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Entered CNET Catalog: 03/23/2006
SKU: CNETSLYSOFTCLONEDVDMOBILE
Manufacturer: SlySoft.com
Product summary
The good: Copies DVDs in the right format for the video iPod and several other portable devices; creates high-resolution, highly compressed files.
The bad: No Mac version; can't copy protected DVDs; some of the controls are difficult at first.
The bottom line: SlySoft CloneDVD Mobile excels at copying and reformatting nonprotected DVD video for iPod use, although it can't touch commercial discs.
CNET editors' review
- Editors' Rating: 7.0
- Editors' Choice: No
- Reviewed on: 03/29/2006
CloneDVD Mobile sells for a steep $39, although there's a generous 21-day trial, so you can make sure that you can't live without it before you put up your money. The interface is clearly laid out and walks you through the few necessary steps. You select your device, choose your DVD, and tell the program where to save the results.
The interface has a few confusing gotchas the first time you use it. The first time, it didn't detect our test DVD automatically; we had to tell it to look in the E: drive. The pull-down menu didn't even list E: as an option, so we had to type it in. Once we did, though, it was able to see the loaded DVD for that and all future sessions.
The Save options are also a bit confusing. At first, it looks as if you only need to type in the name of the file you're saving, but you actually need to press the Browse button next to the text field to first decide where you want it saved. After you've run the program once, the text field is automatically filled in with the last saved location.
Once it's working, CloneDVD Mobile is a fast performer and makes attractively small files with good resolution. We wish it could copy commercial DVDs, but Hollywood isn't about to let that happen.
User opinions
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User Rating: 
9/10
Encodes into many different formats
Pros: many formats, excellent quality
Cons: a little confusing at first, documentation could be better
The only drawback of the device is that it is a little tricky to master at first. I tried my first film 3 times to get the quality and size I wanted. The documentation is lacking and needs to be a little more user friendly.
User Rating: 
1/10
Great if you don't mind Audio out of Sync
Pros: Video quality and speed
Cons: Audio doesn't match Screen
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=340
they are having big problems with the audio sync, which means that when you play back the video that was encoded the audio is delayed a second or more. I paid for this program and now have written off the money since they never give refunds. The company continues to insist on not being able to figure out what the problem is no matter how much information people give. So I am going to stay away from this program for a while because I don't want to buy a product which promises to do something and doesn't deliver again.
User Rating: 
8/10
Best of the products I've tested
Pros: Works reliably and quickly
Cons: It would be nice if it could read an ISO file directly and then process in a batch mode.
Very solid product and well worth the money.
User Rating: 
7/10
Does what it says
Pros: Rips excellent quality small versions for iPODs etc
Cons: Needs unlocking software (AnyDVD) to rip protected disks
User Rating: 
10/10
Recently Amazing
Pros: Does just about EVERYTHING now and does it RIGHT
Cons: Nothing at all now
Fast and never fails.. Their whole package is worth the purchase. High quality stuff!
Believe me Ive tried all the rest.
User Rating: 7/10
Not Bad... Jury is still out
Pros: When its good its good..
Cons: not sure if its worth shelling the cash
User Rating: 
4/10
Okay nothing special
Pros: converts video directly from dvd to ipod
Cons: the audio is off by about 1 sec everytime i watch a movie
User Rating: 9/10
great software
Pros: watch movies on your IPOD
Cons: doesnt convert protected disks, but heres how to beat that
