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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.