AnyDVD was made for SD DVD's, but AnyDVD HD was made to handle ripping HD-DVD's and Blu-ray's. BD-ROM drives (read-only) are now less than $100, so it wouldn't cost that much to be able to rip Blu-rays to hard drive. Yes, it would be more expensive to re-burn a copy since BD blanks aren't cheap yet, but there are a lot of people looking to get that movie off of a physical disc and onto some other medium, like a HTPC or video streaming device. For those people, the new costs are worth it.
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AnyDVD was made for SD DVD's, but AnyDVD HD was made to handle ripping HD-DVD's and Blu-ray's. BD-ROM drives (read-only) are now less than $100, so it wouldn't cost that much to be able to rip Blu-rays to hard drive. Yes, it would be more expensive to re-burn a copy since BD blanks aren't cheap yet, but there are a lot of people looking to get that movie off of a physical disc and onto some other medium, like a HTPC or video streaming device. For those people, the new costs are worth it.