Re: SlySoft's latest AnyDVD HD release strips BD+ from Blu-ray Discs

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It's cool that you could actually rip an entire BD disc, but you will sacrifice disc space on your PC or external drives. If you want to burn it on a disc you'll need an expensiver Bluray burner and the still expensive blank Bluray discs.

dude if whining about disk space is what your oding, wlel newegg has 750 gig drives for just alittle over 100

and the burners keep falling.

I dont really wanna burn, but will most likely try just cause.

Thanks for the heads up Falcon

The MAIN REASON why SONY PUSHED the studios to go Blu Ray.... JUST WENT DOWN THE DRAIN: TOTAL SECURITY.

xplaytendo... that might have been the "main reason" to convince FOX to support Blu-ray, but the others were likely swayed by various reasons (not just 'security'), such as the potentially huge PS3 base of support. Also Sony itself would be exclusive to just Blu-ray (and they control MUCH content), and would be putting their full weight against HD-DVD... etc - things like that.

While I understand the thinking behind 'security', HDCP, etc, I personally am against it's use since most of us are willing to be honest and legally pay for our HD content.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

NO contest here LH.... Given that the Pandora's Box has now been widely opened... we will see blu-ray titles being patched with new security codes... only to be decrypted by Slysoft.

As for piracy... it's inevitable in the consumer market. That's the REALITY of it. Once the blu-ray burners begin to sell for $100, with each blank disc a FRACTION of a blu-ray title... PEOPLE WILL BURN MOVIES... Worse: Get ready for BOOTLEG movies on sale everywhere.

This is, of course: Should manufactures DO release cheaper blu-ray burners & inexpensive blu-ray platters. Otherwise, decrypted blu-ray movies will reside in hard drives in a tivo-like manner.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Mar 19, 2008]

Whoa! ^above^ (scary for the studios)

...Here's hoping that maybe the prices of released Blu-ray discs will come down faster. (a counter attack as the format grows?)

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Retail the blu-ray movies for around $15 to $20... TOPS! Not a Sale price of $15 to $20. Make it impractical for people to copy movies, due to inexpensive prices of blu-ray titles! That's the only way the studios will reap profits.... IN THE LONG TERM. Well, THAT & much much cheaper standalone blu-ray players.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Mar 19, 2008]

Quality is 1:1. The software simply removes all the copy code protection from the disk. Then extracts the files to your hard drive. PS You need a really really fast computer!!! With ample Hard Disk space and a HD ready Video card, on top of the BD-Rom drive. For Example my machine

2 Dual Core 2.8Ghz Xeon Processors
3 Gigs of RD-Ram PC-800
73 Gig boot Drive + 2 500 Gigs storage drives
Windows XP Prof.
ATI 2600HD Video Card
on top of the sound blaster HD sound card
and the LG BD-ROM/ XBOX Toshiba 802a HD DVD Rom + Toshiba 902 HD DVD writer.

Oh yeah Power DVD Version 7.3 with HD DVD/BR support

This is just the basic stuff to run HD. I recommend faster stuff than this to get the ripping performance.

[Post edited by ReaggieP on Mar 19, 2008]

OMG, just wait for the black market to start ripping everything Blu Ray over to HD DVD, and everything HD DVD over to Blu Ray.

All studios, all titles, available on every HDM format.

Against the law?? Of Course, but might any of you been driving home this evening at 60 in a 55 zone.

That would be illegal too.

I would not be the one to rip HDM and openly distribute it to everyone online, but to be able to watch Blu Ray and HD DVD titles on an HTPC without the addition of $1000 of extra HDCP compliant hardware would be enough for me...

I think (?) you can back up your own copy to a computer BUT you cannot share it or make multiple copies. At least that's the way I understand it. Heck I bought Blue Harvest and it includes a version to throw on your PC.

If this had occurred and was announced in late December 2007, do you think that would have changed the outcome of the format war? Security/piracy was cited as one of the big pluses for Blu-Ray. Sure wish HD-DVD could have held on longer, more news like this perhaps could have helped sway companies to consider nuetrality plus HD-DVD was and still is a better designed product right from inception.