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Can you record additional copies of your personal DVDs with your DVD recorder?
Home » Home Theater » DVD Players and Recorders » Can you record additional copies of your personal DVDs with your DVD recorder?The big answer to this question is no. You are not able to make a copy of Aladdin to give to your neighbor or have an extra copy in the mini-van. Most factory DVD recorders are unable to get past the anti-copy signal on most commercial videos and DVDs. This is the same thing as trying to do it with VHS tapes. If your DVD recorder detects the anti-copy signal on a commercial DVD it will probably stop recording and display an error message either directly on your television or on the DVD recorder. Certain education videos and home material do not have the anti-copy signal, though. Many wedding videos and homemade picture DVDs will not have this data on it, so these are some things that you can record onto a DVD – just make sure that you have enough room on your DVD. Also a DVD recorder is unable to copy the menu functions or additional functions on a non-commercial DVD. It simply copies the video data.
Another thing to consider about a DVD recorder is the un-ability to copy computer files. While a DVD burner that is on a computer has the ability to make MP3 disks with hundreds of songs on it, as well as place thousands of documents on a single DVD disk – a DVD recorder is unable to do this. It does not have the ability to connect to a computer to record these files.
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