# CD burner and DVDs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395 "2002-11-12T06:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CelraySoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@CelraySoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelraySoda)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/1 "2002-11-12T06:19:38Z")
Can I make a copy of a DVD using a cd burner like a regular music CD? ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Belowjob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/2 "2002-11-12T06:27:37Z")
You need a DVD burner. Check 'em out at any online electronics/computer store. ---
**Author:** ![CelraySoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@CelraySoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelraySoda)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/3 "2002-11-12T06:29:15Z")
Are they the same price as CD burners? ---
**Author:** ![caitiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@caitiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caitiff)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/4 "2002-11-12T06:44:05Z")
not currently, but prices are dropping. A decent one will still run you 500, and the media, that just depends where you shop. But remember, at one point, CD-R’s were $1000. So, unless you desperately want one, hold off a year, and you’ll probably find a DVD-R for $150. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/5 "2002-11-12T06:45:59Z")
DVD-R drives are closer to $200 already. I don’t know about copying movie DVDs though, aren’t they copy protected? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/6 "2002-11-12T06:49:44Z")
You can use a DVD-R to hold a lot more data than a CD-R. A standard one holds 4.7 GB. I’m going to use DVD-Rs to hold copies of family photos and distribute them to my brothers. That way I don’t have to send out any discs. My new system came with a program for transferring VHS to DVD, but that’s not something I need to do. A DVD-R costs much more than a CD-R. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/7 "2002-11-12T14:43:32Z")
[Read this.](http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq03.html#S3-49) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-and-dvds/136395/8 "2002-11-12T17:10:59Z")
You could get a $40 dvdrom drive & copy the contents off it & put it onto a cd if it fits but it depends on what the dvd is. If you are refering to that spam software going around that says it can do this with a cdrom drive, its baloney.