Also international release dates, at least as far as the US and UK are concerned, have been largely combined to the same week so getting the American version six months before it hits European shores is now less of a pull. This system has been adopted by many small software houses, it certainly works well for other products where further versions give you new features, but come the expiry of your free updates you are still left with a working product if not an up-to-date one.īlu-ray has to some extent fixed a number of issues, no longer is PAL or NTSC a buying decision, all regions are the same resolutions, thanks in part to the move from CRT to LCD technology. Whilst you can still buy an unlimited license for considerably more dough, now when you purchase any of their products you have a sliding scale of prices which let you download updates for between 1 and 4 years. Some things have changed in the time period, most notably a move from the original flat fee pricing structure to a time based system. It only seems like six years ago since I last reviewed AnyDVD from Slysoft, during that time I've watched it regularly updated to resolve any issues, move seamlessly from Windows XP to run without problems under Windows 7 64-bit, so with Blu-ray finally taking off as the next generation format, this seemed a good opportunity to not only revisit this excellent utility but explore what the HD version has to offer.
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