How Do You Build A DVD Duplicator?
If you only burn the occasional DVD, you should be able to get by with the DVD burner that comes standard in many personal computers and even some laptops these days. If you burn numerous copies of the same DVD on your home computer, though, you may find it beneficial to have several DVD burners that can burn at once. You can create a DVD duplicator that can burn several copies at once with just a few additions to an old computer system. Step 1 Choose IDE drives for six or less burners. IDE is less expensive and easier to configure to your computer than SCSI drives. SCSI is a better system for multiple media outlets though, so if you are making a duplicator with more than six DVD burners, you should use SCSI devices. Step 2 Have enough power for the duplication process. For a multiple-burner system, you must have a bare minimum of 300 watts of power. Your computer system will need 400 MHz and 128 MB of RAM minimum. You’ll need 120 GB of space for DVD duplication, and the fairly recent