I bought my husband Jerry an 80GB iPod Classic for Christmas. This is one of the newer models that has the ability to play videos, and Jerry just loves the thing! He never leaves home without it, whether he’s headed to work, going for a jog, or simply walking to the corner store for a gallon of milk. I guess he’s one of those people that needs to be entertained at all times!
The only problem with the iPod is that it doesn’t play standard video formats like AVI or MPEG without first putting the files through a converter program. Jerry has tried a few free converters that he found online, but didn’t like the results he got. So I started looking around for some commercial products that could do the job, and came across something called Roxio Crunch featured in the weekly deals at Buy.com. This is software that was designed specifically to convert video files to formats that are readable by Apple products like iPods, iPhones, and Apple TV.
Roxio Crunch is an easy, hassle-free way to convert AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, and DV files into an iPod-compatible format. The software allows for batch conversions, and also allows users to select which video and audio segments they want to convert from DVDs. For example, if you wanted to put only the bonus features from Transformers on your iPod instead of the whole movie, Roxio Crunch can help. If you want the Spanish or French audio track instead of English, that’s no problem either.
This sounds perfect for my husband, and best of all, it’s on sale at Buy.com for $32.99 — and includes a $23 mail-in rebate that brings the price down to just $9.99! Toss in free standard shipping, and this is clearly one deal that is too good to pass up! Father’s Day is just a couple weeks away, so the timing is perfect here.
If you’re stuck for gift ideas for Dad or simply love a great bargain, check out the Weekly Deals at Buy.com. There are so many choices available that you’re bound to find something you like!