Normally priced at $51.95, this DVD-copying and -ripping suite is available free of charge--but only for today. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...

If you want to convert your DVDs to videos you can watch on your iPad or iPhone, MacX DVD Ripper Pro can handle the task. Rather than letting your DVDs collect dust, use this helpful Mac app to ...

RealNetworks will soon let users rip DVDs to their hard drives -- legally. The company will be unveiling the RealDVD software at Monday's DEMOfall conference in San Diego, but CNET got an early look ...

The world is going to be digitized day by day. Thus, all physical media will also quickly be shifted into digital formats. Now all forms of physical media have become outdated. Shifting physical media ...

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 ...

Real's RealDVD software lets you rip DVDs to your PC hard drive--legally--and watch them on up to 4 other PCs. John P. Falcone is the senior director of commerce content at CNET, where he coordinates ...

Reader Steven Pollock seeks a digital copy of a movie he recently purchased. He writes: I read Macworld’s story about how to rip DVDs with HandBrake and I’m having a problem. I’d like to rip a DVD ...

[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to ...

March 25, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Click to viewCommercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but ...

Who is still buying DVDs? Surely collectors are. A hard copy is always tempting for collectors. Also, old-fashioned DVD serves you well when movies are hard to find or even not available online on ...

[This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies at Middlebury College. Jason blogs at Just TV.] [This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, ...

On Wednesday, a key copyright trial began in San Jose, as Kaleidescape Systems and the DVD Content Control Association went to court in a case expected to test the concept of "fair use". Kaleidescape ...