What are some good recommendations about buying a DVD duplicator? I
will have 10 newly, each different, recorded DVD's of conferences I
give. I don't have a lot of sales per week, so I thought rather than
pay someone to make me 100 of each and spend a lot of money I don't
have, I could get a duplicator and make my own and save a bunch, pay
for the duplicator in no time and not have to lay out so much money.

Sooooooooooo, what smart researcher has had some good and bad
experiences, knowledge of DVD duplicators? I need some ideas of what
to buy and what not to buy, as well as the DVD blanks. These will be a
WRite once format. My conferences are video and sound (not music) need
to hold 2hours each DVD.

Oh, one thing more, I think I would want to duplicate at least 3 DVD's
at a time. How long does it take to record 2 hours? I would want a
unit pretty much separate from my PC (if possible) as my CD burner
slows down my other programs like email and internet.

LMK.
God bless you to know and do His will!
(BTW-- I took a glance at FROOGLE, but did not see anything right
off.)You researchers are always the best for me!!!

John P.

You'll need to know generally what a DVD player can handle for blanks,
but nowadays, it seems that most DVDs can play most of what you can
burn.
Seeing as you'll want to burn 1000 CD's, your choices are quite
varied. IMHO, anything you get will be fine, but you'll be happier
with 8x (currently among the fastest DVD burner speeds) and more bays
the better.

In general, you'll see one master to one copy up to 7 or more devices.
Obviously, the more you copy at once, the less swapping you'll have to
do.
Plextor seems to be highest performance (at 12x!)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1599327,00.asp, with DVD+R
seeming to be a faster write. But Pioneer drives didn't seem to be far
behind at 8x.
http://store.yahoo.com/dvdnewyork/1to7dvdcddu.html seems to be good.
It says 8 minutes for 7 copies.

Now http://www.dvd-recorders-guide.com/ says to use DVD-R for wide
compatibility, but DVD+R is close. From as far as I can tell, most
models of DVD players that can read one, can read the other. It's only
the RW that seems to be the biggest issue, which isn't yours.

I hope this helps.

I meant to say 1000 DVDs, of course. And.. any spindle of 8x DVD-R or
8xDVD+R media will be adequate. Froogle search dvd R media. Obviously
more is better, and get more than you need just in case of a rare
exception of bad DVD. You also might consider "thin jewel cases" for
scratch-free distribution, though you could get away with paper
sleeves...