cool device

i'm glad that my old dvd player conked out on me a couple of months ago because if it hadn't i wouldn't have bought my new and awesome dvd player. as with the usual dvd players it plays dvds (duh) and audio cds. and similar to the standard nowadays it also plays different types of media. (videos in avi format, audio files in wma and mp3 format. nice!) it also has a usb 2.0 port where it can play media files from a thumb drive or an external hard disk. once you pop in a cd or connect via usb in autoplays whatever media in can play. its media "explorer" is clean and easy to navigate displaying all the files in the usb device.

but wait there's more!

it can also rip audio cds. all you need is a cd to rip and a fairly large enough storage device where the output file will be saved. the ripping options are simple and few, the essentials:

ripping speed: normal/fast
create ID3 tags: yes/no
bitrate: 96/112/128/192/256/320 kbps
device: usb 1 (i'm guessing that other models have several devices to choose from. maybe several usb ports.)

the tracks can be selected individualy or with just one click of a button, all of them can be selected. there's also a summary of the number of tracks selected and the total playing time that is shown on the screen.

once you hit the start button it plays all the selected tracks one at a time and displays the ripping progress via a status bar and percentage completed. the resulting output file, which is in mp3 format(!), is saved in a folder RIPPING created by the dvd player in the root directory.

but wait there's more!

it can copy any file it can read from a cd/dvd to a usb device. selection of the files is similar to cd ripping track selection. it saves the files including the folders/subfolders in a folder FILES created by the dvd player.

but wait there's more!

the player itself is a space saver because its small and compact. it's about half the size of normal dvd players.

i couldn't ask for more. hmmm... well maybe TiVo eat bulaga or tayong dalawa and burn them to a dvd.

di mapakali, magdamag hinahanap

nababaliw tuwing naalala ang init
di malimutan kailangang muling makamit
ang tamis sa aking mga labi

spoiler me

so what have you been up to during the five day weekend?

me i just bummed at home watching a bunch of dvds mostly tv series. here's what i watched (chronological order),

friends season 1 (thursday) [hahaha!]
heroes episodes 1-16 (friday) [peter is so dreamy. claire is jail bait.]
grey's anatomy season 1 & 2 (saturday) [seriously, derek, make up your mind. seriously...]
friends season 2 (sunday) [om my god!]
prison break episodes 1-8 (monday) [michael scofield is too pretty to be in prison. i think that's why he needs to get out.]

can you spell couch potato?

well i did get got off of my lazy bum sunday. me, my mom and my sister went out and celebrated my birthday. hooray for late birthday munch outs! :D

here's a pic of me and my ma being silly. my sister orchestrated this picture...


five day weekends are great! we should institutionalize them. hehe.

so how was yours? :)

series

two straight weeks that i've missed watching c.s.i. and grey's anatomy. i suck.

good thing that holy week is coming. more than enough time to catch up on episodes that i've missed. five day ps2, movie and series marathons here i come!

yep, no penetensya for me. i know. i suck.

(must stock up on dvds and games. must. must.)