Addonics Blu-Ray/DVD DigiCopiers ($459 to $2,359)

Addonics Technologies Inc. announced the Blu-Ray/DVD DigiCopier, a duplicator that lets you make copies of Blu-Ray, DVD or CD discs (that are not copy protected) without a computer.

 
Equipped with the SATA optical drives, the new product duplicates media by by placing the master disc into a source drive on top of the unit and a blank media into another drive.

Among its applications are education, corporate training, audio/video publishing, and marketing/advertising.

Four models are available and offer simultaneous disc duplication from one to 11 copies. Each model is equipped with a LCM control module that provides a set of configuration choices.

An eSATA port is also available on the back of each DigiCopier for attaching an optional external eSATA hard drive. With the addition of an eSATA hard drive, CD or DVD, images can be copied onto the hard drive. By using the hard drive as a source, all optical drives in the DigiCopier can be used as the target drive, further increasing copying capacity. For example, with the 1:1 DigiCopier, instead of making only one copy at a time, you can double the volume by making two copies at a time when using the hard drive as the image source.

Other features of the stand-alone appliance include an interface and message display on the LCM control module, a 10X Blu-Ray / 22X SATA DVD target drive for maximum throughput, and a copy-per-cycle that completes in thirty minutes or less for a 25G Blu-Ray disc source image when copying onto 2X Blu-Ray media.

List prices range from $459 for the product that will duplicate one Blu-Ray, DVD or CD disc to $2,359 for a version that will make 11 duplicate copies.