Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great product...just wish movies fit in one instead of two
I bought this and loaded this on a W2K box with a Pioneer DVR-A03 drive. I was skeptical about its compatibility. I used a TDK DVD-R disk and backed up my Speed Region 2 DVD. Even though it made my one DVD into a two part DVD set, it did allow me to choose the split break, which impressed me. As it is written in its specs, I was also able to have my backup DVD start without going to the menus. This is a feature that I've been looking for, so that my technology challenged parents will be able to use the DVD player I got them for Christmas, with the least amount of effort. My copies worked in my APEX DVD player but didn't in my AIWA player. I was dismayed at first since the AIWA DVD player I have is supposed to be compatible with DVD-R disks. I then used cheap, Princo DVD-R disks on my next attempt and they worked fine in my AIWA and APEX players. I suggest that anyone interested in this product, test several different brands of DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW. Compatibility problems could be due to the media you are using and not the software. I hope to try this software with a faster DVD-R drive sometime. Very cool software. I just wish that it could do a little more. I hope that newer versions will have a way to compress it so that it can fit on one single-sided DVD. Something like SVCD quality on a DVD would be really cool.
Rating:  - Avoid this like the plague
This is an item I would stay as far away from as possible. Don't even think about purchasing it! I did, and regret it. It is difficult to install properly and get to work properly. You can only install it a few times and then you have nothing but a box and a useless cd cover.
Rating: - Pluses and Minuses
This is either an outstanding product, or not an outstanding product, depending upon your usage and technical knowledge and what you expect of it.This software will lead to mixed results for the novice, but if you know your way around DVDs and how the files are stored, many of the problems people encounter using this software have simple fixes. This software works largely good on "conventional" movie DVDs (DVD-5 (best!!) or DVD-9 (Ok.) formats) where all you may want to do is watch the movie, but not so great on multiepisode DVDs of TV shows (in DVD-9 format). At least this has been my experience. Other factors include the DVD burning software and it's default settings which is already installed on your system. For example, ensure you can do UDF 1.02 format DVD disks for maximum compatibility. Type of media has an affect on the archive disks created from the software, as the "cheap" DVD-R disks sometimes suffers compatiblity problems that are avoided on the name brands. On some multiepisode TV show disks, I've encountered problems with the menuing setup on the second disk, which can prevent viewing of some material.
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