I still think its a great program. Cheaper and does the job of anydvd and clonedvd. Also I noticed better picture quality and faster burning.
No. It doesn't come close to doing the job of Anydvd. You're forced to rip first using that other program.
1. DVD cloner won't help you when you want to play original discs on your system from other regions
2. DVD Cloner doesn't offer subtitle transparency on the fly when you want to watch dvd movies
3. DVD Cloner does not decrypt on the fly, allowing you to use almost any other program you want--faster for almost all releases (with the exception of some of the newer Sony/Lionsgate releases; and for that Anydvd ripper since 6.1.4.2 now provides full disc backups with Shrink)
4. DVD Cloner almost constantly lags behind Anydvd in handling newer protections as well
DVD Cloner also doesn't do the following:
from
http://www.slysoft.com/anydvd.html
# Prevents automatic launching of 'PC-friendly' software on video DVDs
# Allows adjustment of your monitor refresh rate for both NTSC and PAL monitors
# Allows execution of external programs on disc insertion and removal
# Allows speed control of your DVD drives
# Works transparently for the operating system: DVDs can be shared over the network and copied with the command prompt or with Windows Explorer, etc"
As for better transcoder quality than Clonedvd, yes, but dvd cloner completely stole code from DVD Shrink, which is a freeware program. Pretty laughable . . . If I wanted Shrink's transcoder quality, I would just use Shrink for free.