Posts Tagged ‘CD’

12 Days Of Christmas – The Review

December 13th, 2008

Over the past 12 days we’ve recommended 12 different retailers to you for Christmas present ideas.  As we are at the end of it all we thought it would be a good idea for us to do a quick review of who the 12 retailers were.

  1. Apple
  2. 123-Reg
  3. Dell
  4. Amazon
  5. AVG
  6. Misco
  7. CD WOW
  8. Dabs
  9. HMV
  10. PC World
  11. The Carphone Warehouse
  12. I Want One Of Those

Which retailers have you used?  Who is your favourite retailer?

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in General, Internet | Comments (0)

12 Days Of Christmas – Day 9 – HMV

December 9th, 2008

The ninth retailer of Christmas is HMV.  HMV are mainly know for their shops spread around the country but they also have a good Internet order and delivery service.  They sell DVD’s, CD’s, Games, Blu-Ray and much more!  They also allow you to pre-order items so you can have them in your hand the day they are released for sale!  They always have some great deals going on so they are well worth a look!

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in General, Internet | Comments (0)

12 Days Of Christmas – Day 7 – CD WOW

December 7th, 2008

Our seventh recommended retailer for Christmas presents is CD WOW.  CD WOW specialise in five areas:

  • DVDs (Purchase and Hiring)
  • Cd’s
  • Games
  • Blu-ray
  • Beauty

Compared to the retailers named so far they are a relatively small company but they have loads of great deals and are a brilliant up and coming company!

Check out CD WOW!

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in General, Internet | Comments (1)

12 Days Of Christmas – Day 4 – Amazon

December 4th, 2008

Our fourth recommended retailer for Christmas presents is Amazon.co.uk! You name it, Amazon sell it! Amazon have a wide range of products available for very reasonable prices! Products vary from Books to DVDs to Cd’s to Games Accessories to Garden Equipment to Jewelry and much more! A great way to get your last minute presents is their voucher system where you can choose to either email, print off or have your vouchers posted to the recipient.

Check it out!

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in General, Hardware, Internet, Reviews, Software | Comments (0)

Windows DVD Maker

July 30th, 2008

You may or may not realise that Windows Vista Home Premium and Vista piece of Ultimate includes Windows DVD Maker.  Windows DVD Maker is a software which enables you to create DVD’s which are not just personalised but look professional too!

You can add a variety of media, such as; pictures, music and movies.  However….the DVD Maker doesn’t support some media format, for example: it doesn’t support music file formats which itunes use.  A way to over come this problem is on itunes make a playlist of the tracks you would like on the DVD, make a copy of the playlist on a CD.  Then import the CD using Windows Media Player ensuring that you don’t protect the files because that would prevent from being used in the DVD Maker.  Then insert the tracks that you imported through Windows Media Player.  (Make sure you don’t break any copyright laws when doing this!)

The thing I found most fustrating in the DVD Maker was that your ability to modify the actual movie/slideshow was very limited.  You don’t have much influence on the chapter/scene organisation and the transition between features.  I suggest that if want to produce a detailed and very personalised DVD then produce the actual movie on Windows Movie Maker and then import it into Windows DVD Maker to produce the menu’s and the physical DVD.  I’ll take this moment to remind you that if you don’t have a DVD burner you won’t be able to put the movie onto the disc.

You can download Windows Movie Maker for free for Vista or for XP.

Some ideas for using DVD Maker:

  • Make a holiday DVD
  • Birthday presents
  • Birthday DVD
  • Wedding DVD
  • Baby Photos

We think using DVD Maker is a great way of bringing the nation to the 21st century, why not watch a DVD of your holiday snaps instead of everyone crowding round the pack of photos!  It’ll probably work out cheaper too!

How do you make your DVD’s?  Would you like a tutorial?

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Applications, Reviews, Software | Comments (0)