Here's the deal: HTPC owners get hosed by the studios when we try to play discs using 100% "legal" methods. I don't care if it is Cyberlink/ArcSoft or the studio's fault...I paid ~$400 (drive & software, circa 2006) to watch BR with a method they approved...it should play. 99% of the time it is due to new "protections" that the disc won't play. AnyDVD HD is a must and appreciated. BTW, I could rip every BR I rented if I wanted...two problems: 1. Who watches most movies more than once? 2. Even at ~$100 per Terabyte, BD's are too damn big to archive...I'm not going to run a NOC to store BD rips I'll never watch again.
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Here's the deal: HTPC owners get hosed by the studios when we try to play discs using 100% "legal" methods. I don't care if it is Cyberlink/ArcSoft or the studio's fault...I paid ~$400 (drive & software, circa 2006) to watch BR with a method they approved...it should play. 99% of the time it is due to new "protections" that the disc won't play. AnyDVD HD is a must and appreciated. BTW, I could rip every BR I rented if I wanted...two problems: 1. Who watches most movies more than once? 2. Even at ~$100 per Terabyte, BD's are too damn big to archive...I'm not going to run a NOC to store BD rips I'll never watch again.