DVD Burning Help Needed

I have burned all our VHS home movies onto DVDs and now I'd like to make copies of the DVDs for family members but I don't want to have to do it through the tv again (takes too long). I would like to be able to copy my dvd to a dvd on my pc but I do not have a clue what I need to do this and would appreciate any help/suggestions.
Thanks!

I don't know about "I would like to be able to copy my dvd to a dvd on my pc," but to do it on the Mac, you take the original DVD and make a Disk Image from it using Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility. Insert original DVD. When it appear in the sidebar, select it. Be sure to select the volume (disk) that appears below the optical drive in the sidebar. Then from the menu bar, +File -> New -> Disk Image from "<name of disk>"+. In the +Save As+ dialog, name the disk image file and pick a place to save it. Note: The disk image file name is different from the name of the disk itself.
It will take some time to create the disk image file from a DVD (because it is usually large). Once it completes, the disk image file will appear in the Disk Utility sidebar under the horizontal line. Select it. Eject the original DVD. Then click the Burn button in the Tool Bar. You will be prompted to insert a DVD writable disc into the optical drive. Click the Burn button to reproduce the disk image to the new disc.
Once you have the disk image file of a DVD, you can burn it as many times as you want.

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