you would have to specify a movie for me to let you know.

Remember, AnyDVD has never failed for me (I update whenever new versions are released--usually everytime I run it).

Disney, Pixar, and the like are my primary focus since the Apple TV is for my daughter.

Handbrake has never failed to work for me IF I am running it against a hard drive based DVD rip performed by AnyDVD.

I never use Handbrake to rip a DVD directly because it's only going to work a small percentage of the time (when ripping current DVDs).

So use AnyDVD (PC) to rip, then use Handbrake (Mac) to encode.

As a side note, I tried the PC version of Handbrake, but it was not very impressive.

With all due respect--you're crazy.

Every day, new DVDs add more and more tweaks to their protection schemes. The old AnyDVD dealt with the old schemes so-so, and it certainly won't be able to rip the new ones. Unless your intention is to rip movies from the 1990s, you need AnyDVD.

I just ripped a bunch of new movies--and they all worked perfectly in the new Handbrake using the Apple TV preset.