Click to viewWindows only: Rip and back up any DVD to your hard drive with DVD Rip, a freeware Windows application that automates the entire DVD-to-hard-drive backup process. All you need to do is ...

Click to viewCommercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but most people still don't back up their DVD collection. Once upon a time, the four to ...

In this column two weeks ago I mentioned that a friend on a mail list had asked, “What do people use to rip a DVD to their hard drive so they can, for example, watch it on a laptop or a tablet? This ...

Many of us do not want to throw our previous DVD away. However, it easily gets scratched, broken. To protect my collection, I had written "Digitize DVD Collection" into the to-do-list. My discs, not ...

Addicted to movies? You can watch video on your tablet, smartphone, or portable media player, of course–but since none of those gadgets have optical drives, you can’t put any of your DVDs into them.

There are lots of advantages to backing up your DVD library. It gives you a backup if discs are lost or damaged, and lets you play your DVDs digitally on all of your tech gadgets. That means easy ...

DVD Decrypter can convert DVD videos into Audio Video Interleave files with help from another converter program. The DVD improved home video picture quality standards, but it still requires a physical ...

What is the best format to rip DVD? There is no single answer to this question. If you want to convert DVD for playback on a mobile device, MP4 is a good choice. If you want to create a 1:1 copy to ...

Streaming is convenient, but Blu-ray provides the best quality video and audio you can get in your home theater. The only problem is you have to get off the couch to switch discs. That feels so 2006, ...

We explain how you can copy a DVD to your Mac for watching on iPad or Apple TV, even if it won’t play! When clearing out the garage recently we stumbled upon an old DVD. Since we no longer have a DVD ...