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Maybe you should not upgrade to Vista

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Got it thanks, yes I'm a fan of Power DVD so that will be what I get.
 
I bought Vista the first day it hit the stores. No problems on it, works good. Slysoft products have no problems.


Does it install without you losing your files and stuff??

:confused:

I might buy Vista Home Premium Edition within the next month or so, but I'm concerned about the DRM mess and whether I'd lose any stuff that I've saved on Windows XP Pro.
 
No. Anydvd Hd will not improve sound or picture quality--and neither will Vista (for movies).

AnyDVD HD will improve your "movie watching" experience, as
1.) PowerDVD won't crash as often, as it has some trouble with AACS. :D
2.) PowerDVD doesn't play *a lot* of HD DVDs without AnyDVD HD *at all*. Yes, this is true. No joke.
3.) You can skip the unwanted intros
4.) You can remaster the HD DVD to your liking using scripting
5.) Maybe it even reduces the CPU load, as PowerDVD doesn't need to constantly check if the HDCP path is still intact.
 
I might buy Vista Home Premium Edition within the next month or so, but I'm concerned about the DRM mess and whether I'd lose any stuff that I've saved on Windows XP Pro.
If you are concerned about the DRM mess, why do you want to buy it? :confused:
 
Windvd for HD content is not being offered on the the North American website yet
(and can only playback in a lower resolution at the moment, I think).
WinDVD HD is complete crap (at least in its current "state").
PowerDVD Ultra does have its share of problems, but most of them are addressed by AnyDVD HD. :D
 
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AnyDVD HD will improve your "movie watching" experience, as
1.) PowerDVD won't crash as often, as it has some trouble with AACS. :D
2.) PowerDVD doesn't play *a lot* of HD DVDs without AnyDVD HD *at all*. Yes, this is true. No joke.
3.) You can skip the unwanted intros
4.) You can remaster the HD DVD to your liking using scripting
5.) Maybe it even reduces the CPU load, as PowerDVD doesn't need to constantly check if the HDCP path is still intact.

Yeah, Anydvd HD is a no-brainer purchase. :clap: I would buy it.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest Anydvd HD was useless. I just meant it's not going to magically make the source material any better (better sound quality/picture). I just didn't want people to be posting, "Help, AnyDVD HD isn't making my picture look any better than normal!"
 
Well, there's a new audio stack in Vista, but my impression is that, as always, you're limited by your source material and your hardware.

visit http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/2006/09/04/windows_vista_improvements_audio_process

This to me is not actually improving the sound quality. It's software processing (like what soundblaster does with its sound control panel/css stuff).

I sincerely doubt you'd be losing out on picture quality or audio quality. But James or someone else may be able to answer your question better than I can.
You as a gamer should hate this new sound stack, as it does all environmental effects now in software (with the CPU). The DSP on your expensive soundcard will be twiddling thumbs.
For movie playback (multichannel decoding) it doesn't matter, this has to be done in software anyway.
The worst thing: The new sound stack doesn't work with ReClock (an essential piece of software for serious movie watchers).
As long as there is no ReClock for Vista, I wouldn't even consider it for DVD or HD DVD playback.
 
I agree with everything you wrote here. I am very upset Microsoft won't release directx 10 for XP. But I'm just one guy.
Yes, but if there are millions of other guys thinking as you...?
 
You as a gamer should hate this new sound stack, as it does all environmental effects now in software (with the CPU).

Yes. I'd be looking for any number of ways to disable it. But most well designed games should give you the option of using hardware instead of software audio decoding. If Microsoft forced gamers to take a big cpu hit each time they played games just for positional audio (when they already have soundblaster x-fi cards), there would be a huge uproar from gaming developers.

The worst thing: The new sound stack doesn't work with ReClock (an essential piece of software for serious movie watchers).
As long as there is no ReClock for Vista, I wouldn't even consider it for DVD or HD DVD playback.

Yes, there's little doubt in my mind that staying with XP would be best for HTPC users.
 
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It sounds like if you knock out the use a windows defender and other MS stuff that you can get free IE antivirus ect... That it will still leave a string to be seen by MS? Meaning backing up a movie? Am I wrong here? I have no use for games but do want to see HD content in it's perspective quality picture, I mean I know anydvd hd will knock the needed hardware out but still. Since the fine print of their eula or whatever you call it. It seems that they should of added that if you want to watch HD content movies then the only way is vista, might as well dropped that bomb too. I know most of this thread is about gamers but I'm wanting to see and hear more from you on HD content reguardless if you have anydvd or anydvd hd on your PC. Will there be a degrade if you don't use vista and D10 with the appropiate other hardware?
Simple answer: No. On the contrary, to get rid of the 3:2 pulldown judder and have smooth 48/72 Hz playback (or to reverse PAL Speedup for the Australians and Europeans) you need ReClock.
ReClock won't run on Vista. This is a serious showstopper if you are serious about movie watching.
 
Another interesting article by security & cryptography specialist Bruce Schneier http://www.schneier.com/
"Why Vista's DRM Is Bad For You":
http://www.forbes.com/security/2007/02/10/microsoft-vista-drm-tech-security-cz_bs_0212vista.html

Have fun reading it. And don't buy Vista. :D

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Here is Schneier's (and my) advice from his article:
In the meantime, the only advice I can offer you is to not upgrade to Vista. It will be hard. Microsoft's bundling deals with computer manufacturers mean that it will be increasingly hard not to get the new operating system with new computers. And Microsoft has some pretty deep pockets and can wait us all out if it wants to. Yes, some people will shift to Macintosh and some fewer number to Linux, but most of us are stuck on Windows. Still, if enough customers say no to Vista, the company might actually listen.
 
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I bought Vista the first day it hit the stores. No problems on it, works good. Slysoft products have no problems.
No, but "Slysoft products have no problems" is not reason enough to install a DRM timebomb as operating system.

My motto: Say "no" to Vista.
 
I paid for the program....

and then I uninstalled it...

simply put... It is not for me.

too "tellatubbie-ish"
 
I agree 1000%!!!!

SAY NO TO VISTA!!! VISTA WAS NOT MADE FOR THE LITTLE USER.... IT WAS MADE FOR THE CORPORATIONS.

-W
 
Simple Alternative...

Dump all the microsoft crap and install Linux...software is free, updates are free, your system isn't the target of every virus ever created, AND you free up half your hard drive!!!
 
Dump all the microsoft crap and install Linux...software is free, updates are free, your system isn't the target of every virus ever created, AND you free up half your hard drive!!!
I agree. I myself have used many distributions of Linux, but Slysoft products don't work on Linux.
 
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