| If you're not techy enough, chances are you haven't | | | | audio, video or data) is then placed in the unit's |
| heard of a CD duplicator equipment before. | | | | memory and then transferred onto blank CDs or |
| Nope,these are not the disc burners that you have | | | | DVDs. The duplicators can duplicate from 3 to 20 CDs |
| installed in your PC. Blank media and CD/DVD | | | | at one time, depending on the number of disc drives |
| duplicator equipment have several distinctions and | | | | available. The speed depends on what media or file |
| many advantages over the regular burners that you | | | | you're copying, but the average time is 2-4 minutes for |
| have. To get to know how this works, here's a quick | | | | a CD and 5-8 minutes for a DVD. |
| overview. | | | | The most efficient disc duplication towers uses a glass |
| Also called disc duplication towers or copy towers, | | | | mastering manufacturing procedure for very accurate |
| these units are a kind of scanning equipment which | | | | duplicates. This create an exact duplicate of the |
| transfers info and data from one CD or DVD onto | | | | master copy, and also protects the newly-created |
| another, with the use of laser technology. Although | | | | CDs from small contaminants, such as hair, dust and |
| their function is similar to CD or DVD burners, | | | | pollen. The duplicated DVDs and CDs are also less |
| duplicators can create many CD copies at the same | | | | prone to scratches, allowing easier handling. There are |
| time. It's a more efficient solution, especially if you are | | | | also units which imprint the CD or DVD label on the |
| copying huge amounts of data. Companies and | | | | disc directly. That's one less thing you can worry about. |
| individuals who need to make DVDs or CDs in bulk | | | | Before picking out a duplicator, consider the recorder |
| make use of these disc duplication towers. For many | | | | speed, the amount of recorders in it, as well as the |
| businesses, these are handy when backing up or | | | | source and disc capacity. Many blank media and CD |
| storing their data. | | | | DVD duplicator equipment work great with blu-ray |
| You can find many duplicators as stand-alone devices. | | | | discs, DVD +R, DVD -R, but the copies may not work |
| These can be directly plugged on a PC. The great | | | | on players that are made before the year 2000. |
| thing about these is you won't need to install any kind | | | | Also, make sure the DVDs or CDs you're duplicating |
| of software. When creating DVD or CD copies, the | | | | are not copyrighted. Otherwise the disc duplication |
| disc duplication tower scans the master DVD or CD | | | | towers will not copy them. |
| first, getting the original info on it. This content (whether | | | | |