Question about DVD Burners

[XTheVirusX]

I recently received a HP DVD Writer dvd3001 as a present. I barely know anything about dvd burners. I have a question and was hoping someone knowledgable can help me out.

- If I were to rent a DVD movie from a video store am I able to make a copy of the DVD (including menus,deleted scenes,etc)


Also, if anyone who has a DVD Burner, what other things are you able to do with it, and which is the best program to use with it.

Thanks in advance

XTheVirusX

 

[Shockwave]

Yes, but you need special software.
Check Hardware and search. Its in there, cant remember what its called though

 

I'm not sure, but a better question to ask is, "If I buy a DVD and I'm afraid it'll get lost or scratched, am I able to make a BACKUP copy of it using this DVD recorder?"

 

[murphy55d]

There are some solid threads about this in Software too. Eug is the DVD writer expert over in general hardware I believe...check for his posts on the subject.

 

[Codewiz]

I suggest heading over to doom9

 

[XTheVirusX]

Also the DVD Burner I have now is a 4x 2.4x 8x is there anything faster in terms of speed right now?

 

[Codewiz]

4x write is the fastest right at the moment. 4x media is very expensive so I only write at 1x or 2x since media for that speed is half the price of 4x media.