1 to 7 24X Burner CD DVD Duplicator - Standalone Copier Duplication Tower

Very good product. I have been using an older automatic duplicator but it started acting up so I went back to burning one-at-a-time using my computer's drive. I could get about 4-5 per hour that way. I recently had and order for 150+ discs of a video I recorded for a school show. I didn't look forward to the prospect of spending close to 40 hours just feeding discs. So I started researching duplicators and found the Produplicator line of products. The 1-5 unit fit my budget. I chose the M-Disc unit simply because I wanted to see what that format is like. My current need doesn't require it, but it was a nice bonus. I haven't had a chance to play with that yet though. The unit arrived well packed and from the outside it looks like a small to midsize tower PC. The instructions were very straightforward and complete. I normally like to just fire equipment up and try things out without the instructions. For me, if the interface isn't intuitive out of the gate I know I will be having to consult the manual every time I use it because I will have forgotten something. The interface on the this Produplicator is pretty simple and the unit boots very quickly which is nice since I only power it when I have some duplicating to do so being able to get going quickly is a big plus. I'd rate the out-of-the-box-no-instruction operation at a 7 on a scale of 1-10. Because the LCD is just a couple of lines, there isn't a lot of clues as to how to get going, but since this isn't meant for a pure novice that's okay. Without consulting the manual I was able to put in a master and fire off copies in about 10 minutes of looking around the hierarchical menus. I have subsequently taken time to look over the manual and have since setup some options. I've come back to the unit a couple of times now after long (days) breaks and had no trouble remembering the simple stuff. One aspect of this unit that I didn't care for was where in the tower the control panel is placed. The master drive is on top with two duplicator drives below it followed by the control panel and 3 more duplicator drives below that. With drives 2 & 3 open the controls are sandwiched in between and it's hard to see the display or reach the controls. Although I probably voided some warranty, I opened up the case. As you can imagine it's pretty straightforward. A bunch of power and SATA cables connecting the drives to the control board. Power supply is on the bottom which lends some weight to the unit and it feels rock solid (as opposed to having it mounted up high where these things sometimes feel like tip hazards). I took the liberty to move the control panel to the top, with the master drive just below it, followed by the 5 duplicator drives. That is a much easier configuration for me. Performance wise this unit is great. I can knock out 5 copies in about 8-9 minutes, so that works out to about 25-30 and hour which for my previous order, meant I only needed 5 hours to get the job done. I really like the status indicator showing how much burning is left, both in bytes and %. I could fire this up, turn around do some work on the computer and glance occasionally to see how it was going. I did have one bad disk and the unit did a good job of telling me and popping the disc out. I've used the unit now to fulfill several orders and it's been a breeze. My prior unit was nice in that I could load up a stack of 100+ discs and walk away, but it would take many hours of two burns at a time (4-8x) to complete. I was a little leary of having to feed this unit, but like I said it fit right in with other things I was doing and really didn't require a lot of time to tend to. My unit appears to be able to have a HD installed, allowing for images to be stored from the master disc. The manual has instructions for how to do this via menus and I may try it at some point. There isn't much information however about any special needs for the drive (format, capacity, etc.), but then again the unit didn't come advertised with one so I understand not everything will be laid out. Overall, very happy.

I am very happy with the duplicator. It works fast and is easy. I had one before that I sent back that did not have a display as this one does and it helps tremendously to know what is going on. It shows how much has been copied and then if there is a reason it won't copy or finish it comes up with an error message. The other one I was supposed to auto eject when done but then after an hour of no ejecting I would just have to assume that something had went wrong and power and turn it off and back on to get the tray to open and get the cd out. This one does not go into great detail about why it won't burn but at least I know that it won't. Instructions are not the best either but I still must give it a 5 because it worked so much better than my other one. So far I have copied 30 DVD's each one 3 different times (for family members), I used it for hours without stopping and had no problems. I bought it specifically to copy family home movies for my kids to have copies and have used it for 2 weeks and now it sits waiting for me to use again next year, hopefully it will still work then.

This is a great duplicator and couldn't be easier to use. Simply put the original disc in the top drawer, and 1-3 blanks in the bottom trays. It automatically determines the disc type and takes it from there. Once you hit 'enter' to begin the burn, you can walk away and let the machine do all the work. One thing I noticed is that it burns the copies at the same time instead of in sequence, which is a real time saver. About burning speed: it burns at a rate of 16X, which is a decent speed without compromising on reliability. Keep in mind that the higher the burn rate, the more chance of burn errors. I've burned many coasters at 52X. Given that you don't need to baby sit the machine as it works, 16X is a good burn speed. It took approximately three minutes to burn 3 copies of a CD I duplicated for demo/promotion. I've had it a little over a week now, and it seems to be a good, solid, reliable machine.

Built like a tank, very fast duplication time, and reliable copies. Only dislike is the control panel placement - should be on top instead of in the center.

Super