Posted 04/14/2009 at 05:23:41pm

Don't worry be happy. The last eight years under Bush eliminated all of our individual and constutional rights under whaterver real or imagined "national emergency" that the President of the United States would care to declare through an Executive Order. Obama is just doing a bit of clean-up. But again, don't worry. The removal of our freedoms could never happen here in Amerika...  Write your Congressman and Senators and have them defeat it when it comes up (good luck with that!).

Posted 01/13/2009 at 11:10:59am

Using AnyDVD to ready the disk for copying, I tried it extensively over a period of one month compared directly to Slysofts CloneDVDmobile. The files were of lower quality (even on the High setting) and about 300 to 400 MB larger. I had to stay with SlySofts's solution even though I REALLY wanted to like BadaBoom! I think the Cuda technology offered by NVidia is a great idea and applaud the folks at BadaBoom for their efforts. Hope this helps.

Posted 01/13/2009 at 11:02:26am

I've tried three or four software programs recommended by Max PC and friends, and the best solution (thanks to my friend Chris!) is as follows:  PURCHASE your DVD or HDDVDs. Go to SlySofts's web site. PURCHASE and install AnyDVD to "normalize" your disk and ready it for copying. PURCHASE and install SlySoft's CloneDVDmobile to convert to just about every mobile device on the market (I use iPhone 16 GB). For about $100.00 USD you get the easiest, and best supported software available, with no cryptic user interface and no BS!

I have a Quad 9450 @ 2.7 GHz, and about 40 minutes later you have a perfect, 700 to 800 MB, high quality MP4 file that iTunes recognizes and syncs. So long boring plane trips and thanks SlySoft for making this task a no brainer! I'm in the process of converting my library, and with a Quad 4 SlySofts software works quietly in the background while I play DOD online.