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ADS Instant Video To Go Review

by colbert low on March 31st, 2007

In this review, Everythingusb puts the Instant Video To Go - the first USB H.264 external encoder - through a series of tests, including a video conversion of a 30min VOB from MPEG-2 to iPod-friendly AVC format in 640×480 at highest allowable bitrate at 1.5Mbps. The result was nothing short of breathtaking. Their 3-year old Celeron 2.2Ghz was able to finish the encoding almost in real-time. Without the ADS USB encoder, Videora could only accomplish the same task in 4 hours. However, after they repeated the same test on a Intel Duo Core 1.83Ghz, Videora was able to make use of the extra core, and was able to match the speed that of the Video To Go.

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POSTED IN: Handhelds, Portable Video

1 opinion for ADS Instant Video To Go Review

  • Tim
    Jun 22, 2007 at 6:08 am

    Bad product. It doesn’t work with AppleTV as advertised. It doesn’t maintain aspect ratios (making wide-screen content look BAD), and it can’t handle DVDs (although individual vobs are supported)

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