March 13th, 2008

It’s interesting to see drive manufacturers such as Plextor producing their own CD DVD duplicator towers, but what will it mean for the formerly niche duplicator manufacturers that sell private label towers using big-name drives?

Plextor LLC today announced the immediate availability of the PlexTower series of CD/DVD disc duplication towers.

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February 27th, 2008

Although I haven’t had a chance to personally test the RoboRacer yet, I have to give props to Aleratec on this one. They made the RoboRacer LS Fully Automatic Publisher look awesome, and they priced it right at under $1,000. I congratulate them on putting together a robotic duplicator and printer (lightscribe printing) quite nicely. The official word including media retail prices at the end of the article:

Aleratec Inc. introduces its innovative new DVD/CD RoboRacer LS, the simplest ever robotic autoloading disc publisher. For improved reliability, the Aleratec DVD/CD RoboRacer LS has fewer moving parts than any other robotic publisher. Yet, it is capable of unattended direct to disc LightScribe labeling and unattended disc duplication. Customers just connect it to a PC, load it with up to 100 blank LightScribe discs, use the powerful Aleratec Disc Publishing Software Suite included with purchase to select the disc image or label and start duplicating or labeling up to 100 discs automatically.

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February 11th, 2008

Aleratec Inc. announced its innovative new 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS(tm), a LightScribe-enabled disc publisher supporting Blu-ray recording. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS incorporates three, 6x, SATA Blu-ray drives that can simultaneously produce up to 3 silkscreen quality, direct to disc DVD or CD LightScribe labels or up to 3 Blu-ray, DVD or CD disc copies in record time. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS has an eSATA connection to your computer for the most stable labeling and duplicating processes.

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February 5th, 2008

Microboards has begun shipping its CopyWriter Live with the ability to record live CD Audio to discs to two recorders at the same time. The new feature allows users to have two copies of an event immediately after recording it. Ideal for environments producing many discs live, users can initiate copying in more than one duplication system using the two masters, or use one for immediate playback or review.

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January 1st, 2008

We thought we’d take a second to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2008. Happy New Year!

We have many new features planned for the site as well as the addition of several guest authors, so stay tuned for more CD and DVD media news!

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December 21st, 2007

Going automation or going manual is the first question most consumers ask themselves before buying a duplicator. There are two primary motives for why a consumer would choose one over the other. Price and time. Lets take a look at what a CD duplicator autoloader has to offer verse what a CD duplicator tower has to offer.

Lets consider these factors in several examples below.

It’s fairly obvious a CD duplicator tower will be far less expensive because the components used to manufacture the product are lower cost and easier to obtain. However, the purchase price shouldn’t be the only factor when calculating the ‘cost’ of a product. A manual tower needs an operator for the duplication process. That is a cost. In addition there are opportunity costs.

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November 18th, 2007

Q: What causes a bad master disc error message in my CD DVD duplicator?

A: Master disc(s) that are scratched, smudged or that have marks such as fingerprints or marker residue on them can affect the quality of the disc. Also, burning errors which result in data being misplaced during the burning process can also contribute to the making of a bad master disc.

Another cause is using cheap/discounted media for your master copies. You may save a few bucks by buying the lesser know brands, but the amount of coasters you’ll end up making will normally outweigh the savings. Stick to manufacturer recommended blank CD DVD media, or you’ll end up wasting money and time.

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August 21st, 2007

Aleratec is now shipping its new 1:8 DVD/CD Tower Publisher HLX that can simultaneously produce up to 8 DVD/CD copies, recordings, or 8 clearly labeled LightScribe DVDs or CDs with high performance SATA data rates.

The 1:8 DVD/CD Tower Publisher HLX, another disc publishing first only from Aleratec, incorporates the latest high speed DVD/CD recording technology and can make DVD copies at up to 20x or CD copies at up to 48x. The recorders also support DVD-RAM and 8.5GB Double Layer technologies.

The 1:8 DVD/CD Tower Publisher has eSATA connections to your computer for the most stable duplicating process. For those that do not have eSATA ports on their computer, a dual channel eSATA host adapter is included FREE with purchase.

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August 7th, 2007

OK, so maybe we’re a bit baised, but we think that some of our posts do a much better job than our competitors of keeping our readers up-to-date on all the ups and downs of the disc duplication industry.

Because of this, every so often we like to highlight what we feel are our favorite and most informative posts. So, without further delay, here’s the latest list of our best posts so far:

Our Latest Top 10 CD DVD Duplication Articles:

• 7 Deadly Sins Of A CD DVD Duplication Company
• DVD Copy Protection Explained
• CD DVD Duplication: Outsource or Do-It-Yourself?

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July 15th, 2007

I have no idea how I missed this story and the press release that followed, but apparently Plextor has entered the CD and DVD duplicator market. By assembling their own towers, Plextor adds a line of duplicators that will hopefully be of the same quality as their already proven and dependable CD/DVD drives.

Plextor announced its first CD/DVD duplicator, equipped with Plextor’s slimline slot-loading CD/DVD ReWriter drives, about two weeks ago.

Enabling fast copying of up to three CDs/DVDs at once, the Plextor PlexCopier PX-DM300 does not require a PC as it is a stand alone unit.

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