Thousands Of DVD's For Only 50 Cents A Copy! (AoA DVD Copy)

Member Name: kenjohn

Product:	AoA DVD Copy
Date:	09/09/07 (371 review reads)
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Advantages: Simple to use. Perfect DVD copies.

Disadvantages: Not a lot!

~ ~ Would you like to make perfect backup copies of your precious DVD’s?
Of course, this is fairly difficult, as these days most all DVD’s are heavily encrypted, so unless you’re a dab hand at decoding them then it’s virtually impossible.
I know I’ve had numerous tutorials from my wife’s nephew (who has a degree in Computer Science) on more than one occasion on how to use software like Nero and DVD Decrypter. But alas all to no avail, as technically speaking I am still almost a complete computer dunderhead even after 12 years or so since I bought my first PC.

~ ~ I’d almost given up the ghost in regard to copying commercial DVD’s when I happened upon a link on the Web one evening to a site called “AoA DVD Copy”.
They claim that with consummate ease (even for somebody as computer illiterate as myself) you can copy any DVD in around 20 to 40 minutes depending on the speed of your individual operating system.
Now since the software costs $39.95 (£19.77 Sterling or €29.26) you’d want to be fairly certain it could live up to its claim before getting out the old plastic. But never fear. This site allows you to download a trial version of the software (you can copy about 5 DVD’s) for free before you purchase. Once you’re happy that the software is for you then it is automatically upgraded to the full version once you’ve made your credit card payment.

~ ~ The thing about AoA DVD Copy is that it is almost totally idiot proof. You can copy a DVD with three wee clicks of your mouse. Click one to decide whether you want to copy the whole DVD including menus, or whether you simply want to copy the main movie. Click two to decrypt the DVD, and click three to copy it.
No messing around with complicated technical settings. You simply insert the DVD you want to copy, and press the start button. In about twenty minutes or so you’ll get a message asking you to remove the original DVD from the DVD drive, and insert a blank DVD to record it onto. Another twenty minutes or so and your DVD is ready for use. The playback quality is truly superb, and as far as I can tell is totally indistinguishable from the original!
Obviously the speed of the operation depends on the speed of your processor and individual computer. But I’ve never had any complaints, and you can leave it running away in the background while you get on with any other task on the computer you fancy. My only small crib is that it *DOES* seem to slow down my internet connection slightly when it’s running, so I tend to copy my DVD’s when I’m off doing something else and not on the Web.

~ ~ Once you’ve burned your copy DVD then you have a stored copy in a folder on your hard drive, which you can then either delete (they’re large files!) or hang onto to burn further copies if you so desire.
Obviously the potential is there for this software to be used to make illegal copies of copyrighted DVD’s, but, of course, I would never *DREAM* of buying a box set I fancied on eBay or Amazon, copying the discs, and then reselling the original. Or else renting out a copy of a popular new DVD, making a copy, and keeping it for my own use. But suffice to say my personal DVD collection has grown to truly astronomic proportions since I purchased this software at the beginning of this year.

~ ~ There is a whole lot of technical jargon available on the company website "http://www.aoadvdcopy.com/" for those of you who are so minded, but you can look this up for yourself as I don’t intend boring the backside of everyone by going into it in detail here. The important stuff as far as I’m concerned is that it would seem to work with all versions of Windows (I run XP 64-bit) and is compatible with either PAL or NTSC DVD formats. You can use either DVD-R+ or DVD-R- blank DVD’s, and it works equally well with DVD-RW (rewritable discs) if it’s a movie you don’t intend to keep but copy over.

~ ~ The software has won a “Five Cows” award at Tucows, the site that rates the quality and value of software, and frankly I’m not surprised.
This software comes with my highest possible recommendation, and is well worth the €30 or so that I paid for it.

P.S. The "50 cent a copy" in my title refers to what it costs me for a blank DVD. (€9.99 for 20 discs in Aldi)

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© KenJ September 2007

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Summary: Excellent value for money. Simple to use. Perfect DVD copies.

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