for making backups of protected dvd’s i will need…

I use nero already because of it ability to decode flac files directly to audio (if anyone has the plugin for shn files for nero it would be appreciated).

So, I have nero and i noticed that there is an affiliation with nero and shrink.  Does nero use shrink without having to “open” it like it uses flac frontend?  ... or is it better to use Nero Recoder with Nero?

Also, I am confused.  Is shrink used for the decoding of the protected dvds or just recoding; it necessary to use another DVD Decrypter?

With Nero what would be the basic sequence of programs used to backup encrypted dvds? the most simple and least time consuming…

Also seems like the

710UL is a better deal then the 700UL faster and cheaper… maybe i am missing something…

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=420&manufactory=1112&DEPA=0

DVDShrink extracts and decodes the AV streams from the DVD to your hard drive. Along the way you can compress and do a minimal amount of re-authoring. To burn a DVD the files must be converted to an ISO standard file and burned by other software.

I haven’t tried it, but I suspect that DVDShrink just calls Nero and passes along the file information.