Probably a stupid question but Im thinking of buying a Pioneer burner. Is it possible to make a 1:1 copy from a dvdr to a dvdr without ripping to your hard drive first.

In a word

no

copy protection prevents it. Also most DVD Films are
bigger than 4.7GB

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Um....his post said DVD-R to DVD-R.... so in a word

yes

DVD-R to DVD-R is simple, just global image and burn. I wouldn't recommend on the fly, more chance for errors. If you get the Pioneer, make sure you get the latest Firmware if you wanna use 4x disc. Why would you use it, I wouldn't understand, cuz it's 2x max burn anyhow.