DVDFAB PLATINUM™ TEST & REVIEW

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Test Platform

We downloaded, installed, and tested DVDFAB Platinum  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).

Test Results

The installation was flawless on both test computers. The original DVD movie was "Planet of the Apes" (2001) starring Mark Walberg. The movie runtime was 119 minutes.  Upon inserting the original DVD movie and pressing the "Start" button, 16 minutes lapsed until we were prompted to insert blank DVD media. The DVD movie burning process was less than 17 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 16 minutes to copy the movie and  approximately 18 minutes to burn the movie to DVD.

DVDFab User Interface - Full Disc Copy

Upon inserting the DVD movie and launching DVDFAB Platinum we were presented with a slick User Interface. Even though DVDFAB Platinum had a Wizard that could walk a through the process, we elected to  copy the Entire DVD including all titles and menus. We left the default "Select Source" setting. You would select "Disk Folder" if you already had a DVD ripped on your hard drive.

DVDFab Detects Inserted DVD - DVD Drive Selected as the Source

On the next screen we had an option to select either a Black Screen or DVDFab Screen. We kept the default setting.

Kept Default Settings

Next, we selected the DVD Writer output and clicked the Go button.

Selecting DVD Writer Option

DVDFAB Platinum begins copying the movie.

DVDFab Copy and Transcoding Process

After 16 minutes DVDFAB Platinum  prompted us to insert a blank DVD. (It did not automatically eject the DVD)

Clicking OK initiated the Writing/Burning of the DVD.

DVD Burning Progress Window

In about 17 minutes, DVDFAB Platinum ejected the burned DVD. When placed in a DVD player, the movie contained all of the extras and played beautifully.

DVDFAB Platinum from start to finish produced a high-quality DVD in 33 minutes. Not as fast as 1Click DVD Copy Pro but well under and hour.
 

Results

Pros

DVDFAB Platinum user graphical interface was simple and easy to use. We particularly liked the wizard. Produced a high-quality dvd copy.
 

Cons

While DVDFAB Platinum contained many features, we felt that it had too many windows one had to click through to set up dvd copy parameters. This could get confusing. In other words, there is a learning curve. Yet, after becoming familiar with the program, the comfort zone diminishes.
 

Quality of Copy

Since no compression is used, the final copy (Audio and Video) was an exact copy of the original.
 

Customer/Technical Support

We emailed Fengtae Software customer support and within an hour, a response was received. Their website has an excellent customer support system in place as well as an excellent forum.
 

Summary

Overall, DVDFAB Platinum from Fengtae Software is a very good DVD copying product. It is a very easy program to navigate through, and the copied DVD is exactly like the original. Once you become familiar with the program then you will know exactly where to go for the feature that you are looking for.
 

DVDFAB Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs. DVDFab Platinum is brand new, is completely rewritten, is based on 5 years of DVD copy software development. DVDFAB Platinum is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie. Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start. Your entire movie - including menus, trailers and special features - is copied to a single DVD with just one click, and everything happens automatically. Backup your entire DVD - including menus, trailers, and special features - onto one or multiple discs.

[ Enlarge Screenshot ] Buy Now Key Features DVD to DVD 5 DVD to DVD copy mode available: Full Disc, Main Movie, Split, Customize and Clone.    Full Disc: All movies, menus and trailers, is copied to a DVD with just one click.   Main Movie: Just copy the movie, with specific audio/sub-picture.   Split: Copy a DVD-9 onto two DVD-5 discs with 100% quality, and preserve original menus on both discs. Ideal for episodic/season DVD movies, TV series, etc.   Customize: Personalize your DVDs! Want to make a DVD with only your favorite titles? How about cutting out those annoying commercials? Or selecting specific audio/subpicture? No problem! You can select just your favorite titles, specify the title playback order, with or without original menus, to create a DVD with only the stuff you want!   Clone: Make perfect 1:1 bit-to-bit copy of DVDs: Make perfect dual layer DVD copy by using the original layer break position. Copy data DVD disc, like PS2 DVD.   Very fast copying speed, normally it's about 10 - 20 minutes.   Burn to any blank DVD Disc (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL). DVD to Mobile 3 DVD to Mobile copy mode available: Generic, iPod and PSP. More devices support can be added manually.   Generic: Convert DVD title to PC MPEG-4/DivX/XVID/H.264 AVI/MP4 file.   iPod: Convert DVD title to Apple iPod MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file.   PSP: Convert DVD title to Sony PSP MPEG-4/H.264 MP4 file. Benefits  Remove all DVD copy protections, like CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc.    Constantly updated to support latest DVD copy protections.   Backup scratched/dirty disc: Even if some information (IFO) cannot be read, you can still copy Main Movie or Customize. Recovery from DVD reading (VOB) error.   Constantly updated to support latest DVD burners and blank DVD discs.   Constantly updated to support more mobile devices.    FREE lifetime upgrade.   FREE lifetime support via e-mail, worldwide. System Requirements Windows Vista/XP/2000/98/ME Pentium II 500 MHz 128 MB of RAM 10 GB of Free Hard Disk Space A DVD-R(W) or DVD+R(W) Drive   DVDFAB Platinum  Buy Now