What is the point of AnyDVD HD then? Is something in the works for backing up HD DVD's?
If you viewed the information about the product
here then you probably wouldn't have to ask but...
Features HD-DVD
* Same features as regular AnyDVD
* Removes encryption (AACS) from HD-DVDs
* watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP compliant graphics card and HDCP compliant display.
* playback of discs on the PC with PowerDVD Ultra, which otherwise do not run.
* Removes user prohibitions, you can select the language and subtitle track 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 ™" you can remaster any commercial movie disc using simple XML scripts.
* The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
* Includes a UDF 2.5 file ripper, no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.
Features Blu-Ray
* Same features as regular AnyDVD
* Removes encryption (AACS) from Blu-Ray DVDs
* Removes region codes from Blu-Ray DVDs
* watch movies over digital display connection, without HDCP compliant graphics card and HDCP compliant display.
* The "must have" utility for the serious home theater enthusiast using a media center / home theater PC.
* Includes a UDF 2.5 file ripper, no need to install 3rd party UDF 2.5 filesystem under Windows XP.
In short, that's a whole lot of reasons.