Included digital copies are still the exception rather than the norm in the Blu-ray world. Lame. You’d like to rip those discs for playback elsewhere, right? But there is something you should know ...

[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs and Blu-rays discs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD or ...

Blu-Ray may be majestic, but it also has more copy protection than any other format around, and playing it on your computer can be difficult to impossible. Here’s how to rip those movies for glorious ...

MakeMKV ($50, 30-day free trial) has a simple little name, and there’s no big trick to transcoding a video from one container format to another. If that were all this utility did, it would be ...

CNET reviews the LG BD590, finding that it deftly handles Blu-ray playback, CD ripping, and streaming media services like Netflix from a single box, but you'll have to pay for that simplicity. Matthew ...