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Distinctive features

• Makes disc image files
• Supports DVD to ISO image rips, DVD to AVI rips, 1:1 DVD copies.
• Allows adjusting rips by file format, resolution and target file size.

Other features

 

The main disadvantage of SlySoft's CloneDVD 2 is that it doesn't support DVD to iPod ripping and conversion. Moreover, if there is a need to bypass DVD security measures so the backup could be created, you'll need to additionally purchase SlySoft AnyDVD. In other cases it may be more reasonable to buy more functional DVD Cloner 6 Platinum, and that makes some other simple DVD rippers more attractive in price.
SlySoft CloneDVD 2 is a perfect tool if you simply need to rip the DVD, create a DVD back up or make a copy of the DVD. But as there is no possibility to make the video compatible for mobile devices because of the lack of the video converter, its standard price seems to be exaggerated. If you'd like to rip your DVD movies so they could be watched on iPhone or some other mobile device, we can only recommend to purchase SlySoft's Clone DVD Mobile, which also supports DVD to AVI and AVI to DVD file conversion.

 

As it was said before, the interface of the CloneDVD 2 is pretty simple and does not contain convoluted menus or any jargon. Instead of this you'll see such words as "settings", "target" and "source". That helps to better understand what you want to do and how to do that. However, there are only three output formats available: DVD, ISO and AVI, which make the interface even simpler but cuts the feature set significantly.
Tests show that CloneDVD 2 can easily convert DVD to AVI. There are no problems in choosing the desired resolution, deleting the unnecessary menus or special feature data and selecting a format type, source and target location. CloneDVD 2 shows best performance in work with only two input formats: actual DVD discs and image files, and only three output formats are available, as we have already mentioned above.

 

CloneDVD 2 also cannot officially rip Blu-ray discs, which is a standard feature for many other alternatives. However, some users successfully tried to rid BD movies and compress it for mobile devices or for keeping it on the local storage drive.
As it is said in the warrant, CloneDVD 2 will provide the best functionality with the aid of SlySoft's CloneDVD mobile and AnyDVD HD software, but such a set will cost more than $100. Such an expensive price makes many other alternative much more attractive.
Conclusion
CloneDVD 2 allows to easily make DVD backups and copies, but without supplementary software it looks pretty scanty. It would be better if the program could convert DVD movies to the formats compatible with Zune, iPhone and other mobile device by default. However, in DVD back up, burning and DVD to AVI ripping DVDClone 2 is one of the best in its class.