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Rating:  - Consider these facts before you waste your time/money
A little known fact: most commercial movie DVDs today are DUAL LAYER 9GB media. That means that a typical 2 hour movie on DVD may contain up to 9GB of data.A fact you should know: recordable DVD media holds 4.7GB data. Conclusion: The typical DVD movie will require TWO DVD discs for a copy of the whole movie. Now let's see... 2 discs at $5/disc = $10. In addition, the copies you make will require you to get up in the middle of the movie to put in the second disc (unless you have a multidisc player, then you have to switch to the other disk). So if you think this program is an easy way to accumulate an illegal library of copied DVDs at bargain prices, think again. Here's the ROI: 2 disks x $5/disk + $3.50 rental(the one you copy) = $13.50.
I can tell you right now, you can get pre-viewed DVDs at any video rental for $15. So you saved $1.50 over buying a legit copy. If you paid $85 for this program you will reach breakeven at 85/1.5 = 56 movies copied. That of course, does not include things like your time. All-in-all, a real poor investment in my opinion. If you're really planning to use the program for its declared purpose (making backup copies of your DVDs, yeah right...) ask yourself how many DVDs have actually gone bad on you. Well what if you just buy a new copy if it does. If one in ten of your DVDs goes bad (and that's pretty high), and you pay $20 to replace it, that averages $2/movie instead of the $10/copy otherwise. Plus its, you know, a real dual-layer DVD that plays the entire movie at a single sitting. I know there are cheaper media out there and if you want to create a library out of it, you deserve just what you'll get: a trip to the rental store when you find your copy won't play anymore in about 3 months (that's assuming it does to begin with). THINK.
Rating:  - Pluses and Minuses
This is either an outstanding product, or not an outstanding product, depending upon your usage and technical knowledge and what you expect of it.This software will lead to mixed results for the novice, but if you know your way around DVDs and how the files are stored, many of the problems people encounter using this software have simple fixes. This software works largely good on "conventional" movie DVDs (DVD-5 (best!!) or DVD-9 (Ok.) formats) where all you may want to do is watch the movie, but not so great on multiepisode DVDs of TV shows (in DVD-9 format). At least this has been my experience. Other factors include the DVD burning software and it's default settings which is already installed on your system. For example, ensure you can do UDF 1.02 format DVD disks for maximum compatibility. Type of media has an affect on the archive disks created from the software, as the "cheap" DVD-R disks sometimes suffers compatiblity problems that are avoided on the name brands. On some multiepisode TV show disks, I've encountered problems with the menuing setup on the second disk, which can prevent viewing of some material.
Rating:  - To the person who gave this 1 out of 5....
Did you possibly read the Requirements?Pentium III 500mhz or faster processor
Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP
128 MB RAM
10Gb hard disk space
DVD recordable drive connected to your computer (+R or -R)
Blank 4.7Gb DVD-R(W) or DVD+R(W) discs (for recording The Windows 2000/XP should have tipped you off that windows 98 would not work. Oh and that thing that comes out of your computer is where you put the DVD, not a cup holder! This product works like it says... worth the buy for backing up your collection
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