@Josh: I don't think I'll be doing a WP this time. V1.0 was my WP for this version.
@Ginge and Stinky: I actually considered that, since it would be really nice to be able to work with the Blus and do everything in lossless (something I can't do now, since I don't have the hard drive space). But on the other hand, I'd feel quite bad taking money. I'll have to think about it.
As to the BD rips, if I had the hardware, I'd probably pick up the OT set and rip it myself to lossless avi. but in the current state of affairs, it would be pointless to use the Blus.