DVD Copier Alternatives

[Arny Krueger]

I've got about $600 to spend on a DVD copier for the church.

My cursory searching shows that most of the available alternatives break
down into a few groups:

(1) Equipment based on a Microboards controller

(2) Equipment based on competitive controllers

Anybody with recent purchase experience with equipment in this category?

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> Anybody with recent purchase experience with equipment in this category?


Anry,

Wish I had more definitive info, but the last three under $600 dupers
we've bought (Kanguru, two Microboards) all died inconvenient deaths.
One fixed under warrantee died 6 months later. We've taken to duping
with external drives hooked up to a Mac. Not happy with it, but we
can't bring ourselves to go through it again. Does anyone use a $600
duper that has been rock solid for years?

V

[Geoff]

Arny Krueger wrote:
> I've got about $600 to spend on a DVD copier for the church.
>
> My cursory searching shows that most of the available alternatives
> break down into a few groups:
>
> (1) Equipment based on a Microboards controller
>
> (2) Equipment based on competitive controllers
>
> Anybody with recent purchase experience with equipment in this
> category?

I built one up from Plextor drives, and Addo0nic 4-case, SATA-IDE
converters, and a Multi-lane eSATA interface. I use Padus disc-juggler
software.

Less Switch-on-and go than a hardware box, but possibly more versitile.


geoff

[Abemeister]

Arny Krueger wrote:
> I've got about $600 to spend on a DVD copier for the church.
>
> My cursory searching shows that most of the available alternatives break
> down into a few groups:
>
> (1) Equipment based on a Microboards controller
>
> (2) Equipment based on competitive controllers
>
> Anybody with recent purchase experience with equipment in this category?

I built a computer and installed a Hauppage capture capture card. The
computer was built with 2 DVD writers, 1GB of Mem. 2 - high speed
250Gb SATA drives on separate channels. Don't use the RAID when you
are dealing with video. Windows XP and Microsoft Movie Make. NERO is a
good choice for DVD burning.

I put audacity on there for side audio editing.

Works great. This setup does require minor training for church
personnel.