Aleratec, Inc

1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower - Application Backgrounder
Part 280104

Expanding data bases, spreadsheets, documents, presentations, graphics, images, audio and video, make it essential to efficiently archive, manage and distribute increasing volumes of digital content in a variety of formats. With the explosion of digital information every organization and professional environment has accelerating requirements. The most reliable, and cost effective means to archive, manage, and distribute these valuable assets in on optical storage media, currently DVDs and CDs. Observing the needs and environments for processing large volumes of discs, Alera Technologies, the recognized leader in Award Winning tower and desktop DVD and CD Duplication solutions has introduced a totally automated disc duplication system which is the fastest in its class.

The 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower is optimized for duplicating speed with a fast robotic loading mechanism and it has no built in printer to limit throughput. Printing is a slower process than duplicating and can be done in advance or after duplication if needed. It is no surprise that our analysis confirms that the majority of users are in an office environment and have little experience with automated equipment other than possibly a copier. In this environment, equipment must be easy to understand and operate. Most automated disc duplication products available today are either very limited in capacity or are fairly complex and cumbersome and not really suited to the office environment. Alera Technologies has carefully considered these factors in the development of the Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower. The system has a 200 disc automatic loading capacity that can truly support unattended operation and operating controls that are very straight forward and intuitive to even the novice user.

The Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower is a new robotic duplication system incorporating the highest disc recording speeds and robotic disc handling in a package that facilitates higher productivity and hence is more cost effective than manual duplicating products. Business, government and education offices, audio and video professionals, software and game developers, graphic artists, churches, private organizations, and individual video enthusiasts are constantly looking for more effective methods of duplicating and handling DVDs and CDs for customers, clients, employees, students, organization members, etc. The need to duplicate and publish both DVDs and CDs in your office, where you have total control of the schedules, quantity and content has been growing since the first Optical Technology Recorders came on the scene. Until now, the necessary equipment has been hard to understand and operate, and very expensive. The Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower with advanced robotic disc handling is unique in stand alone DVD duplication systems providing automated, unattended, duplication of high quality DVDs and CDs. The Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower automatically duplicates DVDs and CDs with no operator intervention required. Load a source disc image to the 160GB HDD and up to 200 pieces of blank media, it can duplicate up to 200 discs per job completely unattended. The DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower incorporates the latest 16x DVD recording technology that can make 5 simultaneous copies of two hours of video in as few as 6 minutes per cycle of the 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower. That translates to less than 1.2 minutes per DVD.

With the DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower you can duplicate DVDs at speeds up to 16x using 16x certified media. The DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower can also copy up to 8.5GB on Double Layer Media at up to 4x taking advantage of the latest Double Layer recording technology. The Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Towers incorporate a built in 160GB hard disk drive to store frequently used source disc images and the hard disk maximizes copying stability especially in high speed copying operations.

Product Features

Robotic DVD/CD Duplicator

Highest throughput in its class

Production capacity up to 200 unattended copies

5 simultaneous DVDs or 5 simultaneous CDs per cycle for throughput of about 50 typical DVDs per hour or 60 typical CDs per hour

Built in 160GB Hard Drive for storage of frequently used masters

DVD Copies at up to 16x or CD copies at up to 48x

Supports all popular DVD formats. Duplicates using DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW and DVD+RW blank media

Powerful Control Features with back lighted LCD Display and intuitive menu maximizing copy control, flexibility, and output

Professional Black to complement office or computer room

Unique “Edit Track” feature to create custom compilations without a computer

Completely Stand Alone, no computer required

Automated production of high quality DVDs and CDs is quick and easy with the Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower.

With the Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower for businesses and professionals you can:

Outperform your competition by duplicating video sales presentations and product demonstrations. With DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower you can reproduce discs that can give all of your customers a live, first hand look at your products and their features, advantages and benefits, while optimizing the valuable time of your sales force.

Make backups of your in-house training videos, policies, procedures, directories, manuals, etc for safe keeping or make DVD or CD copies for all employees and branch offices providing tamper-proof reference without taking up valuable primary storage space on your workstations or network.

Put all of your technical manuals and product instructions in text and video on DVDs to be included with each product purchased increasing value and utility to your customers while not only eliminating the expense, bulk and weight of paper manuals, but also adding the power of live video.

Make copies of important information for traveling employees or have available when working at home or to have access to your data on anyone's computer at any time. With the 4.7GB capacity of standard DVD discs and 8.5GB capacity of Double Layer DVDs, there is ample space for many multimedia techniques.

Make copies of original software covered by a multiple license agreement and use them to install the software on different machines at different times.

Make copies of large work-in-process videos to send to other team members working on the same project without consuming valuable network bandwidth.

The applications are limitless, everything from the distribution of business videos, graphics, multimedia files, music productions, to making copies of your home video creations for the family .

Video and Audio Professionals can control their careers by issuing their pre-release DVDs, making demo copies and custom distributions for studios, all without having to rely on outside services to copy their DVDs.

Business, Government, and Education users can create multiple redundant copies of backup data and archive documents, to store safely offsite as recommended by industry experts. Workgroups can distribute large files or videos to other departments. Companies can make copies of training programs and much more.

Software Developers and Game Producers can make copies for beta testing and short run distribution to potential customers. With the DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower it is easy to make multiple copies of each version.

Graphic Artists can make multiple copies of large image files for review, archiving and distribution to clients and service bureaus.

With the Aleratec 1:5 DVD/CD Auto Copy Tower we have created a unique professional strength solution offered at consumer prices. Our goal is to exceed your expectations and we are dedicated to providing you with a Alera Technologies Experience that is pleasant, straightforward and enjoyable.