James Fohl is a contributor at Free-backup.info — the home of the popular Amazon S3 based online backup service — Back2zip. This article available at http://free-backup.info/commercial-software-allows-easily-backup-dvds.html
Commercial Software That Allows You to Easily Backup Your Dvds
Have you ever thought about your DVDs, and wished there was a simple way to make backup copies of them? Let’s face it, DVDs aren’t cheap. Another piece of common knowledge that you can throw in to that mix is that DVDs aren’t durable. You may have just spent a hundred dollars on the complete first season of your favorite TV show only to find the discs unreadable because your kids gained control of the discs.
If you have young children in your household, you really have to start considering what options exist in allowing you to make backups of your DVDs.
A DVD’s worst nightmare is the dirty hands of a seven year old child. The child will get dirt all over the disc, scratches on the disc from rough handling, and if the disc is still readable after that, then you’ll probably soon see the DVD flying through the air as if it was a Frisbee.
Because of this great limitation to the wonderful DVD format, it makes perfect sense for any family with small children to consider making backup copies of your purchased DVDs.
Thankfully several software companies have seen the need for software that allows users to easily make backup copies of their DVDs, and now such software is readily available both on the internet and at your local software store.
1CLICK DVD Copy is one of the greatest pieces of DVD backup software there is available. With one click, the software will quickly make a backup copy of any DVD movie. The publisher of this software states that you can easily have a backup copy burned within fifteen minutes!
DVD Wizard Pro is another excellent piece of DVD backup software. While it does not offer all of the advanced capabilities of 1CLICK DVD, it is cheaper and offers other abilities to the user such as the ability to easily create backup copies of your Playstation 2 and XBOX video games.
Cosmi DVD Ripper is a value priced piece of computer software that allows users to easily create backup copies of their DVDs. Priced at under ten dollars, Cosmi is not without its own set of problems. If your DVD movie is longer than a hundred minutes, then you’ll have to find another piece of software; Cosmi for some reason is only capable of copying the first hundred minutes.
After recommending a couple software titles, this list would not be complete if it did not list any worthless pieces of DVD backup software.
Roxio Easy DVD Copy is one product that’s hard to recommend. While the product’s box promptly displays ‘Copy Hollywood DVDS’ this is simply not the case. Roxio Easy DVD Copy will only copy unprotected media, which is very unfortunate considering the fact that ninety nine percent of commercial DVDs are encoded with copy protection. Roxio believes that after creating trust with millions of computer users, they can pull a fast one. Roxio Easy DVD Copy is simply a horrible product, and especially with its retail price of fifty dollars.
Commercial software is not your only option for making backup copies of your DVDs; several free pieces of software are out there waiting to be utilized.
Besides commercial software, a lot of free applications exist on the internet that allow you to backup your DVDs. Unfortunately, these pieces of software are not exactly the easiest things to use, but if you wish to save some money and just spend your time learning how to use the free software, in the end it’s your best choice.
