Digital Home Thoughts - News & Reviews for the Digital Home

Since it's Monday, and no one likes Mondays, I figured I'd give away a piece of hot hardware. Here's our seventh giveaway, courtesy of AudioEngine: one set of their AW1 Wireless Audio Adaptors, valued at $149.99 USD, will be given away. Here's a bit about the product:

"Transfer music wirelessly from any audio device or computer to your Audioengine powered speakers, surround receiver, or powered subwoofer. CD-quality HD stereo sound with no reduction in audio quality. Hear all your music - no dropouts, static, or noise. Some pretty clever engineering means your music remains free from interference from wireless routers, cordless and mobile phones, microwave ovens, Bluetooth and WiFi devices."



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me how you'd envision yourself using this product (this configuration chart might help). Where would you pull audio from, and where would you send it to? There's one post per person allowed, and one winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to AudioEngine for their donation of this hardware!

Here's our sixth giveaway, courtesy of Corel: two copies of Intervideo WinDVD 8 Platinum, valued at $69.99 USD each will be given away. Here's a bit about the product:

"InterVideo WinDVD 8 is the world's #1 DVD and video playback software, with over 175 million copies sold worldwide. Enjoy crystal-clear, smooth playback of your standard and High-Def video and audio. Movie buffs, frequent flyers and anyone who enjoys watching video clips on a PC will enjoy the WinDVD 8 digital entertainment experience."


Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me what your favourite movie is on DVD. That's it! There's one post per person allowed, and two winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to Corel for their donation of this software!

Here's our fifth giveaway, courtesy of Roxio: five copies of their Crunch software, valued at $39.99 USD each will be given away. Here's a bit about the product:
"Roxio Crunch™ is the essential video converter for your Apple TVTM, iPod®, and iPhoneTM. Take your video in to the living room or the palm of your hands fast and simple. Roxio Crunch is a one-stop shop for all of your video conversion needs. Batch export will make your life even simpler: converted video will be automatically added to iTunes for syncing. Don’t just convert it, Crunch it!"



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me what kind of device you'd like to "crunch" video for. Or, take a look at the feature list and tell me what feature you think is the best. There's one post per person allowed, and five winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to Roxio for their donation of this software!

Here's our fourth giveaway, courtesy of Pinnacle: one Dazzle Video Creator Platinum, valued at $89.99 USD. Here's a bit about the product:

"You can archive footage directly to DVD or produce movies using the simple, yet powerful editing tools. You can trim videos and add great-looking effects, transitions and background music. Movies can be burned to DVD or made ready for viewing on portable media players, such as the Apple iPod or Sony PSP. The device’s hardware encoding produces high quality results without tying up your precious system resources."



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me what how you'd use this. What kind of old VHS footage to you have? Or would you capture video from another source? What's the best feature this product has? There's one post per person allowed, and three winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to Pinnacle for their donation of this hardware!

Here's our third giveaway, courtesy of Corel: two copies of Corel DVD Copy 6 Plus, valued at $49.99 USD each. Here's a bit about the product:

"Corel® DVD Copy 6 Plus makes copying DVDs and converting video easy. Enjoy full disc copying features, and convert video in three simple steps for sharing by email, on the Web, iPod®, iPhone™, PSP®, Zune™, mobile phones or portable media players. Easy, fast and reliable, DVD Copy 6 lets you take your video where you want to go. DVD Copy offers a simple process to complete most tasks: Just choose Source, Target drive and Format, click Start, and you're on your way to a perfect copy!? Copy video directly from the internet, make perfect 1:1 copies of DVDs, or select just the chapters you want to copy."


Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me either what features in Corel DVD Copy 6 Plus would be the most useful to you. There's one post per person allowed, and two winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to Corel for their donation of this software!

Here's our second giveaway, courtesy of Proporta: three of their USB Mobile Device Chargers, valued at $44.95 USD each will be given away. Here's a bit about the product:

"The Award Winning Proporta Mobile Survival Kit includes the extremely popular USB Mobile Device Charger (USB Rechargeable Battery). This handy product charges from any standard USB port (so it works with ALL Proporta power/charging products in your car, home or office) and stores an impressive 3400 mAh of power for when you need it."



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me what kind of device(s) you'd use the Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger with, or post a story about an occasion when you really wished you'd had a power pack like this. There's one post per person allowed, and three winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to Proporta for their donation of this hardware!

Here's our first giveaway, courtesy of NTI (NewTech InfoSystems): four copies of NTI Backup Now 5, valued at $49.99 USD each. Here's a bit about the product:

"NTI Backup Now 5 improves on the best PC backup protection available. NTI's newest version is the only backup software to provide completely modular upgrade path. Start with Standard version for stand-alone and complete network backup of all attached PCs. Backup to Hard Drives, Flash Drives, CD, DVD or choose any attached drive letter."



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me either what feature of NTI Backup Now 5 you think would be the most useful, or post a story about your own experience losing data (or having the most awesome data protection scheme on the planet). There's one post per person allowed, and four winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to NTI for their donation of this software!