Ok... I thought at some point and time I was in a thread that discussed tweaking the RXII to work with DVD to DVD recording, but I can't find it and I have been looking for a few hours. I give up.

I have a DVD player and DVD recorder and would like to make back up copies of my DVD's, especially for the car and stuff. I have a two year old and would like to make copies that I don't have to worry as much about as the originals. I have been able to copy some of the VHS's I have onto DVD with the RX-II but I still get the error code that DVD's are protected and it can not copy it. I was wondering if any one had any tips, ideas, thoughts or what ever.

If I need to provide more info... let me know.

Thanks Dei

Get a Sima Stabolizer about $100. Last I knew you could get it at Best Buy. It will work with both VHS and DVD. Hope that this helped.

Or get Dimax Grex.

thanks for the suggestions... I will look into these two items.

DVD Shrink 3.2 (computer FREEWARE downloaded from UK websites) will copy most DVDs with your computer's DVD burner with original features intact. (Some rip-off websites ask for donations for this Freeware. The author intended this to be distributed freely.)

Here is the procedure:

Create a separate dedicated folder on your computer hard drive for each DVD you wish to copy. Then initiate a BACKUP with the software. DVD Shrink will then read the DVD in the DVD drive. This takes 1-3 minutes. Then DVD Shrink asks if you want audio and video folders. Answer yes. Then specify the destination folder you created and click yes. A full DVD will take 5-12 minutes (sometimes longer) to BACKUP. The DVD contents will be preserved in the dedicated folder on you computer hard drive.

Once the BACKUP process is completed there will be one audio and one video folder in the destination folder you selected.

Use your computer's DVD burning software to copy the audio folder and video folder as folders to a blank DVD. (Do not attempt to copy those folder contents as files. Do not copy the destination folder itself.)

The burned DVD should function the same as the original DVD.

In my earlier post I glossed over one step.

The process should read:

Create a separate dedicated folder for each DVD you wish to copy. Then click OPEN DISK in the software. DVD Shrink will then read the DVD, (it takes 1-3 minutes). Then click BACKUP. DVD Shrink asks if you want audio and video folders. Answer yes. Then specify the destination folder and click yes. A full DVD will take 5-12 minutes to BACKUP.

Once the BACKUP process is completed there will be one audio and one video folder within the destination folder you selected.

Use your computer's DVD burning software to copy the audio folder and video folder as folders to a blank DVD. (Do not attempt to copy the folder contents as files, the files must remain in their folders. Do not copy the designated folder itself.)

The burned DVD should have the same functionality as the original DVD.

The advantages of DVD Shrink for copying a DVD are that it's free and quickly accomplished entirely by a computer fitted with a DVD burner.