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i am trying to find out more about copy dvds, i have a chipped REC dvd player, it is region free and plays all discs.
only problem is the price of new discs. to be honest i dont really bother with all the extra features, only watch the movies.
could anyone point me in the correct direction if i were looking for copied dvds at a more reasonable price.
mail me if you want to stay anonymous.
also i have heard of someone who sells on copy films, i believe he does this by copying laser discs to vhs, could he do the same with films to cdrw then i could play them through dvd player, suggestions will be appreciated.
also one last thing , dr dre & eminem up in smoke dvd, on back of my dvd player is digital optical out tried to copy onto my mini disc but message came on md saying not possible , any thoughts.