NetDVD Review and Twitter Giveaway
***Enter the Twitter giveaway by clicking the 'retweet' button to your left and following @NetbookReviews on Twitter! Read more about the software and giveaway below***
NetDVD is a software developed by the folks over at Blue Lion Software and it's an inexpensive way to install software from CD's / DVD's on your "disk driveless" netbook. To put it simply, the software connects to the server machine (your laptop or desktop with a disk drive) and then you run the client software on your netbook and like magic you can operate the disk drive that's on your laptop through your netbook. The benefits of this are obvious - if you have software on a CD or DVD then you can simply run NetDVD and install the software on your netbook without having to pay for a more expensive external DVD drive. I created a quick demo video for you to check out below:
There is a try and buy option so if you want to ensure it works for your particular set up before buying that option is available to you. You can download or buy the software here, or you can win one of five free copies!
There are two ways to win one of five free NetDVD licenses and both involve Twitter:
1. Retweet this story to your Twitter followers. Simply click the tweet button in the top left corner of this blog post and I will be able to track which Twitter users Retweet the story and thus are entered in the random drawing. (2 licenses will be given way with this method)
2. Follow @NetbookReviews (our Twitter profile) and you are eligible to win this software for free (3 licenses will be given away with this method)
More Contest Details / Legalities:
Because this is not a physical product the contest is open to anyone in the world (void where prohibited). The contest runs for just 10 days and the winners will be contacted via Twitter direct message and given one week to claim their prize before another random drawing occurs. You can enter via both methods listed above to increase your chances of winning.
As always feel free to discuss this software in the forum or via the blog comments. Good luck!
Tagged: Netbook Drive, NetDVD, Twitter
Not expecting to be a winner, so I may just purchase. Sounds like a great development!
Thanks,
Beth
Hey that’s not the attitude
Do both methods to double your chances. Also, so far only 4 people have retweeted this post so you have a 50% chance to win
Nice software…but people should consider:
1)Almost no software is distributed on cd/dvd anymore unless you buy at a retail store…it’s all downloadable
2)If you already own a machine with a cd/dvd drive, then it’s extremely simple to either copy the contents of the cd to a USB stick or external USB hard drive…or…convert the cd to an ISO file and then plop that ISO on a USB stick or drive.
3)For the price of the $25 software, you could buy an external USB dvd drive for about $15 more and it would be compatible with any computer.
Not knocking the software…just stating some alternatives.
2 other methods:
1)On the computer with the cd drive, zip up the cd contents and upload them to a free site like http://www.yousendit.com or sendspace.com. Then go to your netbook and go to that site to download.
2)If you are like most people, you have an AOL Instant Messenger account. Create a new AOL IM account (like EricNetbookAccount) and log into that on your netbook…then log into your desktop with your normal AOL IM account. You can send files through AOL IM using the Classic 5.9 version (other versions may work but 5.9 always works)…just zip up the cd contents and send the ZIP file to your other AOL IM account…but it will go blazingly fast because your computers are on your home network and thus AOL IM is smart enough to detect this and does not pass the file through the internet cloud. I use this method often for large transfers (like more than 2GB) unless I have a USB stick handy.