DVD Cloner 7 Test & Review     Company: DVD Cloner Version: 7.1.0 File Size: 4.59M Price: $59.99 Video Tutorial

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What Can DVD Cloner 7 Do - Reasonable Expectations?

DVD Cloner 7 can make an exact copy of a DVD movie. It can copy DVD-5 movies to blank DVD-5, copy Dual Layered DVD-9 movies to blank DVD-9 discs.

It can copy a smaller capacity DVD-5 movie disc to a larger capacity Dual Layered DVD-9 DVD disc. It can squeeze two DVD movies (DVD-5 or DVD-9) onto one blank DVD disc.

It can take a large capacity Dual layered DVD-9 7.9GB movie and split it out so that it will fit on two 4.7GB DVD-5 DVD discs. The result will be an exact copy of the original DVD movie but appearing on two DVD-5 discs (Part 1 and Pat 2, for example).

DVD Cloner 7 can copy just the Movie Only, excluding from the copy the extras appearing on most DVD movies.

It is important to understand that when making copies of a DVD movie, the more extraneous and un-needed items on the original DVD that you can exclude from the copy, the better the copy will be. Why? Because there is less to compress or squeeze on the copied DVD. Compression is not an issue if you are copying onto the large DVD-9 blank discs.

With a third pary Blu-ray/HD DVD Copy helper, you can copy Blu-ray movies to blank DVDs or AVCHD DVD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW discs. When you first begin copying Blu-ray movies, you will be prompted to download the third party software at no extra cost.

Test Platform

DVD Cloner 7 is brand new for 2010. We downloaded, installed, and tested DVD Cloner 7  to run on two test computers. One computer was "Home-Brewed" with an Athlon AMD 64 X2 4800 Dual-Core processor running at 2.4GHz, 1GB of memory, 100GB hard drive, and a Sony DRU-510A DVD/RW drive 32X (CD) and 12X (DVD). The other computer, a Gateway E06500D, with an Intel Pentium(R) running at 3GHz, 1GB of memory, 100GB hard drive, and a Plextor PX-708A DVD/RW drive (40X (CD) and 12X (DVD).

Installation & Test Results

The installation was flawless on both test computers. The original DVD movie was "The Count of Monte Cristo" starring Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce. The movie runtime was 131 minutes.  Upon inserting the original DVD movie and pressing the "Start" button, 20 minutes lapsed until we were prompted to insert blank DVD media. The DVD movie burning process was less than 14 minutes. We then inserted the copied DVD movie in our DVD player and the copy quality was that of the original to include all of the extras and menus options we selected. The same process was perform on our second test computer and it took 21 minutes to copy the movie and  approximately 16 minutes to burn the movie to DVD.

DVD Cloner VII GUI Interface - Express Mode
 

At first glance DVD Cloner 7's interface was simple and clean. DVD Cloner 7  has two modes to switch between: Express Mode (default) and Expert Mode. Clicking on the  at the top allowed switching between the two modes.

DVD Cloner VII GUI Interface - Expert Mode
 

The Expert Mode allowed us to either (1) Copy a DVD movie to DVD, (2) Combine two DVD movies to DVD, and (3) Burn a movie that has already been ripped to a DVD.

You can also convert DVD movies to either AVI or MPEG; as well as convert DVD movies to Super Video CDs (SVCD)

Start Reading DVD and Burning DVD Process
 

The copied DVD movie looked and sounded great in our DVD player.
 

DVD Cloner 7 from start to finish produced a high-quality DVD in 29 minutes.
 

Results

Pros

DVD Cloner 7 user graphical interface was simple and easy to use. Vastly improved from the previous version. We were impressed with its rich feature set  The software is true 1Click technology. Extra features to convert DVD to AVI, DVD to MPEG, and DVD to SVCD are integrated into the software.
 

Cons

None
 

Quality of Copy

Excellent
 

Customer/Technical Support

We Emailed DVD Cloner 7 and within a few hours, a response was received. Their website has a good email customer support system.
 

Summary

DVD Cloner 7 is worth every penny. DVD Cloner 7 was able to handle every movie we copied.

DVD Cloner 7 allows you to copy your favorite DVDs with one-click. It includes the latest DVD decryption codes, multiple format compression and DVD restoration. This product offers everything from exact 1:1 DVD copies to automatic compression and episode selection. DVD Cloner 7 also offers a high level of flexibility and customization, including multiple languages and is compatible with most burners and DVD players.

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