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What Makes a Good CD/DVD Duplicator?

Posted by Cliff on from the life-extension-by-cloning dept.

zachjb asks: "With all of the recent articles and buzz in the technology community regarding recordable/pressed optical disks being an unreliable medium to backup your data on, I figured the best way to keep my data alive is to duplicate my CDs/DVDs every few years. I've searched Froogle for CD/DVD duplicators, but I have no idea what I should be looking for. Does anyone in the Slashdot community have a lot experience with this type of equipment? Is this a reasonable solution to the problem or is there a more cost effective one?"

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  1. New Concept. by texatut · · Score: 5, Funny

    "but I have no idea what I should be looking for."

    A printer.

  2. Fermat Joke Rehash by jmt9581 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have printed out a raw PDF of an essay supporting your idea, but the amount of paper in my printer is too small to contain it.

    :P

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    My blog

  3. A good duplicator by phalse+phace · · Score: 3, Funny

    What you should be looking for is a CD/DVD duplicator that's based on RIAA math.... You know, ones that "run at very high speeds: some as high as 40x...," ones that are "well above the average speed." That way, your duplicator will be the equivalent of 421 burners.