Reviews of Top Disc Duplicators

Disc duplicators are devices that produce multiple copies of a disk in a very short time. They can also be called multi disc burners and are used to produce thousands of copies for distribution purposes. Usually, they are used by companies that need to distribute large amount of data to its customers. They are standalone devices and can work without any software. It consists of set of disc burners and a controller card. This controller card is responsible for everything. Just number of copies to be made has to be entered and a button should be pressed to initiate the duplication process.CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs, hard disk and flash drive can all be duplicated with duplicators. There were very few duplicators in the beginning, but now, it is a roaring business and there is intense competition between the disc manufacturers to dominate the market.

Disc duplicators can be broadly classified into three types
1.Autoloaders
2.Towers
3.Copiers

AUTOLOADERS

These are disc duplicators that produce specified number of copies without user intervention. Everything is automatic. Blank discs are auto inserted and user has nothing to do except to wait. These type of duplicators belong to higher end group. Disc manufacturing involved automation, but now they have shifted to recording also. Autoloaders are now becoming cheap day by day due to large number of manufactures and competition.

Nimbie NB12BR 8x Blu-ray Duplicator from Acronova – This is one of the standalone disc burners from Acronova that can handle over 100 or more discs at 8X speed in automation. It uses Pioneer BDR-2203 8x disc burner and supports multi format i.e. it can also burn various types of DVD, CD etc. This is exciting news for video makers, since they can produce thousands of high definition copies! In addition, the robotic arm is taken out and the loading is done from the top and an un-loader takes the copies disc out. This process is more efficient and faster. Since the disc un-loader will be taking out the copied disc and the discs are loaded from the top, unlimited number of disc can be refilled. This is a standalone system and does not require a PC. It has LED indicators which makes the usage very easy. PC connected models are also available. The price tag for this amazing device is just $1295 only.

Bravo XRP Duplicator from Primera: Primera is one of the leading companies that provide duplication and disc publishing services. Bravo XRP disc publishing device is a dual DVD / CD drive that can copy 100 CDs or DVDs at a time and prints them. It has an high resolution printer of 4800 dpi inkjet printer. Blu-ray disc publishing has also been added recently. This publishing software can do variety of tasks like video processing, audio processing, digital photo processing etc. It is a combination of powerful software and hardware. Any type of data video, audio, raw data, photos and software can be duplicated.

TOWERS

These are devices which have multiple burners one above another (tower) and the discs have to be manually loaded. It includes a processer to create new discs.

DUP-07 Tower Duplicator and BravoPro CD/DVD with AutoPrinter from Primera : This a duplicating tower from primera. It has 7 DVD / CD burners along with an auto printer. This device can produce 100 copies at a time. Dual layered discs and rewritable discs are also supported.

COPIERS

These are the most economical devices to copy discs. It consists of a writer and a reader or an integrated hard disk. The disc can be copied to hard disk and burnt with the writer or burnt directly by using another disc drive. Copiers are stand alone devices with just a button to operate. PC connected models are also available. These are devices for casual users and in offices where there is no huge demand for duplication of data. Nowadays, since the costs of automatic and large duplicators have become cheap, nobody goes for a copier. These are available in the price range $150 and $300.There will be options for adding additional devices like hard disk, flash drive and additional burners. This is one of the cost effective solution for backing up data for individuals.