Money Waster of the day : 4U Download YouTube Video!
On this second post of this series, I would like to present 4U Download YouTube Video as the winner of Money Waster of the day! Here are the functions which this software claims to do for you :
1. Downloads YouTube videos on your computer.
2. Converts and saves them in various formats like MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, DivX, XviD etc.
3. Lets you extract audio from the video to various audio formats like Mp3, AC3, AAC etc.
4. You can also transfer the videos from your computer to iPod, PSP, iPhone, PDAs etc.
And all this for just $ 39.95!
WOW! I really don’t know what were they thinking when they were setting up the price of this software. All the above mentioned tasks can be easily achieved by various free online services, rather various free softwares too.
Let’s check them one by one :-
1. Download YouTube videos :
- KeepVid (online)
- KissYouTube (online)
- Orbit Downloader (software)
- VideoDownloadX (online) (converts as well)
- ZamZar (online) (converts as well)
2. Converts in various format :
- Vixy (online)
- KeepV (software)
- Media Converter (online)
3. Extract Audio from videos :
All the above mentioned online converters can extract the audio too!
4. Transfer video from software to various gadgets :
Don’t you already have a software like that if you use that gadget ?
Now, if I can do all the above mentioned task from simple online utilities which offer much more features than 4U Download YouTube Video, then why in the world, I’ll pay 40 odd dollars for that application ?
So, 4U Download YouTube Video falls under the Money Waster of the Day category!
Other Important Articles
- Jodix Video MP3 extractor – Extract MP3 from Videos!
- ZamZar – Free File Conversion Service!
- Jodix Free iPod Video Convertor!
- KMPlayer : Decent Audio and Video Playing Software!
- How to unlist your videos from Google Video Search!
Pat
January 19th, 2008 at 11:21 pm #
Here is a nice web site where you can search, view and download YouTube videos.
http://www.ilikeyoutube.com/
Enjoy.
ReviewSaurus
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 am #
@ Pat : Thanks for the comment and telling us about ilikeyoutube.com :)
steveking
March 19th, 2008 at 1:13 pm #
YouTubeRobot.com today announces YouTube Robot 2.0, a tool that enables you to download video from YouTube.com onto your PC, convert it to various formats to watch it when you are on the road on mobile devices like mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune.
YouTube Robot allows you to search for videos using keywords or browse video by category, author, channel, language, tags, etc. When you find something noteworthy, you can preview the video right in YouTube Robot and then download it onto the hard disk drive. The speed, at which you will be downloading, is very high: up to 5 times faster than other software when you download a single file and up to 4 times faster when you download multiple files at a time.
Manual download is not the only option with YouTube Robot. You may as well schedule the download and conversion tasks to be executed automatically, even when you are not around. Downloading is followed by conversion to the format of your choice and uploading videos to a mobile device (if needed). For example, you can plug in iPod, select the video, go to bed, and when you wake up next morning, your iPod will be ready to play new YouTube videos.
Product page: http://www.youtuberobot.com
Direct download link: http://www.youtuberobot.com/download/utuberobot.exe
Company web-site: http://www.youtuberobot.com
E-mail: support@youtuberobot.com
YouTube Downloader
June 10th, 2008 at 10:00 am #
I think the price is way too high,in fact ,there are many free tool could also download youtube videos easily.