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Steve Mann wrote on 10/11/2014, 9:22 AM
i bought a controller board and a ten-slot case. I don't recall where, it's been so long ago, but I recall that both were about $300. I bought $20 DVD drives at Microcenter.

I wish - that I had thought the layout just a bit better. Yes, it's a ten-drive controller board, but I need an eleventh slot for the source DVD. My source drive sits on top of the cabinet.

Don't bother with the HDD route for your master. You first have to burn a DVD to copy to the HDD anyway. Using it is dirt simple - just load the master, then put blank DVD's in each of the of the drives. The copy process begins after there is no drawer activity for about 30-seconds, giving me plenty of time to drop in the blanks.

I've never had a bad copy, but once in a while I accidentally put two blanks in a drive.
Lucius Snow wrote on 10/12/2014, 9:31 AM
Acard controllers are very good.
Steve Mann wrote on 10/13/2014, 10:45 PM
I looked it up- I bought the controller and case from Amamax.com.
fosko wrote on 10/15/2014, 9:11 AM
I went on NewEgg and found towers for about what it would cost to build. Think I'll go that way. Any suggestions on brand?
dxdy wrote on 11/3/2014, 11:51 AM
I bought a BestDuplicator - 7 copies at a time, with an 8th drive to read the master. It makes 7 copies of a very full DVD in about 9 minutes. So far no coasters, but I only use TY disks.

Recommended.