Copying DVD's

[hankster]

New dual-layer DVD burner due out in April '04
"Expect double-layer, almost double-capacity DVD+R drives and media to hit the stores next April, members of the DVD+RW alliance say. The technology, co-developed by drive maker Philips, and media specialists Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku, adds a second recording layer to a standard-thickness DVD+R disc, taking the medium's capacity from 4.7GB to 8.5GB."

More at

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33733.html

[Nicholas Brown]

New dual-layer DVD burner due out in April '04
"Expect double-layer, almost double-capacity DVD+R drives and media to hit the stores next April, members of the DVD+RW alliance say. The technology, co-developed by drive maker Philips, and media specialists Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku, adds a second recording layer to a standard-thickness DVD+R disc, taking the medium's capacity from 4.7GB to 8.5GB."

More at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33733.html

There is a new drive on the horizon that will do 8x -r AND +r, cant decide if to wait for the even faster drives come out before I swap my Sony 4x

on the subject of dvd backup, heres the methods I use

DVD5 -> DVD5
Firstly, create an image from the dvd in DVD Decrypter (ISO Read Mode), removing macrovision, region codes etc. Then, switch to ISO Write mode and burn the image file

DVD9 -> DVD5
Rip the files to my hard drive using File Mode in DVD Decrypter. Shrink any extras, remove additional sound tracks/subtitles using DVD Shrink. Create an iso of the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories and then burn the image file with DVD Decrypter

Ive got perfect backup copies of all my dvds with the original menus in most cases.

Also, I wouldnt recommend Nero for burning DVD Video discs as I have had compatability problems with consoles and some dvd STB's

Nick

[DarkDelight.net]

New dual-layer DVD burner due out in April '04
"Expect double-layer, almost double-capacity DVD+R drives and media to hit the stores next April, members of the DVD+RW alliance say. The technology, co-developed by drive maker Philips, and media specialists Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku, adds a second recording layer to a standard-thickness DVD+R disc, taking the medium's capacity from 4.7GB to 8.5GB."

More at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33733.html

These are due April 1st 2004, I'll bet