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Video Vault + DVDXPlatinum Combo (Best Suite Award) | Buy Now |
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The Video Vault + DVDXPlatinum combo offer is a tremendous value that goes far beyond DVD copying.
You get 2 great copy programs for the price of 1.
DVDXPlatinum is a top of the line program that offers both easy one step and advanced full control DVD copying (great for beginners and power users).
Video Vault is a brand new state of the art program. It can also make DVD-to-DVD copies but does much more.
You can import video from almost any source (such as DVDs, VCDs, downloaded movies, VCR, camcorder, etc) and output it to DVD or almost any device with a screen (such as PDA, smart and palm phones, PVP - Personal Video Players, Wireless TV broadcast, etc).
HINT: You get 2 great independent programs for the price of 1. Each comes with its own license code and they can be installed on different computers.
If you don't need both then you could split the cost of this with a friend an you each get a great program and a great deal.
History Lesson - 321 Studios and "X Copy" Products
The now shutdown company called 321 Studios was the manufacture of "DVD X Copy Platinum" ($149), "DVD X Copy Gold" ($119) and "DVD X Copy Xpress" ($69).
These products contained a built-in ripper allowing them to copy protected Hollywood movies.
321 Studios was sued in the USA by the movie industry and was forced by the courts to create a "ripper free" (RF) version of their products. Shortly later the company folded which many said was due to the legal expenses incurred.
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Of course, X Software (who offers this Video Vault + DVDXPlatinum combo) is not related to 321 Studios. X Software is an "international" company based outside of the USA. However what we do know is our testing confirms that 321 Studio's "DVD X Copy Platinum" and X Software's "DVDXPlatinum" is essentially the same product. Also, you can't help but notice that the product name, company name and program similarities are designed to leverage 321 Studio's name recognition. Hmmmm.
The good news for you... if you missed out on this legendary software before it was banned, you can now get it (or the equivalent) at a bargin price in this combo with full tech support and a 90 money back guarentee.
REVIEW NOTE: To make this an "Apples to Apples" comparison with the other copy programs we limit our focus below to the DVD-to-DVD copy features of Video Vault. Video Vault does much, much more. We cover many of the extra exciting things you can do with Video Vault in our DVD Copy Secrets email course.
Installation
Video Vault was very easy to install and we did not encounter any issues.
The setup program installs both the main software and burning engine before requiring you to reboot once.
Support to copy protected DVDs is handled by using a free decryptor.
We installed DVD43 which was also a very easy and quick process. After this 1 time 5 minute install of DVD43 the copy protection removal support was fully integrated and behaved as if it were built in.
Ease Of Use
Video Vault is very easy to use to make DVD-to-DVD copies.
Simply put in a source movie DVD and select the "DVD Backup" feature.
Video Vault will examine the DVD and present you with a "movie only" or "entire dvd" option.
On each option you also have drop downs with your prefered copy settings selected.
You can change the selected copy settings (ex. audio, subtitles) or if they are already correct simply click "Start Copy".
We really like this interface since it provides visual confirmation of your copy options. With 1Click DVD Copy and DVD Cloner 2 these settings are on a separate options screen and we found ourselves contantly checking to see what settings we used last.
If you only have 1 DVD drive then it will prompt you when it is done with the original and ready for a blank.
Please watch the short video above to see how we easily backup a movie.
CSS Copy Protection Removal
Ever since a competitor, 321 Studios, was ordered to remove the built-in decryption support from their products the trend in the industry is to have you install a free ripper as a separate step.
We installed DVD43 which runs in the background making all movies appear unprotected to video vault so copy protection is not a problem. Installing DVD43 is a very quick one-time step and after it is installed Video Vault behaves as if it has built-in decryption support.
We think the strategy of not including a ripper is better than having one built-in.
Since the ripper is provided (for free) by another company it reduces the risk that X Software will be challenged in court by the movie industry. This helps ensure X Software will be around a long time to provide you with support and free lifetime updates to their products.
Widescreen vs. Fullscreen
Video Vault and DVDXPlatinum have 1 feature not found in some of the other DVD copy programs.
If you have a DVD that contains both the widescreen and fullscreen versions of the movie on the same DVD then you can select which one you want to copy.
With some of the other DVD copy programs (such as 1Click DVD Copy) it will only copy the widescreen version if both are present on the DVD.
We like this extra control but please note that most DVDs only have 1 format and most people prefer the widescreen version anyway.
If this is an important feature for you then Video Vault is one of the few products that can support it.
Episodic Support
Video Vault makes it very easy to copy episodic dvds (ie. tv shows like The Sopranos on dvd).
It is as simple as selecting the 'copy entire dvd' option and clicking start.
Everything else is done automatically for you.
Quality
The quality of our test DVD-to-DVD copies was excellent with both Video Vault and DVDXPlatinum. Our test movies required compression but when viewed on a standalone DVD player and big screen TV no loss of quality was noticed.
Burning Engine
The burning engine (software that actually writes to the DVD) is included and built-in.
When you install Video Vault it will also install the included burning engine 'CopyToDVD' (NOTE: This is the same industry leading burning engine used by 1Click DVD Copy).
It is important to note that everything you need is included, unlike some of our other choices that rely on the burning engine that comes with your DVD burner.
Support
The email support offered for Video Vault and DVDXPlatinum is excellent. Your questions will be answered completely in easy to understand language. The advertised turn around time is 1 business day but I've had many replies back in under an hour. The top notch support is a real piece of mind reason to choose Video Vault.
The "Legal Use" Test
Video Vault goes far beyond backing up your DVDs. We focused on the DVD-to-DVD copy features in this review so you can fairly compare it with your other choices. In our DVD Copy Secrets email course we cover many of the exciting additional things you can only do with Video Vault.
You should note that by having so many additional features in Video Vault, X Software is puting it in a better position to pass the "legal use" test.
The way this works is when a product has both potential legal and illegal uses a court may evaluate the product to determine if it is being misused.
In the of case of DVD Copy software there is a risk of the illegal use of piracy.
The court would try to determine if the illegal use didn't exist would this still be a viable product?
Since Video Vault has many, many legal uses and additional features it would stand up to that test much better than a standalone DVD copy product.
More Features
Video Vault does much more than just copy DVDs. Please take a look at teaser for our DVD Copy Secrets Email Course. Many of these advanced topics are only supported by Video Vault. We take you step-by-step through all these and show you how they are done. Subscribe today to get this course by email FREE!
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