Update: Cyberlink is currently offering $20 off of PowerDVD Ultra , which is a great piece of software to play Blu-ray movies.
The goal of any media center user should be to store as much content as possible digitally. The release of the next generation of DVDs, known as HD-DVD or Blu-ray, was supposed to allow a “legal” way to copy your movies to a hard drive (referred as Managed Copy). Since Managed Copy is now dead, how is someone supposed to store the movies they own on a hard drive?
Here are two available products to remove the content protection. Note: The death of HD-DVD makes it less likely that Managed Copy will ever be implemented.
1. AnyDVD HD- This software appears to be the most popular right now. It costs $79 to buy and requires the use of CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra . The 21-day free trial will let you test it out.
2. DVDFab HD Decrypter- This free software works almost the same as AnyDVD HD. Since it is free, it might be worth trying it out first. This software also requires CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra .
June 20th, 2007 at 4:38 am
I thought that the appeal of the high def discs was that you could fit a lot of content onto one disc. What would be even cooler, is if you could burn an entire season of CSI, all to one disc. Instead of having to save things on your hard drive, you could store a month’s worth of television on a small disc.
June 20th, 2007 at 11:10 am
They run about 30-50 GBs. An hour of HD is about 8 GB.
Not sure if you can fit a whole season of CSI. By ripping it, you could move it around your house as well.