About DVD neXt Copy
Features
DVD neXt COPY gives users a fairly general DVD copy software experience, and it offers nothing special or unique to set it apart from the crowd. Its redeeming quality is that it does the mundane fairly well, earning the fourth place in our ranking of available DVD copy programs.
Among the features that it does include are:
- Excellent image quality in copies
- Wonderful compression ratio
- Fast rate of burning
- Dual Layer support
- Episodic Support
- Copy directly to your hard drive
- Include or remove extras, bonus material, menus, and any other content
- Different modes for beginners or experienced users
- Free software updates
The most important feature of any DVD copy software is, of course, how good the image quality of a copied DVD is. Additional features aside, copying DVDs is the main purpose of the software, and it should therefore perform well in at least this one area. DVD neXt COPY does indeed perform well in this area, producing copies that have excellent picture quality.
Also, the ability to trim off various parts of the content of a DVD that you do not wish to copy is not found in many DVD copy programs. This is particularly useful for those users who simply want to copy the interesting parts of their original DVDs, and not have the bother with the boring segments such as advertisements or even opening and closing credits. This tool allows users to remove portions of the original DVD that are simply taking up space. With this extra space, users can then choose to use less compression, as the overall file can now be larger.
Having different modes for users with different levels of experience is also a shrewd move on the developers' part. This way, instead of having a standard version of the software and a professional version, they are able to market both as a single version, making it sound more appealing to both beginners and experienced users.
Usability
The user interface provided with DVD neXt COPY is relatively simple and easy to learn how to use. Such ease of use is important, especially if the user is someone unfamiliar with DVD copy software or even simply unfamiliar with computers.
Another feature that enhances the usability of this software is that it offers users the ability to examine the content of a DVD movie in detail, and choose to trim unwanted parts. Unwanted segments of the DVD such as advertisements and the like can simply be excluded from the content that will be burned onto the DVD copy.
Installation
Installation is quick and easy, with a minimum of fuss. You will, however, be asked to download and install a third-party decryption utility when you start up the program for the first time. This is the strategy used by the company to avoid any liability when it comes to intellectual copyrights and circumvention of CSS encryption found on most newer DVDs.
Support
Support for the software is provided in the form of software updates, in order to keep up with the constantly evolving copy protection methods and CSS encryption. This is particular important, as constant updates are required in order for users to copy and backup the latest DVDs.
Quality
The image quality of DVD copies is excellent, and you will hardly be able to tell the difference between the originals and the copies. This is thanks to the excellent video compression encoding being used to create the copies.
Users might encounter a problem when attempting to convert a DVD to a CD, however, and the program has been found to freeze and hang during this process. This small glitch aside, the rest of the program functions smoothly and without evidence of any other problems. |
