Slysoft officially releases AnyDVD HDSlysoft has announced the first official release of AnyDVD HD, with support for AACS and HD DVD. In a press release, the company takes pride in offering a product that enables average computer users to take advantage of their "fair use rights" easily.
Here is the changelog...
* New: added HD DVD and AACS support
(registered users need an upgrade key for HD DVD & AACS support)
* New: added support for new versions of SONY’s ARccOS protectionto the option "Remove Protection based on unreadable Sectors"
* Added AnyDVD HD Ripper
* Fixed: Problem with multi-angle titles and Sony Arccos protection
* Some minor fixes and improvements
* Updated languages
AnyDVD HD also fixes some annoyances that HD DVD content protection enforces on some PC users. AnyDVD HD allows you to...
* watch movies over a digital display connection without HDCP-compliant graphics card and HDCP-compliant display.
* playback those discs on the PC with PowerDVD Ultra which otherwise would not play or would cause a software crash
* Removes user prohibitions. You can select language and subtitle tracks without going through the disc's menu.
* Removes parental restrictions.
* Allows you to remove or skip Studio Logos and warning messages.
* With "magic file replacement (tm)" you can remaster any commercial movie disc using simple XML scripts.
* Includes a UDF 2.5 file ripper; no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.
"When we considered Blu-Ray, our strategy was simply to initially support HD-DVD and await further development in the marketplace. Already during the beta phase we got many inquiries about Blu-Ray so we decided to go ahead and also provide support for this as soon as possible. Blu-Ray employs the same AACS process as HD-DVD. An implementation was really just a matter of form. A beta version is planned for availability this quarter." Tom Xiang, Marketing Director of SlySoft, said.
