When a judge forced 321 Studios to remove DVD X Copy's ability to break commercial DVDs' CSS copy protection, the company responded with a line of ripper-free versions. The new versions, no longer able to copy commercial movies, were vastly overpriced and relatively useless. Since then, 321 Studios has decided to fold the less-expensive DVD X Copy Xpress RF into a broader suite of DVD and media utilities--DVD Xtreme--and sell it for $79. Though DVD Xtreme offers a number of useful features--it can copy nonprotected DVDs and rip and play CDs--it can't really compete with mature suites such as Ahead Software's Nero 6.0 Ultra, Roxio's Easy Media Creator 7.0, and Pinnacle System's Instant CD/DVD 8.0. Some of DVD Xtreme's components, such as the DVD X Maker movie-authoring program, show potential, but despite the hype on 321's Web site, even newcomers such as Newsoft's PowerDVD Suite and Ulead's DVD MovieFactory offer a better value overall. And to reiterate: DVD Xtreme cannot copy commercial DVDs.