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I have been reading threads on this forum for over a month and a half and I've learned a LOT. I started backing up DVD's about 8-9 months ago and had nothing but troubles straight from the start. First of all I bought the cheapest DVD burner out there at a rock bottom price at Office Max. I am also one of the people who fell for the top ten DVD burner scams. That left me with DVD Cloner II for $40. I then went straight to Wal Mart and bought 100 of the cheapest DVD R's you could buy (Memorex).
Amazingly enough. It worked for about 3 movies. I thought I had a good cheap system. 5-6 months later I had totally given up on burning DVD's, had successfully burned approximately 40 movies, had spent countless hours trying to get customer support from people who did't speak english, spent more countless hours working on a DVD burner that locked up (hardware that locks up...that's cheap), and had created between 150 & 200 coasters.
My wife nagged me enough to try again. Second time around I was doing my homework. I spent a lot of time on here and got a good majority of my questions answered. I bought a burner from a company that I could trust. Bought Verbatim media instead of the Memorex and downloaded DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter, and the free version of Any DVD. I've copied a couple dvd's and I had no problems with Bewitched (it looked like it was a good test by all the threads on here).
With all that said, I want to first say thanx for all the advice I've already gotten on here. Secondly I'd like to get a couple of answers to questions I still have.
This is my system > I'm using DVD shrink to move the DVD9 movies to the hard drive and then I use DVD Decrypter to burn them to DVD5. AnyDVD is running in the background but I have no idea if it is really doing anything. DVD shrink does say that there is NO encryption and from what I've read that is what AnyDVD will do for you.
Question 1) Why buy NERO? I understand it's a great tool but from the demo's I've run it doesn't do anything that the freeware programs don't (besides maybe look prettier. Not worth $60).
Question 2) Will DVD Fab Decrypter replace DVD Decrypter in my process? I just downloaded Fab and started looking at it. From what I understand DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink don't get updated anymore but DVD Fab does. Will Fab do the burning part that I'm using DVD Decrypter for now?
Question 3) Can I use DVD Fab to move the movies from DVD9 to the hard drive thus decripting the movie and eliminating the need to use AnyDVD. I don't mind dropping an extra 30 bucks for something I really need but do I really need AnyDVD.
Question 4) Is AnyDVD going to be a more reliable system? I want a system that is going to be darn near full proof so that I can explain it to my wife and she can copy whatever movies she wants backups of (I could care less if we lose Sweet Home Alabama and a few of her other movies so I'd rather let her spend the time copying them.)
Question 5) Who makes these programs? How is it that these incredibly good programs like DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter are being given away and how is it that DVD Fab Decrypter is being given away AND updated for FREE? Does anybody know where these updates are coming from? Will they continue to come or will I end up having to buy AnyDVD at some point and time anyway? Will one of these days when I open up DVD Fab and it automatically updates a virus be flowing over the line to infect my computer and steal all my information?
All right, that's enough babbling and I'd guess that this is a long enough thread (and then some). Thanx again for all of the help I've already gotten.
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