[Josuah]

I'm not debating the technical capabilties, but rlogle's response seemed to indicate he didn't know ripping DVDs for personal use is illegal because it bypasses CSS. Making copies of or storing copyrighted material for personal use isn't what is illegal, it's bypassing CSS that is. That's why you can't use Windows XP Media Center to rip a DVD movie; it has to be in the drive to play (as far as I can tell).

I just thought he should be aware of this. His Media Center PC is not going to be able to serve all his DVD content the way he wants, unless he hacks something together and is willing to do so illegally. If he is, that's fine. I'm not trying to be the copyright police. The MAX Multimedia Server exists in the same way the Kaledescape exists, but that doesn't mean that company isn't going to get sued too.