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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Elgato Turbo.264 Software Update: Version 1.1</h1></div>
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<p>Elgato Turbo.264 Software Update: Version 1.1</p>
<p>Adding iPhone Support, Customizable Settings, and Much More</p>
<p>Munich/San Francisco, August 06, 2007 -- Elgato has released a<br />
complimentary software update adding a number of new features to<br />
the Elgato Turbo.264, a hardware video encoding accelerator in USB stick<br />
format. Elgato Turbo.264 now supports iPhone video, offers<br />
user-customizable settings for video conversion, and enables manual<br />
selection of sound tracks from DVDs. Furthermore, this software update to<br />
Turbo.264 version 1.1 includes improved widescreen detection, performance<br />
improvements, and a number of bug fixes.</p>
<p>The Elgato Turbo.264 1.1 application now supports Apple's latest<br />
bestseller, the iPhone. Two iPhone presets follow Apple's recommendations;<br />
4:3 source material produces 480x360 pixel video, 16:9 source is encoded as<br />
480 x 270 pixels.</p>
<p>Elgato Turbo.264 1.1 offers more than just two iPhone presets, however. By<br />
popular demand, users can set, save, and name their own presets. Users can<br />
choose video parameters such as size, aspect ratio, frame rate and bit<br />
rate, as well as audio encoding parameters, and save those settings for<br />
future exports.</p>
<p>Many DVDs have multiple audio tracks. With Elgato Turbo.264 1.1, the user<br />
can easily choose the main feature and choose the sound track to use in the<br />
improved Info dialog.</p>
<p>Widescreen format feature films are sometimes encoded on DVD as 16:9 video<br />
with horizontal black bars at the top and bottom (letterboxed). The Elgato<br />
Turbo.264 update recognizes such content and automatically offers<br />
"Widescreen" encoding. When this option is active, Elgato Turbo.264 encodes<br />
only the actual video information, resulting in smaller files sizes without<br />
compromising picture quality*</p>
<p>In addition, the update offers numerous improvements and bug fixes. Encoder<br />
firmware and software decoder optimizations lead to improved performance,<br />
higher video quality, and improved stability. Auto-detection of 16:9<br />
sources was improved, and some problems decoding 1080i HD sources were<br />
fixed.</p>
<p>About Elgato Turbo.264</p>
<p>(<a href="http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_turbo264" title="http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_turbo264">http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_turbo264</a>) Elgato Turbo.264 is a<br />
hardware encoder in USB stick format, which accelerates video conversion on<br />
the Mac by a factor of 4 to 10. The combination of hard- and software<br />
relieves the Mac of the processor-intensive task of converting video into<br />
high-quality H.264 (MP4) format for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV und Sony PSP.<br />
Elgato Turbo.264 frees up the CPU for other tasks - like a co-processor for<br />
the Mac. Elgato Turbo.264 supports all Macs with USB 2.0 ports and<br />
accelerates exports by a factor of 4 (Intel Core 2 Duo) to 10 (PowerPC G4),<br />
dependent on destination format and processor speed.</p>
<p>The box includes a hardware encoding dongle and Elgato Turbo.264 video<br />
conversion software. Elgato Turbo.264 converts videos, using simple<br />
drag-and-drop, into four preset formats (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and Sony<br />
PSP). It also offers user-defined conversion settings, supports batch<br />
conversions and the export of non-copy-protected DVD contents (VOB files).<br />
Elgato Turbo.264 also accelerates the export from leading Macintosh video<br />
programs, such as iMovie , QuickTime Player Pro, Final Cut Pro and EyeTV.</p>
<p>Price and Availability</p>
<p>Elgato Turbo.264 is available for $99.95 in the Elgato Online Store, the<br />
Apple Store and in retail outlets. The box includes a USB 2.0 hardware<br />
encoder, Elgato Turbo.264 software, a user guide on CD-Rom, a Quick Start<br />
Guide and a USB extension cable.</p>
<p>About Elgato Systems</p>
<p>(<a href="http://www.elgato.com" title="http://www.elgato.com">http://www.elgato.com</a>) Elgato Systems is the home of internationally<br />
acclaimed EyeTV software, the world's leading TV software for the Mac.<br />
Elgato's award-winning EyeTV hardware offers a complete range of solutions<br />
to watch, record, and edit Standard Definition Television (SDTV) and High<br />
Definition Television (HDTV) on the Mac, and to create video content for<br />
the iPod, Apple TV, and iPhone.</p>
<p>Founded in 1992 by Markus Fest, the creator of Toast software, Elgato is a<br />
privately held company with headquarters in Munich, Germany and a US<br />
subsidiary in San Francisco, California. (<a href="http://www.elgato.com" title="http://www.elgato.com">http://www.elgato.com</a>)</p>
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