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Roxio Launches Toast
7
Monday, August 22, 2005
Roxio today announced Toast 7, the most significant
upgrade ever to its Mac CD & DVD burning suite.
Toast 7 will be publicly available direct from
Roxio starting August 31 and in stores in early
September.
Headlining the latest version is a number of
features that make previously impossible tasks
a reality for Mac users. These features include
multi-image High Definition slideshows with
pan and zoom effects, transitions and background
soundtracks, audio DVDs with over 50 hours of
rich Dolby quality music and advanced navigation,
and data spanning, which allows users to backup
large files, folders and applications across
multiple CDs and DVDs.
"Toast 7 delivers enhancements and features
that I've always wanted along with some ingenious
capabilities that I never even knew I needed,"
said Thomas Santee, Toast 7 beta tester. "Although
it's packed with new features, Toast 7 has the
same simple workflow and a design that I know
so well."
Toast 7 also supports DivX 6. The integration
of the latest compression technology allows
users to turn DivX format files into DVD-Video
discs. In addition, users are able to convert
any video file to DivX and turn iMovie HD and
FinalCut HD projects into true high-definition
video discs to enjoy in the comfort of their
living room on their DivX HD-enabled DVD player.
Toast 7 New Feature Highlights:
Save It
Data Spanning: Span large files and folders
across multiple CDs and DVDs. Quickly restore
an entire disc set or a single file.
Simple Hybrid: Create hybrid discs with unique
content for Mac or Windows users.
Customized Discs: Personalize your data discs
with custom icons and backgrounds.
iLife Browser: Instantly access all your music,
photos, and movies with the iLife media browser.
Hear It
Music DVDs: Enjoy audio DVDs in standard DVD
players with over 50 hours of music, on-screen
TV menus, and navigation with smart playlists
and shuffle play.
High Fidelity: Add Dolby Digital sound or full-quality
96 kHz, 24 bit audio.
Instant Audio Capture: Capture live audio to
add to iTunes with Roxio's Dashboard widget,
Desktop Recorder.
Extended Audio File Support: Convert audio files
to the newly supported OGG, FLAC, and AAC formats.
Use all popular formats including OGG and FLAC
in audio CDs and music DVDs.
See It
One-Step DivX to DVD: Turn DivX format files
into DVDs to watch in your living room.
HD CDs and DVDs: Turn iMovie HD or Final Cut
HD projects into DivX HD discs ? enjoy true
720p high-definition video on a standard CD
or DVD today.
Menu Styles: Select from a gallery of DVD menu
styles, and add chapter menus or slide menus
with shuffle mode.
Multi-Image HD Slideshows: Turn still photos
into stunning multi-image HD slideshows with
collages, motion effects, and soundtracks.
Extended Video File Support: Convert video files
to DivX, 3GPP, H.264, AAC and more. Watch on
your portable player, cell phone or Sony PlayStation
Portable. Convert audio tracks from DVDs into
audio CDs.
Copy It
DVD Compression: Compress and copy an entire
9 GB dual-layer DVD-Video to a standard 4.7
GB recordable DVD disc.
Flexible DVD Copy Options: Maximize video quality
by selecting the items on a DVD to copy such
as main movie, language and audio format.
VR Disc Copying: Import and copy from VR discs
created in set-top DVD recorders and camcorders.
Extract individual titles and chapters from
standard DVDs.
Auto Disc Mounting: Mount virtual image drives
directly from the desktop.
Pricing and Availability
Toast 7 will be available August 31st direct
from Roxio at ( http://www.roxio.com/go/toast7
) and will be widely available at retail stores
in early September for a suggested retail price
of US$99.95. Toast 7 is currently available
for pre-order from select online retailers.
In the United States, a $20 mail-in rebate will
be available on August 31 st to current owners
of Toast, Jam, Popcorn, The Boom Box, iLife,
and Mac OS X. Details are included in the box.
Registered Toast, Jam, Popcorn and The Boom
Box users will be eligible for other discounts
direct from Roxio.
*Article provided by www.cdrinfo.com |
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