Blu-ray converter review

Here is a comparison of our Blu-ray product compared to others on the market.

Software	VSO Blu-ray To DVD screenshot	Xilisoft Blu-ray to DVD Converter screenshot	DVDFab Blu-ray to DVD Converter screenshot	Blu-ray to DVD Pro by OpenCloner screenshot	AVS Video Converter screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	Yes	No	In some cases	Yes	In some cases
Easy to use	5/5	1/5	5/5	5/5	4/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Chapters	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Menus	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Multi angle support	Yes	Doesn't load Volt: a movie with lots of multi angle scene	No	No	Doesn't load Volt: a movie with lots of multi angle scene
Preview Window	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 6/6	works on 2/6	works on 2/6 *titleset is PAL but inside is NTSC	works on 6/6 *Converts only to NTSC	works on 5/6
Audio support	Yes, multiple files	Only 1	Only 1	Yes, multiple files	Only 1 audio file
Subtitle support	Yes, multiple files	1 stream is hardcoded into video	Yes, multiple files	Yes, multiple files	1 stream is hardcoded into video
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email support	received answer	received answer	received answer	received answer	received answer
Available in various languages	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Version tested	version 1.1.0.17	version 5.2.11	version 8.0.7.3	version 2.90	version 7.1
Time for a Conversion**	1h19	3h37***	8h28	3h32	2h13
Price	$39.99 *includes 1 year or free updates	$63.95 *free updates for current version purchased	$40.00 *includes 1 year of free updates	$39.99 *includes 1 year of free updates	$39.99 *license will only work for 1 year
Trial limitations	7 days no limiations	Only 3 minutes of files are converted	30 days free	Allows for 1 full copy	Converts whole movie with watermark
Additional Comments	Overall very easy to use and straight forward. Conversion time was fast.	You end up downloading 2 applications, Xilisoft Blu Ray Ripper, and Xilisoft Creator. The first converts to vob files, and the second does the DVD video authoring: adding the chapters, menus, etc. Software did bug out a few times, and I could not add files from hard drive - only optical drive. Lack of file selection help, and result of playability of final disks are weakest points of the product.	Only product including its own decyptor. The software was easy to use but weak point remains playability of disk.	Very simple and easy to use. The software only converts to NTSC format but played on all the players tested. Software does not exist other than in english.	Overall not bad expect not much help provided for selecting main movie files. Software did bug out a few times.

Software	VSO Blu-ray To DVD screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	Yes
Easy to use	5/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	Yes
Chapters	Yes
Menus	Yes
Multi angle support	Yes
Preview Window	Yes
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 6/6
Audio support	Yes, multiple files
Subtitle support	Yes, multiple files
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes
Email support	received answer
Available in various languages	Yes
Version tested	version 1.1.0.17
Time for a Conversion**	1h19
Price	$39.99 *includes 1 year or free updates
Trial limitations	7 days no limiations
Additional Comments	Overall very easy to use and straight forward. Conversion time was fast.

Software	Xilisoft Blu-ray to DVD Converter screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	No
Easy to use	1/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	Yes
Chapters	Yes
Menus	Yes
Multi angle support	Doesn't load Volt: a movie with lots of multi angle scene
Preview Window	Yes
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 2/6
Audio support	Only 1
Subtitle support	1 stream is hardcoded into video
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes
Email support	received answer
Available in various languages	Yes
Version tested	version 5.2.11
Time for a Conversion**	3h37***
Price	$63.95 *free updates for current version purchased
Trial limitations	Only 3 minutes of files are converted
Additional Comments	You end up downloading 2 applications, Xilisoft Blu Ray Ripper, and Xilisoft Creator. The first converts to vob files, and the second does the DVD video authoring: adding the chapters, menus, etc. Software did bug out a few times, and I could not add files from hard drive - only optical drive. Lack of file selection help, and result of playability of final disks are weakest points of the product.

Software	DVDFab Blu-ray to DVD Converter screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	In some cases
Easy to use	5/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	No
Chapters	Yes
Menus	No
Multi angle support	No
Preview Window	Yes
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 2/6 *titleset is PAL but inside is NTSC
Audio support	Only 1
Subtitle support	Yes, multiple files
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes
Email support	received answer
Available in various languages	Yes
Version tested	version 8.0.7.3
Time for a Conversion**	8h28
Price	$40.00 *includes 1 year of free updates
Trial limitations	30 days free
Additional Comments	Only product including its own decyptor. The software was easy to use but weak point remains playability of disk.

Software	Blu-ray to DVD Pro by OpenCloner screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	Yes
Easy to use	5/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	Yes
Chapters	No
Menus	No
Multi angle support	No
Preview Window	No
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 6/6 *Converts only to NTSC
Audio support	Yes, multiple files
Subtitle support	Yes, multiple files
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes
Email support	received answer
Available in various languages	No
Version tested	version 2.90
Time for a Conversion**	3h32
Price	$39.99 *includes 1 year of free updates
Trial limitations	Allows for 1 full copy
Additional Comments	Very simple and easy to use. The software only converts to NTSC format but played on all the players tested. Software does not exist other than in english.

Software	AVS Video Converter screenshot
Pre-selects and displays files needed	In some cases
Easy to use	4/5
Additional DVD decryptor needed	Yes
Chapters	Yes
Menus	Yes
Multi angle support	Doesn't load Volt: a movie with lots of multi angle scene
Preview Window	Yes
Compatible with living room DVD players tested - tested PAL output*	works on 5/6
Audio support	Only 1 audio file
Subtitle support	1 stream is hardcoded into video
MediaInfo of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot
VLC Media Inforamtion of first vts_01_1.vob	screenshot

Burning engine included	Yes
Email support	received answer
Available in various languages	Yes
Version tested	version 7.1
Time for a Conversion**	2h13
Price	$39.99 *license will only work for 1 year
Trial limitations	Converts whole movie with watermark
Additional Comments	Overall not bad expect not much help provided for selecting main movie files. Software did bug out a few times.

*Playbility tested on: PS3 player, standard DVD player Philips DVD733, Samsung DVD-M405, LG DR4810, Panasonic DMR-EH60, Philips DVDR 70
All tests were burnt onto the same brand and model DVD: Sony DVD- R (media ID: SONY16D1)

**Time tests done with the same movie, default settings, and most similar settings available amoung the software tested. Movies converted from Hard drive (not optical drive) except Xilisoft. Conversion time does not include burning.
Machine configuration:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel Core Duo CPU T3700 2.00 GHz
4 Gb ram
64 bit

***Xilisoft test - Blu-ray movie was converted from optical drive (HL-DT-ST-BD-BE06LU10 YE03] as Xilisoft software would not load folder on hard drive.

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