Reviews of DVDFab HD Decrypter

1. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 6.0.6.8 Beta (Sep 14, 2009)

   This version does seem to have improved stability, and also is better at ripping disc's that version 5 had no trouble with.
   
   Yes, it's free, but version 6 is still bigger and slower than the 5.x series, and even with more updated decrypting, I'd still recommend trying 5.x over the 6.x series first. If a rip did not work with 5.x then try 6.x
   
   It should not require a reboot after installation and some of the default settings are not to my liking, such as the "Run report program when DVDFab crashes" and setting the rip to fit on DVD-5 instead of DVD-9 for those discs that are dual-layered, but still - it does function better than than earlier 6.x versions have, and given that, I feel a rating of 4 is warranted.
2. 
   rdrod

   Reviewing 6.0.5.2 Beta (Sep 3, 2009)

   I have the commercial version of DvdFab which has been used for about five years. They have really kept up with changes in code protection and the program is the best of the lot. There have been some glitches along the way, but problems were tended to in a timely fashion. I give it top grades.
3. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 6.0.4.0 (Jul 29, 2009)

   I'm still seeing problems when ripping disks that the 5.x versions handled fine.
   
   I've reported this to them, but have yet to see a fix for it. Something they changed in going to the 6.x codebase seems to have been a rather notable step backwards.
   
   I like that it is free, but I would like it even more if it worked as well as it did in the 5.x series.
   
   It's a tough call but I'm going with a rating of 3 instead of higher because they have had the trouble reported directly to them more than once, but the problems are still there.
   
   It's frustrating to see a great tool start to lose traction like this one. Bummer. I hope they get it fixed.
4. 
   catchpole

   Reviewing 6.0.3.6 Beta (Jul 24, 2009)

   Works well and it's free. i don't need any expensive apps because i don't copy DVD's all day/all night
5. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 6.0.2.2 (Jun 28, 2009)

   DVDFab HD Decrypter is the FREE version of the DVDFab product environment.
   
   But that free functionality is included in a package that includes "Trial / Demo" versions of the key commercial offerings by Fengtao Software Inc.
   
   So sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm judging ONLY the free features of the host application. In version 6, it's even more important because there seem to be some substantial changes to the host application, and not all for the better. If I was rating the standard retail version of the DVDFab product, I would rate it lower than the free offering. I do not think that DVDFab 6 is necessarily a positive step forward.
   
   That said, there are issues with the host environment that trickle down to the free portion of the program and as a result, I don't feel comfortable rating this product a 5. It takes longer to do some operations and some other operations that I have previously come to count on no longer function quite the same way, if at all.
   
   For version 6.x to choke on projects that worked fine in version 5.x - that can be pretty annoying. I can't give this version of the app a 5, and a 4 is pushing it right now. I hope they do some bug squashing - and fast.

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