April 29th, 2008

Aleratec is now shipping its new Aleratec color coded duplicator grade LightScribe DVD-R recording media.

Aleratec duplicator grade LightScribe media is optimized for LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling DVD Duplicators and Publishing Systems producing the highest contrast LightScribe Direct Disc Labels and maximum yields in demanding professional disc publishing applications. The new Aleratec duplicator grade LightScribe media is produced in 5 different colors to aid in segregating and organizing different types of data or multimedia. These color-coded discs are LightScribe-ready and can be direct-to-disc LightScribe labeled in LightScribe DVD-RW drives without a printer. The Aleratec Rainbow 100 Pack(tm) contains 20 each of 5 key colors (red, orange, yellow, green, and blue) for a wide range of disc identification options.

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April 15th, 2008

Software Architects announced the release of its ArchivistPro Holographic Archival System for MS Windows and Linux, the first general purpose integrated holographic recording system based on the Tapestry 300r Recorder developed by InPhase Technologies.

The system provides a write once capacity of 300 Gbytes in a 5-1/4″ cartridge. The ArchivistPro software provides drive letter access reading & writing to the holographic disc, and is compatible with third party applications that support the standard Microsoft Win-32 API.

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April 1st, 2008

Primera Technology is announcing an agreement with Charismac Engineering, Inc. for disc burning software that runs on Apple, Inc.’s Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard called Discribe v.6.0.

This is good news to any Mac user who wants to burn blu-ray and to use Primera’s products as well. Also it is news for anyone who is familiar with earlier of versions of Discribe, as the new software is completely rewritten.

The official press release from Primera:

PLYMOUTH, MN, USA (April 1, 2008) — Primera Technology, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc duplication and printing equipment, today announced an agreement with Charismac Engineering, Inc. for disc burning software that runs on Apple, Inc.’s Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. Beginning April 1, 2008, Primera will include Charismac’s new Discribe v6.0 software in all Bravo-Series and XR-Series Disc Publishers.

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March 22nd, 2008

Hexalock, a developer of digital copy protection solutions, announced today a new copy protection technology for both data and video stored on DVD recordable discs.

The company released HexDVDR-Video, which protects against copying video DVDs and HexDVD-DATA, for protection of software and data.

According to Hexalock, HexDVDR-Video does not allow direct 1:1 copying of a DVD video disc, by forcing any copy program to stop or require extended time (multiple hours) to copy. Duplicating the complete DVD by file based copying is also not possible.

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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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January 8th, 2008

Primera Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of its new PTRip Software.

PTRip gives users of Primera’s Bravo-Series Disc Publishers the ability to automatically load CDs into their Publishers’ built-in CD/DVD drives for importing audio tracks into Apple® iTunes or Microsoft® Windows Media Player. The program is simple to use and requires just three steps:

1. Place CDs into a Bravo-Series Disc Publisher’s input bin,
2. Launch PTRip,
3. Click “Load to iTunes” or “Load to Windows Media Player.”

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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 4th, 2007

As mentioned in a previous post we don’t usually talk about manufacturer specials, but when we hear about deals that go above and beyond we have to pass it along. One equipment manufacturer is offering a substantial gift for their December special, so we thought it was worth mentioning.

MF Digital is offering a 2 drive upgrade on their 2 drive Scribe duplicator when purchased with a Teac P55 Dye Sublimation printer. Given the price point of a 2 drive automated system to that of a 4 drive automated system, this December special saves you about $2,000. Not only is the special for a drive upgrade, but the new model increases your capacity from 300 discs to 500 discs.

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