SlySoft Discontinuing Lifetime Upgrades

It seems that many good things come to an end far sooner than we would expect or would hope. SlySoft, the creator of such software including CloneCD, CloneDVD and AnyDVD will be ceasing sales of software including free lifetime upgrades for software from 1 January 2011.

Whilst this is disappointing news, this does mean you can pick up a bargain between now and then as they are offering a 20% discount on all software (which would go about halfway to covering an upgrade to free lifetime support and upgrades from the default two years).

Personally, I am looking at buying a copy of AnyDVD HD so that I can watch Blu-ray movies on my computer as my 30″ Apple Cinema HD monitor does not support HDCP (which you would have hoped Apple would have included for the price they charged had they liked Blu-ray and protocols built by entities other than themselves). AnyDVD HD can also remove region protection from discs on the fly plus the ability to remaster discs without having to rip them to the hard drive. If you found those mandatory chapters on the disc annoying (like the studio introductions or the “copying movies is a crime” trailer for your country) you can also skip over them. AnyDVD HD works quietly in the background without needing you to do anything special to make it work its magic.

Best of all, AnyDVD HD also works with HD DVDs (if you happen to have any), regular DVDs (if you haven’t already ripped them all with Handbrake or another tool) and CDs (if you still have those too). Whilst you may not want to backup a Blu-ray disc to a hard drive you do have the option available to you.

Anyway, check out the product list and see if there is anything that might take your fancy before time runs out.