DVD burning

[loudnlow2]

ok i jsut purchased a new computer yest. a hp pevilion desktop. It came with a DVD+r writer, now my question is, what do i need to make a regular DVD burn onto a blank dvd+r disc. Is there any programs that i need to do this? thanks for all the help in advance

 

[Garconis]

I do not believe you can COPY a DVD. (i.e. You cannot copy a Road to Perdition DVD onto a DVD-R.) It is illegal and the software does not allow it.

You can, however, burn something from your computer/hard drive onto the DVD-R. (i.e. You can burn a car video or a movie from your computer onto a DVD-R.)

Hope that helps?!

 

[Spock]

you can burn regular dvds with a dvd burner but to to that you need special programs to get past copy protection, i can tell yuo any , but i think most dvd movies are too big for regular dvd-r's

 

[Klostrophobic]

No, I believe they hold the same amount of data. 4.7 GB if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Spock]

no , the last 20 or so dvds ive played on my pc they all showed 6-8 gigs of dada on them

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
No, I believe they hold the same amount of data. 4.7 GB if I'm not mistaken.

nooooooo. There are 2 basic qualities of DVD's, kind of like ribs. The best ribs, or DVD's, go to the rich restaurants or film companies. For DVD's, the commercial DVD's can store twice as much data as a residential DVD. This is so because of a nice little feature called Layers. You see, commercial DVD's normally are multi-layered. This can be observed in such movies like Gladiator. Gladiator sometimes skips over the best fight scene on PS2's, even if the DVD is perfect, because PS2 has a hard time switching from one layer to another.
Residential DVD's, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD RAM, the most storage they can have typically is 4.7GB. From what I've heard, as well, is that they also must be formatted, so you lose more data because of that.

From what my brother said, however, is that it is possible to burn DVD's. My brother has a friend that makes copies of movies like Lord of the Rings. I'd much rather BUY the movie than copy it, but for backup situations, I see no reason why NOT to burn the DVD, but then again, DVD's cost what, around $10, and you can find many movies on DVD for $10, so it's a tossup for those....