Learn How To Copy DVDs With a DVD Recorder or Digital Video Recorder.
What's the best DVD recorder to copy DVDs that will play on your home player? Comprehensive set of reviews on digital video recorders, copy software and DVD burners.
This site has gone all out to provide you with the facts that spell out which DVD recorder will benefit YOU. These facts are supported by researched information and personal experience with easy-to-follow articles and practical advice. My aim is to save you time, money and effort so you can enjoy your digital experience and copy DVDs. I'm a video junkie. I love TV. I've been recording the darn thing since I was 16 years old. My father handed me a Beta-max manual back in 1976 and I've been recording media in one form or another ever since. I’m a videophile who enjoys a good bargain. I focus my reviews throughout this site on DVD recorders so don’t expect the usual mass market crap here. My sincere hope is that you’ll use this resource and become an informed video junkie too. Try these useful links:The VCR has given ground to the myriad of software and hardware products that help us copy DVDs onto DVDs or CDs. We can also copy VHS to CDs. The VCR is going the road of the electric typewriter. Let's get some definitions out of the way first. DVD recorders are standalone units that look very much like your typical VCR. All DVD recorders can record from an analog source, i.e. your camcorder, and most can record from a digital source (via FireWire). Additionally most DVD recorders contain a built in tuner and have AV (audio/visual) inputs. Can you copy store bought DVD movies? Well yes and no. Apart from the confusing legalities the movie industry is embroiling us in there is another problem. The analogy goes like this. Remember when the movie industry incorporated Macrovision to prevent us from recording video tapes to another VCR? Well they've employed similar anti-copy encoding protection for their DVDs. Yes there are ways around the encoding but they're illegal. These recorders easily copy DVDs from homemade movies or videos from previously recorded tapes. Additionally most have the built in tuners to let us copy DVDs from TV programming. For the computer enthusiast there are many DVD burners to copy DVDs with. These DVD burners with the proper PC processing power will allow us to copy DVDs. There is DVD software that will let you copy DVDs and play them back on your DVD player. There's even a variety of DVRs (digital video recorders) available at very low prices. You cannot copy DVDs with a DVR but their low prices and interesting functions can't be ignored. Today, the more affordable and easy to use "set top" or "stand alone" machines, allow us to copy DVDs with the push of a button. These VCR like machines are the bridge we've been waiting for to cross over to the digital recording world. The convenience and ease of use to copy DVDs are the nails in the coffin for the VCR. All you have to do is put a disc in the machine, push the record button and you can copy DVDs. It's just that simple. Additionally, the list prices for these machines are finally becoming reasonable. It's true that there are many products and pitfalls associated with the various methods used to copy DVDs. For example, you'll find that some DVD recorders and DVD burners make their own proprietary technology for the type of media (DVD discs) they can write to and read from. The technological pitfalls are resolved with research and a little trial and error. Join me as I examine our new "best friends" in the digital world.
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