer looking to do high quality encodes fast, on a Mac. It costs $149.95 and is well worth it. "
"A growing number of encoding/transcoding applications is using Turbo.264 or Turbo.264 HD when they find the USB stick plugged in, so in terms of speed and time saved, Elgato’s solution may be all you need."
"Ideal if you want to load up your iPhone, iPod or PSP for watching movies on the go, but it's not only the ability to drag files into the application that we like. The fact that it improves encoding time in other consumer editing applications like iMovie or the company's own EyeTV is also a bonus."
"Verdict: Simple but incredibly effective the Elgato Turbo.264 HD works and works well"
- Stuart Miles, Pocket-Lint
"The new one is a great gadget to own. Especially if you have a camcorder that can use it. Or, for the non-techy tpyes that just want a simple and easy method to put video on their iPod or Apple TV. Also, anyone that uses EyeTV should have a Turbo.264. They work together very well. […] I'm not afraid to recommend the Turbo.264 HD to anyone looking for a simple solution to video converting."
- Tim Verpoorten, Surfbits presents The MacReviewCast
"The Turbo.264 HD is a must-buy for any Mac user, amateur or pro, who dabbles heavily in video and does lots of footage converting. Ditto for heavy EyeTV users like me; it's already saved me tons of time."
"We've come to rely on the (original Turbo.264) as a key component in our production workflow, with keys installed on most production machines. The speed and encoding quality is unmatched, especially for a "consumer" level product being used in a professional environment. The only thing we could not handle were HD encodes. The new Turbo.264 HD is exactly what we have been waiting for, and after seeing the speed it is more than we could have imagined. It is truly an amazing product."
- Matt Silverman, Creative Director, Bonfire, www.bonfirelabs.com
"The speed increases can be utilized from within Quicktime Pro, iMovie and Final Cut Pro. So when you are ready to share your own creation with others you can benefit from directly within the application. In closing, I was struggling whether or not this was a four or five Moose product. I was leaning toward a 4 rating because of the price. But then I remembered the wise old saying that time is money and I immediately gave it a five moose rating."
"My wife and I don't always agree on what to watch, so I've made a tactical decision to let her have the big-screen TV whenever she wants to watch something on the Home and Garden Television channel. I'm fine with this since I've retrofitted the Apple iMac computer in my second-floor home office as an HDTV. An Elgato tuner is connected to this Mac, as well, along with a cheapo Radio Shack antenna, which makes for a fab viewing experience on the all-in-one computer's 24-inch display."
"It's a terrific device. It allows extraordinarily fast conversion from pretty much any video format to H.264, which is really the format of choice these days."
'For EyeTV owners especially it's a recommended buy, but for anyone who loves to share video by exporting it to one device or many will find this hardware encoder a godsend."
- Macworld Australia
