EDIT: If Audioholics needs a review of this product in a HDI Dune & Crestron environment - let me know! I would love to test it at some point.
Not much of a review in the preview, but I would expect that this box is just a micro PC with Windows running on it.
So, 'drop-n-rip' technology will rip any disc that is presented as unencrypted.
This means that the box itself does NOT ship with decryption software in it, but that, as the end-user, you can install decryption software if you so choose to do so.
This keeps the device itself 100% compliant with legal regulations about decrypting copyright protection.
Solution, as most already know, especially custom installers, is AnyDVD from Slysoft which does what this box can't do itself.
If people haven't read it, I had a long thread about what Dune is missing in their product, and this device is squarely aimed at dealing with that huge hole in their product line up.
When Is HDI Going To Get It? - MPC Club Community Board
The issue with Popcorn Hour, HDI Dune, WDTV, AppleTV, and everyone else really is the bridge between their product and the storage area/library.
This product appears to take care of that gap... big time! Not really an inexpensive solution though, and frankly, I would think the software package that runs on that box is one that should come with most media players when you purchase them.