Nary a fortnight after Aleratec unveiled its
three-drive BD duplicator, along comes Vinpower Digital with the "world's first" 6x version. The standalone tower, part of the firm's SharkBlu series, relies on LG's GGW-H20L to toast Blu-ray copies at 6x, and these buggers can apparently be purchased with 1 to 15 drives depending on your needs. Additionally, you'll find 500GB to 1TB of hard drive space for temporary storage while burning, and the built-in USB interface ensures that it can double as a traditional external Blu-ray writer, too. No word on pricing at the moment, but we'd estimate they won't run you cheap.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Feb 26th 2008 5:53AM
This thing is interesting. At least if damn fast!
Brian Yorks @ Feb 26th 2008 8:12AM
Couldn't you just buy this and copy Blu-Ray movies then?
John B @ Feb 26th 2008 3:07PM
I don't know enough about BD's encryption, but I *HIGHLY* doubt it. If it's anything like regular DVD, the decryption key is in an area of the disc that cannot be written. So, copying a commercial, encrypted BD will result in an useless disc because it won't be able to copy the key as well.
This duplicator is almost certainly for small shops and independent film makers who don't have enough demand to justify the costs of professional manufacturing.