Microtech Systems’ ImageAutomator is an excellent CD duplicator that offers a lot of bang for the buck. While not as much a turnkey solution for centralized network disc creation as Rimage’s Protégé and Autostar systems, the ImageAutomator is without peer in customized corporate and commercial environments.
Impressive writing and reading performance, solid construction, wide latitude in blank media selection, and comprehensive format and subcode support propel the PlexWriter 8/20 to the head of its class for uncompromising professional users in premastering, audio, and CD production environments.
With earth-shattering performance light years beyond anything else currently available, the Smart and Friendly 8X CD Rocket blasts into orbit propelled by the latest and greatest in CD recording technology, Sanyo Electric’s new CRD-R800S CD recorder.
Traxdata has done an admirable job with the CDR 4120 PRO in offering a solid and well-rounded package that successfully balances state-of-the-art 4X recording power with ease of use for both home and business users.
If you are in the market for a medium-duty, autoloading CD duplicator, Chugai Boyeki’s AD1050 is well worth considering. It operates effectively and reliably and offers a full range of functions in both PC and standalone configurations.
A mid-range product designed for tasks such as small-run disc duplication and rudimentary disc verification, MediaFORM’s CD2CD Pro is a standalone tower that combines one 12X Plextor CD-ROM drive with one to six Yamaha or TEAC CD recorders and can be placed unobtrusively on a desk in an office or production environment.
The ten-disc Grundig GMP 1010 CD jukebox is targeted for low-run CD duplication or production, small workgroup network archiving and small imaging applications.
Toast CD-ROM Pro 3.0 is easily the best general-purpose recording software currently available for the MacOS with enough polish, stability, and power to accomplish easily most professional, business, and hobbyist tasks.
There are, of course, many different ways to label a disc – everything from using a felt-tip pen and stick-on label to fancier inkjet, dry offset, and silkscreen printing systems. Rimage Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota has pioneered a solution that adapts thermal transfer technology for CD-R labeling. A long-established method for other printing applications, Rimage …
While by no means the last word in CD-Recordable, Hewlett-Packard’s CD-Writer 4020i is none the less a significant step forward in the evolution of CD recorders from specialized tools to everyday peripherals.
Although Ricoh’s RS-1060C does the job, it has a number of inadequacies, including a small buffer, double speed recording only, slow CD-ROM drive performance and a relatively high price.