Hi Clint. Thanks so much for the info.. DVDs (especially the sets) are very expensive.. and even though she has not had a problem with one.. YET... There's no telling.. Cause if a VCR can "eat a tape".. then who knows..what can happen with a DVD..
So, I thank you .and I"ll pass the info on to her. HELENE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: RE; DVD - re-writable > I've never heard of a DVD player destroying DVD's, but I guess > it's "possible". If they have one that is doing this I'd > suggest to replace it. ;-) I mentioned before I had a CDROM > drive that its laser burned a hole through the case of the > drive! (In case anyone is wondering what site Helene is > talking about: http://321studios.com/ ). Here's some more > links here, http://www.chaplinsociety.com/ > > Be sure and tell her to be VERY CAREFUL when ordering any of > this type of software. Most of the sites are overseas, and > steal CC #'s on non-encrypted unsecured webpages, and never > even send you your order. (This goes for ANY online order); > always right click the page where you give your CC# and look at > "properties" and BE SURE it says "encrypted SSL" or something > to that effect. In rare cases, the page CAN be SSL and not > have the "padlock icon" in IE. And, on the other hand, you CAN > have the padlock icon and the page may NOT be secure. So, > right clicking is the best way. > -Clint > > Happy Holidays to all & God Bless > Clint Hamilton, Owner > > http://OrpheusComputing.com ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helene Leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Mike and Clint. > > Mike, the reason my daughter wants to copy the DVDs.. is that > this way. in > case the machine "eats one".. they will not be lost.. (she's > got ALOT of > trilogys.. as well.. as full collections. and they cost alot of > money). > > When she got married, last year.. we had the Video guy.. make > us 3 VCR tapes.. > She realized afterwards - she wanted more.. so we copied > them.(no problem).. > onto a vcr tape.. > > She wants to be able to do the same thing.. with certain > DVD's.. that are > very expensive. > > I know with VCR tapes.. if you truly want to save them.. and > not let anything > be taped over them.(you take off the little tab on the vcr > tape).. but even > still .. if your machine.. decides to 'eat one'.. then you lose > it > forever.(that has happened to me in the past too). > > With DVDS.. there is no such tab.. and therefore.. if the > machine decides to > destroy it.(which does happen).. than the expensive DVD will be > lost forever. > > CLINT.. Thanks so much for the site. I'm going to send it to my > sister.. so ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
